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May 17, 2021

Australian Federal Budget 2021: An immigration threat or opportunity?

On May 11th, as Australia’s federal budget 2021 was announced, the treasurer Josh Frydenberg made a very important statement, “Australia is coming back”. As the world is still grappling with a pandemic and […]
March 30, 2020
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Coronavirus and remaining in Australia with a No Further Stay Condition (Condition 8503)

COVID-19 and remaining in Australia with a No-Further-Stay-Condition (Condition 8503) Due to the recent travels bans that the Australian Government has enforced there are a number of temporary visa holders that have not […]
May 3, 2019
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New Parent visa (temporary) 870- Overview

Sponsored Parent visa (temporary)  subclass 870 5-year parent visa for parents of Australian Residents. QUICK UPDATE: Applications for the visa will open on 1st July 2019 This is a new temporary sponsorship visa which […]
September 14, 2017
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STSOL: Short-term Skilled Occupation List

Combined list of eligible skilled occupations for visa subclass 457 and subclass 186   Occupation ANZSCO Exclusions Chief Executive or Managing Director 111111 457: Excludes: 1. positions in a business that have an annual […]
August 3, 2017
Occupation Ceilings for 2017-18

Occupation Ceilings for 2017-18

The Australian Department of immigration has released the occupation ceilings for the 2017-2018 Program Year. Overall the total number of positions have increased by a total of 2,349 placed. Overall, the new allocations […]
April 27, 2017
Short Term Skilled Occupation List

Short Term Skilled Occupation List

Occupation ANZSCO Assessing Authority Chief Executive or Managing Director 111111 AIM Corporate General Manager 111211 AIM Aquaculture Farmer 121111 VETASSESS Cotton Grower 121211 VETASSESS Flower Grower 121212 VETASSESS Fruit or Nut Grower 121213 […]
April 27, 2017
CAVEATS ON 457 OCCUPATIONS

CAVEATS ON 457 OCCUPATIONS

Occupation ANZSCO Exclusions Chief Executive or Managing Director 111111 457: Excludes:   1. positions in a business that have an annual turnover of less than AUD 1 million; 2. positions in a business that […]
March 14, 2017
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10 TIPS FOR A POSITIVE VISA

The department of Immigration and border protection receives thousands of visa applications. The most popular ones being Work, Family and Student Visas. While many applications are accepted, a very large number of applications […]