Lisa's Blog

The upper age limit for Working Holiday Visa applicants has increased to 35 years! Come on out to Australia - once you arrive you'll want to stay.   Read More

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Congratulations to the Scott family - proud Australian Citizens!  Read More

This article from The Australian newspaper further explains the thinking behind our Immigration policy - click here  Read More

As we all know, the processing time for many visa types has slowed significantly over the last two years and now we have confirmation! Despite providing complete applications, achieving a time appropriate outcome has been hit and miss. In the Weekend Australian 13 April 2018, Home Affairs Minister Peter Dutton confirmed that numbers would be lower, having "tightened the screws" on the visa approval process in 2015. It seems the way to achieve a reduction in migration numbers without officially reducing the intake numbers was to slow the approval process and apply tougher vetting.

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Australian immigration has begun piloting the Global Talent Visa. There are two streams - one for Start Up businesses and one for Established businesses. If your business or your talent sits in the Agtech, Biomedical or Digital field, there are opportunities for you in Australia. Give us a call to find out more.  Read More

The Regulations for the Temporary Skill Shortage Visa (TSS) have been released and commence on 18 March 2018. Please email or call us to find out more about this visa.   Read More

Is there a risk that the tightening of our visa pathways is affecting Australia's competitiveness when it comes to attracting skilled workers? Atlassian founder Mike Cannon-Brookes explains how being able to employ skilled overseas workers in Australia actually has a flow on effect in creating jobs and passing on skills to Australians.  Click here to read the article.  Read More

Latest changes to the STSOL see the addition of Property Manager, Psychotherapist and Real Estate Representative. Occupations moved from STSOL to MLTSSL are Horse Breeder and Management Consultant. Lastly, the occupations removed from the lists are Building Associate and Hair or Beauty Salon Manager. There are caveat changes to six other occupations so if you'd like to know if those affect you, give us a call.  Read More

The planned changes to Citizenship eligibility by the current government were removed by default. The government plans to reintroduce the bill aiming for the new requirements to come into effect in July 2018. It may be a good time to try submitting your Citizenship application if you meet the required Permanent Residency requirement of 12 months plus three years Temporary Residency before that...  Read More