Parent Migration / Visa Wrap-Up for FY2022–23 | Subclass 143 Blooms Too! Stay Cautious on Visitor Visas and Subclass 870 Changes
The day before yesterday, on 21 June, we had a Subclass 864 Contributory Aged Parent visa granted
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Latest on Migration Reform & Visa News | White Paper in Preparation, Backlog Cut to 550,000, and the 408 COVID Stream Actively Considered for Cancellation!
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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Heads up: Onshore PR Parents’ Visitor-Visa Renewals Are Tightening Again — After Just 12 Months
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 →2023 Australia Visa Medical Examination — The Complete Guide: What’s Checked, the Steps, the Documents You Need, and Where to Get It Done Onshore or Offshore. All the Answers Are Here!
Where do you get the medical done — onshore or offshore? You'll find all the answers right here!
Read More →Does a Bridging Visa Take Effect Immediately After You Lodge? Bridging Visa Priority Explained!
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 →Just got your PR and want your parents to stay in Australia for 3 to 5 years or longer? You can — with this visa! No repeated renewals, no constant trips in and out!
Subclasses 189, 190 and 887 have been processed fairly quickly lately, and many of you have just landed your PR. Congratulations!
Read More →Weekly Success Stories | NSW/VIC/TAS State Nominations Pour In! Subclass 491 Grants Keep Coming, Catching Up to 190! Subclass 887 and 143 Still Flowing Too!
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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Refused onshore — is there any hope? Can you still apply to migrate? Section 48, AAT appeals and how to rescue a refusal explained!
• 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”.
Read More →Quitting the “iron rice bowl” to migrate to Australia — what for? A Tasmania 491 story: there is no such thing as right or wrong in life, only different choices.
In Liu Cixin's novel The Three-Body Problem there is a famous line: "Weakness and ignorance are not barriers to survival, but arrogance is." Indeed, faced with an unknown country and an unknown life, we may have no reason to think ourselves strong enough — yet equally no reason to think ourselves unable to cope.
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Department of Home Affairs Internal Document Revealed → More Subclass 189 Invitations Coming in the Second Half! But…
Today we obtained the Department of Home Affairs' internal communication email about the Subclass 189 invitation rounds for FY22-23 (with special thanks to Michael for sharing).
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