India is becoming one of the fastest growing markets for Australian tourism and visitors. The Australian High Commission in New Delhi has granted a record 150,000 Visitor visas during the 2015-16 program year. Australia’s High Commissioner to India, Harinder Sidhu, said, “It is a landmark achievement. This is the first time ever that we have […]
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An international student convicted of tending a marijuana crop in a Melbourne house has won a battle to remain in the country on a student visa. Vietnamese woman Thi Hong Tran was granted a student visa in October 2012 and arrived in Australia shortly after. The now 26-year-old ran low on money in early 2013
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Teresa Mullan has lived in Australia for more than 50 years and she has raised children here, worked for three governments, voted at 10 federal elections and travelled the world on an Australian passport. But when she tried to renew that passport ahead of an overseas holiday next month, she was refused a replacement because she could
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The Coalition has promised a continuous five-year visa for parents of Australian residents, currently offered to only to those applicants on a case-to-case basis who have lodged a concurrent permanent parental visa application. If re-elected, the Coalition will remove the requirement for these parents to have lodged a concurrent permanent parental visa application. “The Coalition
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Sponsor fees to employ temporary skilled workers from overseas are set to rise if Labor wins the federal election. Workplaces where more than half the workforce is made up of 457 visa holders will pay an extra $1500 for each additional visa if they apply for more temporary workers. The party also wants to beef
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Arrivals SmartGate enables eligible travellers arriving at Australia’s eight major international airports the option to self-process through passport control. It provides a secure and efficient way to clear through passport control. Arrivals SmartGate uses the information in ePassports and facial recognition technology to perform checks usually conducted by an Australian Border Force officer.
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Backpackers in Australia have a new way of earning visa points to extend their stay in the country: become a cane toad killer. The Western Australian Government is asking backpackers to volunteer to battle the spread of cane toads, an invasive species that has become widespread across Australia’s tropical north and poses a threat to
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An effective temporary skilled migration program isn’t about taking jobs from locals – it’s about stimulating hospitality businesses and creating opportunities for young Australians, says Tourism Accommodation Australia CEO, Carol Giuseppi. In an ideal world the Australian hospitality industry would attract the majority of its workers from local sources and essentially, ‘grow its own’. That
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What are Australia’s rules regarding immigration for people living with HIV? Australian visas can be subject to a requirement which commits applicants to demonstrate that they meet certain health criteria. An immigration health check by the Department of Immigration & Border Protection can and often does include a HIV test. The Department of Immigration &
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