Immigration Minister Peter Dutton has asked for an urgent review into the circumstances of two Sydney men, Omar Al-Kutobi and Mohammad Kiad, who are accused of plotting a terrorist attack on Australian soil. It is suspected that one of those men may have come to...
Big companies not playing by the same 457 visa program rules
Questions are being raised about the visa activities of some of Australia’s biggest infrastructure and mining players amid a probe into working visas. The latest investigation centres around allegations that Irish workers have fraudulently obtained 457 visas to work...
Immigration advisers warn of Cricket World Cup visa scam
Illegal immigrants out to exploit easy entry during cricket comp! The visa arrangement was aimed at providing ease of movement for cricket fans. Travellers with no intention of attending Cricket World Cup games are taking advantage of a trans-tasman arrangement...
Overseas workers will be allowed to work for a year without applying for 457 visas
A new temporary-entry permit proposed by the Department of Immigration to allow overseas workers to stay in Australia for a year without a 457 visa would create "open slather" on the Australian labour market at the same time it faces growing unemployment, unions warn....
Australian migration agents hit out at 50% hike in cost of family visas
The Australian government is being urged to reconsider a dramatic increase in the cost of visas for partners that takes effect on the first day of January 2015. According to the Migration Institute of Australia (MIA), the 50% increase in the visa application charge...
Govt to cash in on visas for foreign love
The Abbott government will increase the visa applications charges for partner visas by 50 per cent, raising $373.6 million for the budget repair job. The cost of a foreign affair is set to increase by several thousand dollars. Australians who fall in love with or...
Australian Skill Shortages Creating More Job Opportunities for Expatriates
Specialists in international removals, Interdean, have commented on the recent news that skill shortages are becoming widespread across Australia and that numerous industries are calling for skilled expatriates to relocate there in order to make up the...
Demonising overseas skilled workers
DURING her desperate days of early 2013, Julia Gillard deliberately set off on an ugly, disgraceful and pitiful path by campaigning against migrant workers on temporary 457 visas. Playing to Labor’s wolfish union powerbrokers, whistling an “Aussie jobs first” tune, Ms...
Permanent residency becoming more competitive
Migrants need a long-term well-considered strategy if they want to have a realistic chance of obtaining permanent migration to Australia. Rising costs, tougher rules, a stricter enforcement regime and a tight job market could easily derail poorly considered migration...
Scammers taking advantage of Fiji work holiday visa program delays
Fiji has become the target of scammers including travel and recruitment agents who are taking people’s money with the promise of work visas into Australia. The Australian High Commission has warned that while Australia had invited Fiji to join the Seasonal Worker...