News for international students! Home Affairs have tinkered with their Genuine Student (GS) requirement, replacing the previous Genuine Temporary Entrant (GTE) requirement for Student visas starting March 23, 2024. Here’s a quick rundown: Australia’s new...
News for skilled visa applicants – The Department of Home Affairs has released the latest figures on nominations made by State and Territory governments for subclass 190 and subclass 491 visas this calendar year to date. Let’s dive into the numbers:...
Starting January 1, 2024, the Australian government has introduced exemptions to the 8547 condition for 417 visa holders, allowing visa holders to work for the same employer for more than 6 months without seeking prior permission in specific situations. These include...
Exciting stats from Home Affairs, here are some fun migration facts from the last financial year: 75 Years of Australian Citizenship: Celebrating a 75-year milestone, there has been a 13% increase in citizenship applications from July to December 2023, with a 14%...
Australia and the UK, united by the Australia-United Kingdom Free Trade Agreement, also known as the ‘Australia-UK FTA,’ are injecting new energy into the Working Holiday Maker (WHM) program. We have seen some highlights of this FTA across other visa subclasses (the...
The Australian Government will close the stream of the Temporary Activity visa (subclass 408) which was specifically designed for Australian Government-endorsed events related to the COVID-19 Pandemic, commonly known as the ‘Covid visa’. The ‘Covid visa’...
