Australia Immigration News

Alternative English language tests for Australian visa applicants November 25, 2014

More English test alternatives for Australian visas applicants

Australian assistant minister for immigration & border protection Michaelia Clare Cash said that all the new visa applicants will now be benefited with two other English testing options. The entire skilled, former residents, temporary graduates, holiday and work visa immigrants can avail the modified alternative op...

Australian business travelers to get past long queues on arrival into London November 20, 2014

Here's some good news for UK’s most regular visitors. They can now apply for the Registered Travelers’ scheme under which no more waiting in long queues on arrival into London’s Heathrow and Gatwick airports is guaranteed.After a thorough examination by UK authorities, eligible Australian travelers can enter Engl...

Investor visa scheme to bring in $2.36bn November 15, 2014

The Federal government investor visa scheme is thriving with $2.36 billion that has been put into the country’s economy from the day the union has joined into the government.Assistant Minister for Immigration and Border Protection and the ministry assisting the Prime Minister for Women in the Abbott Government, Micha...

457 visa holders got exempted from WA school fee November 14, 2014

Fee exceptions revealed for 457 visa holders

The Western Australia government announced its long-awaited hardship plan of fee exemption for international 457 visa holders.Under the new fee exception scheme, families whose annual income is less than $75,000 will not have to pay any fee to public schools.In the previous year the Australian government revealed that ...

Australian airports to add automatic SmartGates for overseas November 07, 2014

More nationalities now qualified for SmartGate use

Australian immigration and border protection ministry, Scott Morrison announced that all the Irish and Canadian nationals can now avail Australian Customs and Border Protection Service's SmartGate program of border processing technology on testing basis.However, this automated SmartGate program is available for all the...

Indonesia's to provide visa-free access pathway for Australia November 06, 2014

Free visa entry access for 5 countries to travel Indonesia

As reported by the prominent position Jokowi (President of Indonesia), all the Australian travelers are about to get visa-free access from Indonesia from the month of January.Indroyono Soesilo, Coordinating Maritime Affairs Minister in Jakarta quoted that visas which are available on arrival for Indonesia at a cost of ...

Reintroduction of temporary protection visas for asylum seekers September 25, 2014

The Australian immigration minister, Scott Morrison has successfully entered into a deal with Clive Palmer over the reintroduction of temporary protection visas. This sensational deal is reportedly said to remove all the asylum seekers from Christmas Island. Apart from the reintroduction of the three-year temporar...

Australian Government likely to consider recommendations of 457 visa program September 24, 2014

Australian Government likely to nod for 457 visa program recommendations

The Government of Australia is likely to consider the recommendations made to the 457 visa program. Notably, 22 recommendations are specified in the report labeled as ‘Robust New Foundations’. The immigration minister of Australia, Scott Morrison, noted that most of the proposals are to be considered. The report ...

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