Business and Skilled Migration Queensland (BSMQ) has announced that new Queensland Business Criteria for the Business, Innovation and Investment Program (BIIP) and a new Queensland Skilled Occupation List (QSOL) has been approved by the Queensland Government. These changes will come into effect from Monday 25 July 2016. The headline changes include: SUBCLASS 132 BUSINESS TALENT […]
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The student visa system was simplified from 8 different subclasses to 2. After reviewing the new Subclass 500 Student visa, it does appear to be much simpler and there are no streams to differentiate a primary school student from a university student. This means the Electronic Confirmation of Enrollment becomes quite important. Summarized below are
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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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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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