Sponsor fees to employ temporary skilled workers from overseas are set to rise if Labor wins the federal election. Workplaces where more than half the workforce is made up of 457 visa holders will pay an extra $1500 for each additional visa if they apply for more temporary workers. The party also wants to beef […]
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Arrivals SmartGate enables eligible travellers arriving at Australia’s eight major international airports the option to self-process through passport control. It provides a secure and efficient way to clear through passport control. Arrivals SmartGate uses the information in ePassports and facial recognition technology to perform checks usually conducted by an Australian Border Force officer.
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Backpackers in Australia have a new way of earning visa points to extend their stay in the country: become a cane toad killer. The Western Australian Government is asking backpackers to volunteer to battle the spread of cane toads, an invasive species that has become widespread across Australia’s tropical north and poses a threat to
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An effective temporary skilled migration program isn’t about taking jobs from locals – it’s about stimulating hospitality businesses and creating opportunities for young Australians, says Tourism Accommodation Australia CEO, Carol Giuseppi. In an ideal world the Australian hospitality industry would attract the majority of its workers from local sources and essentially, ‘grow its own’. That
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What are Australia’s rules regarding immigration for people living with HIV? Australian visas can be subject to a requirement which commits applicants to demonstrate that they meet certain health criteria. An immigration health check by the Department of Immigration & Border Protection can and often does include a HIV test. The Department of Immigration &
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The Australian Tax Office has now confirmed that the controversial backpacker tax increases will not begin on July 1. As late as Thursday, the ATO had been directing concerned farmers to its website, which stated that a 32.5 per cent tax rate for backpackers was due to take effect next month. That contradicted an earlier
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AUSTRALIA will begin testing three-year multiple-entry visas for visitors from India, Thailand, Vietnam and Chile by July. The trial, announced as part of the Australian government’s 2016-2017 federal budget unveiled last month, will allow entry into Australia multiple times, with each stay valid for up to three months. Australia issued about 233,000 visas to Indian
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New rules affecting foreign student visas, which go into effect from 1 July 2016, will be a boom for the property market, especially in Sydney and Melbourne. The Simplified Student Visa Framework (SSVF) aims to “support the sustainable growth of Australia’s international education sector” by reducing red tape. Key changes under the SSVF include reducing
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Remember those claims from some trade unions last year that the China-Australia Free Trade Agreement (ChAFTA) would allow Chinese companies to bring in their own workers? Yet according to the Department of Immigration and Border Protection (DIBP), the inflow of Chinese workers has slowed to a trickle. In the first quarter of this year just
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South Australia, which currently has 32,089 international students studying in the state, or 5% of Australia’s share, has set a goal of increasing the number to over 64,000, “as soon as practicable”. The action plan, in line with the government’s economic priority number 4, the “knowledge state”, will also help to meet the existing goal
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