The Australian Immigration and Citizenship department have started issuing letters to visa applicants who have applied for Australian Residency under certain visa classes.
The letter confirms that priority will be given to applicants who are applying …
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Australias economy is a tower of strength after two respected international reports confirmed it continued to lead the developed world.
The first from the International Monetary Fund added its weight to mounting evidence that Australia was powering ahead of its rivals during the worst downturn since the Great Depression.
It yesterday upgraded its outlook for the Australian economy, tipping it to retreat by only 0.5 per cent this year before growing by 1.5 per cent next year. It earlier forecast a contraction of 1.4 per cent.
The report followed an Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development report that commended the Government’s stimulus measures. Read the full story »
Yesterday we posted an article detailing the significant delays for folks applying under certain visa classes and following numerous discussions in our forum on the topic a number of additional factors have come to light.
Firstly, …
The Australian visa application fee increases have been formally announced, with the skilled migration fee set to increase by 20 per cent as of 1 July 2009.
The Australian Government reviews the Australian visa application fees …
Your reasons for choosing to emigrate to Australia will be varied. For us, as adults we saw the local parks and playing fields we used to play on as kids, turned into graffiti and syringe …
Jobs in Australia still exist in their thousands and despite some of the more sombre news printed in the media of late, finding a job in Australia shouldn’t be too hard a task once you …
G’Day UK 2009 kicks off this weekend delivering two weeks of food, wine, cultural and business events.
Top of the list will be Australian immigration and tourism which will be sold to Brits interested in making …
Deadly 60 – Australia is being broadcast on BBC one tomorrow at 17:15 for anyone that’s interested.
Within the program, lucky wildlife expert Steve Backshall and his crew head for the Australian continent as he continues …
Alan Collett at Go Matilda often writes a good article and his more recent article; ’skilled migration, dispelling the myths’ is no exception.
Within the article, Alan talks about some of the misconceptions now held by …
I read a very interesting letter printed in the Sydney Morning Herald this morning
Within the letter a chap by the name of Michael Jones writes about the strong link between overseas students studying in Australia …
The Migration Institute of Australia (MIA) has warned the government that work on infrastructure projects will be difficult to accomplish following the decision to put restrictions on the skilled migration program.
While the MIA welcomed the …
What with all the gloom and doom associated with the current economic crisis. The further cuts in the Australian Skilled Migration intake and all that other cheery news recently coming out of Australia, I thought …
There is less than one month to go before the changes to the Australian skilled migration will come into effect, as outlined in last month’s release of the 2009-10 Budget.
As of the 1 July, the …
Can you hear that……? Yup that’s the silence associated with the Australian Immigration Authority doing…..stuff!
It seems very quiet at the moment. My checks of all the usual sources of immigration news seems to be bringing …
Following last week’s changes to the Australian skilled migration program, occupations have been removed from the temporary business Australian visa (subclass 457) program in line with the current needs of the Australian economy.
The temporary business …
As we mentioned yesterday, the Federal Government released their budget last night so instead of going through the reams of data coming out of the budget line by line and boring you to death, I …
The Australian Immigration Authority has recently published the latest edition of their booklet titled “Beginning a life in Australia”.
The booklets welcome newly-arrived migrants to Australia and provide useful national, state/territory and local settlement information.
This information …
Changes to the Skilled Occupations List (SOL) have been made by the Department of Immigration and Citizenship (DIAC) in consultation with the Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations (DEEWR).
The Skilled Occupations List (SOL) lists …
Hi Guys. Following my last post I thought I’d better write a very brief update to let you know that I’ve still got a job.
We offer a subscription service here at getting down under (see …
Australian visa holders who own or who are looking to buy property in Australia are now subject to updated policies.
As of the 31st March 2009, Australian visa holders must adhere to new regulations implemented by …
So it’s started to get a little warm here in Western Australia and yesterday it hit 40 degrees Celsius which is the first time this summer that it’s hit this temperature.
Today the forecast is …
Australian visa holders who own or who are looking to buy property in Australia are now subject to updated policies.
As of the 31st March 2009, Australian visa holders must adhere to new regulations implemented by …
Not so long ago I wrote a post which gave an overview of the IELTS Exam.
IELTS or the International English Language Testing System measures a persons ability to communicate in English across all four language …
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