If you are thinking of applying for a visa then you should lodge your Student Visa Application at least 6 weeks before the start of your course. The immigration department have stated they will always try their best to complete the process in 4 weeks, however, it is not always a guarantee. The start date […]
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Calculating whether you have met the requirements for Australian Citizenship can be one of the trickiest things you will encounter. This is because over a 4 year period people can forget when they traveled abroad and this is further complicated when you change passports or if the travel dates are not captured in your emails.
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The Backpacker Tax will be 15 per cent after the Greens sided with the government on the last parliamentary sitting day for 2016. Throughout the week various proposals from multiple parties were floated to bring about a resolution. Thursday 1 December was the last Parliamentary sitting day making the need for a resolution dire. If
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A new stream under the visitor visa (subclass 600) has been released for frequent travellers. The frequent traveller visitor visa, allows the holder to make multiple entries to Australia for a period of up to 10 years from the visa grant date, and allows its holder to remain in Australia for a period of 3 months on each entry.
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Subclass 457 visa holders will now only have 60 days to look for a new sponsor, following the termination of their current employment. This is a 30 day reduction from the 90 days previously allowed. The new 60 day time frame will only apply to Subclass 457 visas granted after 19 November 2016. #subclass457visa #changesfrom90to60days
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Are you from Luxembourg or San Marino? Are you between the ages of 18-30? And do you want to experience life in Australia? If you answered YES to all three questions, then congratulations because it has just become easier for you to visit Australia. Australia has signed two new Work and Holiday visa arrangements in
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From 19 November 2016, the following visas would be closed to new applications: Subclass 401 Temporary Work (Long Stay Activity) visa Subclass 402 Training and Research visa Subclass 416 Special Program visa Subclass 420 Temporary Work (Entertainment) visa Subclass 488 Superyacht Crew visa. Applications lodged before 19 November 2016 would be processed under pre-19 November
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Students looking to apply for a Skilled Migration Visa may now be eligible for extra points if they have studied a Masters Degree by Research or a Doctorial Degree. The following requirements must also be satisfied: (a) the degree was completed at an Australian educational institution; and (b) the person has met the requirements for
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The long awaited Entrepreneurs Visa has finally arrived! And this is what has been revealed so far: This visa is for those who have an Innovative Idea which will lead to the commercialisation of a product/service or development of an enterprise/business in Australia; Total amount of funding secured for the Innovative Idea is at least
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Foreign workers on vessels operating in the booming offshore resources industry will be required to obtain visas and receive minimum pay and conditions, after the High Court ruled against the Turnbull government. The much-anticipated judgement, delivered on Wednesday, overturns recent government reforms that have allowed foreign workers on certain vessels to be employed without working visas.
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