Want to make a permanent move to the United States
and don’t know
how? Apply for the Diversity Lottery (“Green Card” Lottery) now for your chance to make your U.S. dream come true! The
U.S. Government grants 50,000 permanent resident cards each fiscal year in this lottery.
Be
aware that there are numerous Diversity Lottery websites set up by third party
providers. While they may offer
legitimate services in connection to a Diversity Lottery application, if you
use the official government website for your application, there is...
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Monday, 24 October 2016
Parent Visa options - Australia
The Australian visa system has six classes of visas that people may be
eligible to apply for if they are wanting to assist their parents to migrate to
Australia.
Currently, there are two options for Parents wanting to be sponsored by
their children to live in Australia.
Option 1 – Apply for an Aged Parent visa (subclass 804) or Parent visa (subclass
103)
This option has a very long waiting period for the visas to be
processed, the Department of Immigration & Border Protection is currently
advising that it could take up to 30 years...
The Temporary Work (Skilled) visa (subclass 457) visa
The
subclass 457 visa is the most common visa Australian employers use to sponsor
skilled workers from overseas.
It
allows visa holders to work for up to 4 years under the sponsorship of their
employer. The business that sponsors an overseas skilled worker must be an
approved Standard Business Sponsor to be able to sponsor someone to work on a
457.
The subclass 457 visa is a three stage process:
First Stage: The business must apply to become a Standard
Business Sponsor to be able to nominate an overseas skilled worker in
their...
Wednesday, 19 October 2016
Subclass 187 Regional Sponsored Migration Scheme visa
The 187 regional Sponsored Migration Scheme visa is designed
for skilled workers who wish to work in a regional area in Australia. The RSMS
helps businesses in regional, remote or low population growth areas, outside
the major metropolitan centres to recruit skilled workers to fill positions
that are unable to be filled from the local labour market. This is a permanent
residence visa.
You can only apply for the 187 RSMS visa if your nominated
position is located in regional
Australia. Your sponsoring employer must also be actively and lawfully
operating...
Australian visas - Skills Assessments
Skills Assessment
Having your skills assessed is a requirement for skilled migration to Australia under points tested, employer nomination, graduate migrant and temporary graduate visas.
You must provide a positive skills assessment at the time of invitation and lodgement that is relevant to your nominated occupation.
Skills assessments can be confusing and complicated as there are different assessing authorities for different occupations. Currently there are 3 types of skills assessments.
Full Skills Assessment;
485 Skills Assessment,...
Sunday, 16 October 2016
South Korean family facing deportation fights to stay in Queensland
A Gold Coast-based family from South Korea faces deportation unless Immigration Minister Peter Dutton intervenes in their case and allows them to stay in Australia.
Leo Choi and Joanne Moon arrived in Australia with their son Phillip on student visas in 1995.
Their daughter Amy was born the following year.
In 1998 the family moved back to South Korea and returned on a business visa in 2005.
They applied for permanent residency but were refused. Last year they were granted visitor visas, which expire on November 2.
So far more than 28,000...
Thursday, 13 October 2016
Business visa seminar for Latrobe University
On 14 September 2016, Nevett Ford Lawyers Melbourne held another
successful business visa seminar for Latrobe University trainees. The
seminar was presented by Ms. Helen Zheng (Senior Lawyer). This seminar
follows several other business visa seminars presented by Ms Zheng to potential
clients.
The seminar attendees were from top financial institutes in Shanghai.
During the seminar Ms Zheng introduced and explained all types of migration
visas including:-
Business Migration
General...
Australia to commence consultations for the new 5-year temporary Parent Visa
The
Australian Government has announced that community consultations are about to
commence to develop a continuous 5-year temporary visa for parents of Australian
citizens or permanent residents. The visa, which the Coalition had promised
during the election campaign in June, is set to take effect on July 1, 2017.
At present
parents of Australian citizens or permanent residents can apply for a 5-year
visitor visa but can only spend up to 12 months in the country in any 18-month
period and the visa is offered on a case-by-case basis...
Tuesday, 4 October 2016
Luxembourg & San Marino to be added to Work and Holiday visa eligible countries for travel to Australia
Two new Memorandums of Understanding have been signed to
establish reciprocal Work and Holiday visa arrangements with San Marino and
Luxembourg. Each arrangement will allow up to 100 young adults from
Australia and the partner country to enjoy a holiday in each other's country,
during which they can undertake short term work and study...
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