On 13 June 2024, the government announced that starting 1 July 2024 there will be new measures introduced restricting onshore (applying for visa while in Australia) applications for student visa. As at the time of writing there are restrictions on some visa holders who can apply for a student visa while in Australia. They are: […]
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The Australian announced the Migration Strategy on 11 December 2023. Many parts of the migration program will see some changes in 2024. For student visa applications, the most prominent change is the replacement of the Genuine Temporary Entrant (GTE) requirement with a new one fittingly called the Genuine Student (GS) requirement. It will require evidence
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Subclass 491 visa in the General Skilled Stream requires a nomination by a state or territory. Each state or territory sets their own requirements for nomination which are in all cases additional to the Department of Home Affairs (DOHA) requirement. The State of New South Wales (NSW) is one nominating state and has two pathways
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The Migration Regulations relating to Partner visas (provisional subclass 309 and permanent subclass 100) for dependents who are members of the Family Unit and are over 23 years old have recently been amended to allow this cohort of secondary applicants to continue to meet the dependency criteria irrespective of their age. Previously, visa applications, for
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On 27 April 2023, the Minister for Immigration, Citizenship and Multicultural Affairs announced that there will be an increase to the (TSMIT) from currently $53900 to $70000 form 1 July 2023. The (TSMIT) is set via legislative instrument rather than actual changes to the core legislation which makes it easier for the department to implement
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The Department has announced that they have extended the relaxation of condition 8547 until 30 June 2023. This allows Working Holiday Makers to work with any one employer for the duration of their visa without requesting permission. Furthermore, any work that is carried out before 1 July 2023 will not be counted towards the 6-month
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