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Migration News
Newsfeed from http://migrationblog.immi.gov.au/feed/Latest visitor visa statistics now available
Australia continues to draw high levels of interest from international visitors according to the latest departmental Visitor visa program quarterly report for the period ending 31 March 2013. The report shows there were more than 247 000 visitor visa holders in Australia at the end of March, an increase of 12 per cent compared to the same [...]
Posted: 14 June 2013 | 10:28 am
Working Abroad Expo – Singapore
More than 2000 residents attended the recent Working Abroad expo in Singapore, with DIAC presentation sessions proving popular throughout. Many Singapore residents spoke to our experts about migrating to Australia on skilled visas and submitting expressions of interest through SkillSelect. There was a variety of nationalities attending the May 11-12 expo, including both Singaporeans and [...]
Posted: 6 June 2013 | 9:38 am
Same-sex marriage and skilled migration visas
Some of the claims in a recent mainstream media report about same-sex marriage and skilled migration were wrong. Brian Greig’s Sydney Morning Herald report ‘Banning gay marriage impacts on skilled migration’ (18 May 2013) claimed that by not recognising same-sex marriage, Australia is causing skilled workers from overseas to bypass Australia in favour of countries [...]
Posted: 3 June 2013 | 2:20 pm
Come and visit us at the Working Abroad Expo – Singapore
Last weekend, the department attended the Working Abroad Expo in Kuala Lumpur and gave residents the opportunity to speak to our experts about migrating to Australian on a skilled visa. This opportunity presents itself again, specifically to anyone who lives in Singapore as DIAC will attend the expo in Singapore on May 11-12. Our experts will be [...]
Posted: 9 May 2013 | 9:13 am
Have you recently completed an English language test?
Calling all students Have you recently completed an English language test? If so, we’d like to hear from you. Fill in our short survey and let us know about your recent experience with English language tests. You can find the survey here www.surveymonkey.com/s/RG83W23 If you have any difficulties with the link please copy and paste it into your [...]
Posted: 6 May 2013 | 3:11 pm
Automatic and mandatory cancellation of student visas has ceased
Changes have been made to the cancellation regime for student visa holders who breach their visa conditions. Automatic and mandatory cancellations no longer exist and departmental officers now use a discretionary framework to consider breaches of visa conditions. Automatic and mandatory student visa cancellations were abolished on 13 April 2013. This means that students who do [...]
Posted: 6 May 2013 | 10:09 am
SkillSelect Facebook live chat—update
We recently invited people who ‘like’ us on Facebook to take part in a live chat about SkillSelect. The SkillSelect team spent an hour on the event page answering over 100 questions and engaging with 1188 users, proving to be our busiest live chat so far. Posts about the live chat reached a further 15 632 [...]
Posted: 3 May 2013 | 12:03 pm
Come and visit us at the Working Abroad Expo – Kuala Lumpur
If you are in Kuala Lumpur and are interested in migrating to Australia on a skilled visa, the department will be presenting at the Working Abroad Expo in Kuala Lumpur on May 4-5. Working Abroad is one of the largest international recruitment exhibition companies and the department will present on Australia’s skilled migration policies and SkillSelect. Our [...]
Posted: 1 May 2013 | 11:43 am
Do more, anywhere, anytime with VEVO
Australian visa holders are giving employers, education providers and other third parties evidence of their visa status quicker and easier thanks to VEVO Email— a new tool that enables visa holders to email their details to a third party directly from VEVO. Visa Entitlement Verification Online or VEVO is a free online service that gives visa [...]
Posted: 18 April 2013 | 9:27 pm
Latest news about labour agreements
The department has introduced new specialist teams to manage labour agreement requests. In addition to the specialist teams for meat processing companies and labour hire employers, we now have specialist officers for fishing and fast food industry labour agreements and a large team dedicated to managing the unique needs of resources sector employers. We have [...]
Posted: 11 April 2013 | 2:22 pm
