June 2016

New Permissions for Multiple-entry Visitor Visas

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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Chinese worker Free Trade Agreement protects Australian jobs

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 to boost International Student numbers

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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