As part of the Australian
Government’s 2016-17 Budget to boost Australia’s tourism, Australia is set to
implement a trial three-year multiple-entry visitor visa for India, Thailand
and Vietnam by July 2016 and for Chile by December 2016 with each stay valid
for up to three months.
This change complements the
three-year, multiple-entry visitor visa announced for Indonesia in November
last year, and a 10-year visitor visa for China that will be available online
in Simplified Chinese this year, the first time Australia has trialled visa
application...
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Monday, 20 June 2016
Australian Medical Treatment visa
Australia is renowned for its high level medical treatment. Australia has many well equipped and modern hospital facilities including highly qualified medical specialists and practitioners covering a wide range of medical services.
You may wish to consider Australia to assist with the medical treatment of your family member. There is an Australian Medical Treatment visa available if certain criteria can be met.
What does the Medical Treatment Visa allow me to do?
If you apply and obtain a Medical Treatment Visa,...
Australian Visa Update: Occupational Ceilings for Accountants now reached
The Department of Immigratin and Border Protection (DIBP) have released the 25th May 2016 skill select results and the remaining 345 places for Accountants were all used for the 189 program. That meant a number of 65 pointers were invited with EOIs lodged up to 6th October 2015.
There will be no more invites as Accountant before 1st July 2016.
This means that the following occupations (below) are now closed. They will re open in July 2016.
2211 – Accountants
2212 – Auditors, Company Secretaries and Corporate Treasures
2335...
Sunday, 19 June 2016
Use of Labour Agreements – 457 Visas
Standard 457 applications involve the sponsoring employer
nominating an occupation contained on a list known as the Consolidated Skills Occupation
List (CSOL).
It sometimes occurs that a sponsor wishes to nominate an
occupation which is not listed on the CSOL, in which case the standard 457
programme is not appropriate.
In situations such as this, the business may wish to give
consideration to applying for 457 visas under what is known as a Labour
Agreement. These agreements can be utilised in respect of skilled and semi
skilled positions...
Subclass 457 Visa - Training Benchmark Requirements
As a Subclass 457 Employer Sponsor, the business
must meet prescribed training benchmarks.
The Migration Regulations require that the
business must provide clear evidence that there has been, and continues
to be, adequate provision for business related training for existing employees
(Australian citizens and Australian permanent residents). This training requirement must be met for at
least three (3) years from the date of sponsorship approval, depending on the
term of your sponsorship approval (and
on the basis that the business...
Monday, 6 June 2016
Global Mobility Services - Nevett Ford Melbourne
Nevett Ford Lawyers provides a global immigration mobility service through a network of international immigration partner service providers. These service providers are based overseas and are experts in the immigration requirements of their country. This network allows us to provide global coverage through the use of local experts for our clients needing to deploy staff to locations outside of Australia. Our existing network covers locations including: New Zealand, United Kingdom, Israel, Singapore, China, Japan, Italy, Indonesia, Malaysia,...
New Skilled Occupation List (SOL) released for 2016 / 17
The Department of Immigration & Border Protection (DIBP) has announced the New Skilled Occupation List (SOL) for subclass 485, 189 and 489 (family sponsored) visa applications.
They have also released the Consolidated Sponsored Occupation List (CSOL) which is used for subclass 457, 186 and 190 applications.
The following occupations have been removed from the SOL - Petroleum and Mining Engineer, Metallurgist, Mining Engineer, Dental Hygienist, Dental Prosthetist, Dental Technician, Dental Therapist, Environmental Health Officer,...
Changes introduced to 457 visa
Non–discriminatory recruitment practices
The migration regulations have been amended so that sponsors must declare that they will not engage in discriminatory recruitment practices and also comply with a new obligation not to engage in discriminatory recruitment practices. According to the Department of Immigration “The new obligation seeks to address a community concern that some employers may be relying on the 457 visa programme to employ foreign workers without having regard to the availability of local labour.”
Sponsors should keep...
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