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As part of budget 2017, government has announced a number of changes on visa application charges effective 1st of July 2017. visa-price-increase-fact-sheet-2017-18

  As many as 15,000 people each year will be able to pay up to $20,000 to bring their parents to Australia for up to 10 years, following the Turnbull Government’s latest immigration shakeup.   Under the new scheme, applicants could seek a three-year visa for $5,000 or a five-year visa for $10,000, with the […]

  New applications to certify positions for the Regional Sponsored Migration Scheme are being accepted for the following regions in Western Australia:   Gascoyne; Great Southern; Kimberley; Mid West; Peel; Pilbara; South West; and   Perth Region remains suspended at this stage. It is under review and state migration is not able to receive any […]

As Mr Bill Shorten has told “The West Australian” today that he would support Mc Gowan’s plan to have Perth removed from Skilled migration program that used to bring overseas worker from overseas to Western Australia, people from Perth may not be eligible to lodge RSMs application if Labor wins the state election in March […]

Update on changes in 457 visa. We are receiving many enquiries about the update on 457 visa. There is a rumor going around claiming there has been a major change in 457 visa. The only change that has happened recently is if you are no longer working with your sponsoring employer you will get 60 days […]

  DIBP has announced 5 extra points for those people who has completed Masters by research or PHD   This will require 2 year study as a minimum in Australia and would be initially limited to people studying   Science Technology Engineering Mathematics Information and communication Technology   This will effect significantly for visa Subclass […]

From today Department of Immigration and Border protection has made a massive change on student visa. The changes are summarized as below. The seven subclasses, from 570 to 576 do not exist as of today. New visa subclass 500 and 590 will replace previous 570 and 576 subclass under new Simplified Student Visa Framework (SSVF). […]

  Recently the Department of Immigration and Border Protection (DIBP) announced they would be making changes in student visas. Previously, there used to be 8 subclasses where as with the changes now there will be only 2-visa subclass – the student visa (subclass 500) and student guardian visa (subclass 590). This is called Simplified Student […]

  From 1 July 2016 Student visa will be reduced to Student (subclass 570 and Student Guardian (subclass 590). The current Streamlined and non Streamlined (SVP) cease and thus new Simplified International Student Visa Framework will commence.   The new system will streamline application and processing requirements for student visa applicants with common criteria and genuineness of […]

A new Entrepreneur Visa will be introduced to attract innovative talent and changes will be made to retain high achieving foreign students in Australia under the Coalition Government’s National Innovation and Science Agenda. There will be extra points available for science Engineering and ICT students completing courses in Australia. This initiates students who complete PHD […]