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Applicants awaiting skilled visas can check the September 2026 processing update: onshore applications advanced to varying degrees, while offshore cases remained largely stalled. For some employer-sponsored visa categories, processing dates for priority Construction occupations advanced by almost a year in about one month.
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Parents with Condition 8558 on their visitor visa must count their Australian stays over any rolling 18-month period, with a 12-month limit. Before planning another trip, check actual entry and exit records, visa validity and other conditions.
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The day before yesterday, on 21 June, we had a Subclass 864 Contributory Aged Parent visa granted
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In May, the President of the Migration Institute of Australia (MIA) held a meeting — or discussion — with the Department of Home Affairs, mainly to learn about the latest developments across various policies and information.
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Over the past couple of months, processing of Australian visitor visas has eased somewhat. Some are skilled-migration applicants who have already been invited and want to enter to lodge; some simply want to visit family and friends; and the largest group, of course, is visitor visas for the parents of PRs and citizens.
Read More →Where do you get the medical done — onshore or offshore? You'll find all the answers right here!
Read More →After you lodge an application onshore, in most cases the system automatically grants a Bridging visa A. Some readers, after reading their Bridging A grant letter, may notice it states "Bridging A visa - Not Active" and find this puzzling. This article takes a closer look at the topic.
Read More →Subclasses 189, 190 and 887 have been processed fairly quickly lately, and many of you have just landed your PR. Congratulations!
Read More →This week brought a flood of grants, nomination approvals and skills assessments! We've gathered them all in one place — from skills assessment to invitation to grant. There have been plenty of opportunities so far this financial year, but they aren't waiting for you alone, so act quickly!
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• Australian MARA-registered migration agent, CTO of the NewStars Group, and gold-medal study and migration consultant at the Melbourne office; writing under the pen name “Mitu Weiyuan”.
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