Tag: Australian visas

Forestry worker scheme will build on the existing Pacific worker schemes in an effort to ease critical labour shortages in the sector.

Business body welcomes decision to allow international students to work more hours and a new visa subclass enabling other workers to stay longer.

International travel uncertainties mean some visa program applicants will no longer need to leave Australia to complete their process.

Hong Kong residents offered five-year Australian visas following new law imposed by China that suppresses free speech. Extradition suspended.

Migrating to Australia has been a dream and life changing opportunity for millions. When Covid-19 subsides, the race to live Down Under will be on again.

Since the recent devastating fires, Australia is in need of engineers, tradesman and other useful migrants more than ever.

Are there new ways for parents to join their children in Australia?

From November 2019, two new visa routes will open up to work in Australia.

Labor says the situation needs to end where about four in five temporary skilled worker visas are given for occupations for which there aren’t local shortages.

There's an ambitious new plan to bring more foreign workers into Australia's wild north (think Crocodile Dundee country), but there are a few requirements.

Visa changes implemented this month affect all those wanting to migrate to Australia.

Australia's Home Affairs Minister Peter Dutton says things are "not too far off" from being finalised.

OPINION & ANALYSIS: The threat posed by government changes to the 457 visa system have been largely overblown.

OPINION & ANALYSIS: To end exploitation in Australia, we need to have a zero tolerance to exploitation, rather than a zero tolerance to breaches of visas by migrants.

OPINION & ANALYSIS: The changes to the skilled migrant visa system will do very little to stop unscrupulous employers from exploiting the two new visas to replace local Australian workers with foreign workers, says one academic.

Prime minister and immigration minister confirm plans to end one of the most popular and controversial visas for skilled migrants to work in Australia.

The Australian government has announced plans changes to visas for parents visiting their children in Australia in an effort to make it easier and more efficient for families to be reunited.

Poll finds overwhelming favour for freedom to live and work between ‘like-minded’ nations.

Do you want to migrate from the UK to Australia and need help with your visa application?

National treasure Russell Crowe reveals he has twice had his application to become an Aussie rejected.

MOVE TO AUSTRALIA | Complete step-by-step checklist guide for planning your move to Australia to live and work.

British political party UKIP says Australia's skills and points system for visa applications makes sense for the UK.

The Australian Department of Immigration will be tightening the screws of the 457 temporary work visas as TAFE Sydney defends allegations it paid visa agents with funds due to train Australians.

The development of Australia's population and society relies heavily on migration, as statistic show.

Responding to the humanitarian crisis in Iraq, Australia is opening its immigration gates to persecuted Iraqi nationals fearing for their lives.

This month has seen some notable changes to the Australian General Skilled Migration programme. Have a look to see how your profession could be affected.

In an attempt to address the urgent skill shortage of chefs, bricklayers, stone masons, social workers, locksmiths and tilers the Australian Federal Government have done away with the previously required employer sponsored visas for these professions.

The new visa centre opened in Bangkok earlier this month and will be shared by Australia and the United Kingdom.

The Department of Immigration and Border Protection announced that more options for English language proficiency testing will soon be available to visa applicants.

The 2012/13 Australian immigration department reports that a record number of Australian Visas were granted during this time.

Fast student visa processing will be available to advanced diploma students from early 2015, the government anticipates.

MOVE TO AUSTRALIA | The job hunting process can be very stressful and you need to be focused in your search. Here are our top 10 tips to finding work in Australia.

Queensland Premier Campbell Newman is in talks with the federal government to get more immigrants and refugees to settle in regional areas.

When moving to Australia to study or work the applicant is required to provide evidence of adequate health insurance and for that policy to be maintained for the duration of the stay.

GUEST BLOG: The Australian government has a specific type of visa that comes with the necessary requirements and conditions for every prospective migrant to the country. Identify your options.

MOVE TO AUSTRALIA | For Europeans, the allure of Oz means better work opportunities and a more balanced lifestyle. Cristina Neagu, a Romanian living in the UK, is planning on joining her British partner in Australia this year. She explains their decision to relocate.

Emigrating Solutions are a British based company who specialise in all types of Migration to Australia.

AUSTRALIAN VISAS | Eligibility and requirements for Australian Business visas explained.

Opposition immigration spokesman Scott Morrison says the government’s crackdown on 457 visas is not a done deal in parliament.

Network Migration Services is a professional immigration company for South Africans that has assisted over 8,500 families and individuals world wide over the last 20 years achieve their dreams of moving to another country.

AUSTRALIAN VISAS | Eligibility and requirements for Australian Resident Return Visas (subclasses 155 and 157) explained.

AUSTRALIAN VISAS | Eligibility and requirements for Australian Investor Retirement Visa (subclass 405) explained.

Australian Working Holiday Visa

AUSTRALIAN VISAS | Eligibility and requirements for Australian citizenship explained.

AUSTRALIAN VISAS | Eligibility and requirements for other Australian Family Sponsorship explained.

AUSTRALIAN VISAS | Eligibility and requirements for an Australian Parent Visa explained.

AUSTRALIAN VISAS | Eligibility and requirements for an Australian Child Visa explained.

AUSTRALIAN VISAS | Eligibility and requirements for Australian Spouse and Fiancée Visas explained.

AUSTRALIAN VISAS | Eligibility and requirements for Australian Family and Spouse Visas explained.

AUSTRALIAN VISAS | Eligibility and requirements for Australian Employer-Sponsored Regional Skilled Migration Scheme, RSMS (subclass 187) explained.