NSW Department of Industry – Skilled and Business Migration has announced its Entrepreneur Visa nomination criteria. To be eligible for NSW nomination for the Business Innovation and Investment (Provisional) visa (subclass 188) – Entrepreneur stream, applicants must: meet Department of Immigration and Border Protection (DIBP) eligibility criteria submit a business … ...

The Department of Immigration and Border Protection (DIBP) has announced that on 19 November 2016 major changes to the Temporary Activity Visa Framework Changes will commence.  The changes have come about as a result of the Australian government’s review of the skilled migration and temporary activity visa programmes. The new framework … ...

The Australian Capital Territory has released the latest ACT Skilled Occupation List for the Skilled Visa program. The latest list, which comes into effect on 1 September 2016, specifies the skills that are in high demand in the ACT.  There are 11 new occupations which have been removed from previous … ...

The Australian Border Force and Australian Federal Police have detained 34 Malaysians charged with working illegally near Woolgoolga on farms in New South Wales.  Woolgoolga is a small town on the east coast near Coffs Harbour. 20 workers were “lawful non-citizens” who were in breach of conditions associated with tourist … ...

For the sixth consecutive year Melbourne has been named the world’s “most liveable city” but terrorism, police shootings and geopolitical tensions have resulted in a drop in overall living standards throughout the World.  Many countries have been affected by violent acts of terrorism which have increased in frequency over larger … ...

Important announcement The Australian Capital Territory is pleased to announce that program targets for ACT nomination of a Skilled Nominated visa (subclass 190) have been met for the 2015/16 financial year.   Effective 18 March 2016 at 4:00pm AEST, applications for ACT nomination from overseas residents will not be accepted. … ...