The Department of Immigration and Border Protection published their review of the Subclass 457 Programme recently this September 2014 and it contains the results of the review that the department has done to the integrity of the said programme. The program has allowed overseas workers to work in Australia for 18 years and has filled up a […]

  DIBP released Australia’s Migration Programme for 2014-15. Australia’s Migration Programme is providing a total of 190,000 places for immigration. This includes the following: 128,550 places are allocated for skilled migrants, including employer sponsored, general skilled and business categories. 60,885 places are allocated for family migrants sponsored by immediate family members. 565 places are allocated […]

DIBP released their 2nd Quarterly Report on the 30th of June 2014. It basically includes different kinds of statistics of the Subclass 457 visa. It's a 58 page PDF file that they have linked in their website for the public. You can click here to view it. We have extracted the "Number of primary applications granted in […]

According to Migration Alliance, Australia and Spain are set to sign an agreement regarding the working holiday visa program. This agreement will have each country to allow people that are in the age of 18 to 31, to be able to live, work, and study for 1 year in each other's countries. Migration Alliance also stated that […]

For those who have applied and is planning on applying for a visa for Australia, or even planning to sponsor someone from overseas, there are rights and obligations that you should be aware of to know your duties and responsibilities as a migrant and as a sponsor, and also to educate yourself about your rights as […]

Queensland Government Business and Industry is celebrating small businesses that are helping the Queensland economy by holding the 2014 Queensland Small Business Week from September 1 – 6. Events like workshops, networking activities, webinars, mentoring sessions, and forums are in store, so get ready to build and grow your business by learning, making connections, expanding […]

DIBP released news regarding the Ebola Virus on August 8, 2014, stating that the Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) has been reported in West Africa and states that the government is monitoring the virus. We’ve heard about the Ebola Virus for the past few days and weeks but do we really know what it is and […]

DIBP Skillselect released a list of occupations and their respective ceilings on their website and is updating it as positions are filled. We have compiled the top 10 occupations that have the largest number of positions available. The data below are accurate as of August 6, 2014: Occupation Id Occupation No. of positions allocated Actual […]

DIBP updated their list of countries and territories that are eligible for the electronic lodgement of Subclass 600 (Visitor) Visa. As of August 1, 2014, passport holders of the following countries and territories are eligible to apply for a Visitor Visa (subclass 600): Afghanistan Libya Albania Liechtenstein Algeria Lithuania Andorra Luxembourg Angola Macau Special Administrative […]

Aside from the International English Language Testing System (IELTS) and Occupational English Test (OET), DIBP will accept English Language test scores from the “The Test of English as a Foreign Language internet-based test (TOEFL iBT)” and the “Pearson Test of English Academic (PTE Academic)” starting November 2014. DIBP will also accept scores from the “Cambridge […]