Generally Speaking for employment, family and travel reasons it is advisable to seek Permanent Residence and indeed Australian citizenship as soon as you can. Whilst applicants often don’t have choice - this article considers some of the drawbacks of temporary...
Partner visa versus Prospective Marriage (fiancé) visa
Clients often ask what the best partner visa to apply for is, and the only starting point can be the background of the parties and the relationship circumstances. Human beings are eternally optimistic and when dealing in matters of the heart often rationality and...
Partner visas – De facto relationships – civil unions
In March of 2012 Queensland joined a number of other states (including Victoria, NSW, Tas, ACT and the NT) which now recognise civil unions or partnerships (including same-sex) for general purposes. The Migration Act (and recently amended Regulations) now recognises...
Changes to the Permanent Employer sponsored categories
On 9 March 2012, The Department of Immigration and Citizenship (DIAC) announced reforms to the 'Permanent Employer-sponsored' (PES) visa program to commence on 1 July 2012. To avoid being overly technical, in 2011 DIAC was tasked to look at ways of reforming the...
Exceptional circumstances versus exemptions (Post 1 July 2012)
The current permanent employer-sponsored visa categories (ENS & RSMS) accommodate unique and unusual applications through the exceptional circumstances provision for age, skill or qualification and English language requirements. This has allowed applicants who...
