A record number of international students choose Australia. The latest government figures show that the majority of these overseas students make their home in New South Wales, followed by Victoria and Queensland with Western Australia coming fourth.
2018 will see the first same-sex marriages take place in Australia, which will also mark the start of same-sex spousal applications to be lodged to the Immigration Department for Australian residency.
Under the changes, married same-sex couples will be eligible for spousal visas. Previously they’d had to claim de-facto partnership status and had to prove they were in long-term relationships.
Visa Solutions’ immigration assistant Tareena Martin first encountered people trying to obtain Australian residency as a volunteer with an advocacy service for refugees.
Tareena helped out at the Refugee Advocacy Service of South Australia (RASSA) while studying law in Adelaide and went on to work for the organisation.
It’s not uncommon for businesses to want visas within a fast turn around time, and here at Visa Solutions Australia we do all we can to ensure they are approved and issued by the Department of Immigration as soon as possible.
We recently received a request from Perth based Global Integrated Operations who are a business consultancy advising on improving productivity and supply.
The recent visa changes have had a huge impact on those who’ve already started the process to migrate to Australia, including one of our recent clients Paul Nevin who’s a financial planner.
Paul wanted to start a new life in Australia with his wife Alison and their four children. She had lots of relatives in Australia and narrowly missed out being born here.
The Australian Government is taking a tougher stance on people who submit fake documents in order to secure Australian visas.
Anyone supplying misleading information or submitting fraudulent documents could now face a ten-year exclusion period from lodging another application.
Every year, thousands of people from many countries dream of a better life in Australia and make the decision to migrate. While many enter Australia legally, there are some who overstay their visa when it has expired and will be classed as an illegal immigrant.
Recent statistics show that could be as many as 64,000 with the Department of Immigration saying that 12,000 of them have been here for 20 years or more.
Have you ever wondered which country tops the list for migration to Australia? Well according to the latest figures for the 2016/2017 year released by the Federal Government, some 38 854 skilled or family visas were granted to migrants from India – that’s just over 20% of all migrants.
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