An increase in the fees of the Australian Migration Review Tribunal and Refugee Review Tribunal will take place on 1 July 2015 as part of the new reorganization under the Administrative Appeals Tribunal (AAT). It will be known as the Migration and Refugee Division of the AAT. The fee payable when lodging an application with the…
Standard Business Sponsor – Training obligations (457 Visa) The Procedures Advice Manual Says: 100 Requirements Sponsors are required to meet the training benchmarks as specified by legislative instrument if, during all or part of the twelve month period commencing on the day the person is approved as a standard business sponsor, or their approval as…
What happens if a nomination and application for a Subclass 457 visa (Australian work Visa) are lodged at the same time and the nomination is refused? The Procedures Advice Manual says: 101 Sponsorship/nomination refused/withdrawn If the associated nomination application has been refused, the visa applicant would not meet 457.223(4) (a). Form 1066 (Internet) asks applicants…
A large number of Australian Immigration Departmental fees will increase on 1 July 2015. There will be large numbers of visa applications lodged prior to the deadline which will lead to system outages. The Department has also advised that there will be planned system outages on 26 and 27 June 2015. http://www.immi.gov.au/pub-res/Documents/budget/VAC-increases-fact-sheet.pdf For more details…
Changes in temporary Skilled visas (Subclass 457) This message is to notify that the Australian Government has made changes to the Temporary Skilled (Subclass 457) visas. These changes action the recommendations in the 457 visa Integrity Review. Assistant Minister Cash announced the Australian Government Response to the 457 visa Integrity Review on 18 March 2015.…
