Are you on a temporary visa and affected by the COVID-19 Pandemic? COVID-19 and visa holders – what you can and can’t do. From 25 March 2020, permanent residents holding a PR visa are restricted from travelling overseas unless they are ordinarily resident in another country. COVID-19 and visa holders – from 23:59 AEDT on...Read More
If you are an unlawful non-citizen you may be granted a Partner visa if Schedule 3 is waived Schedule 3 Partner Visa – if you are in Australia without a valid visa, you may still apply for a Subclass 820 Partner Visa (click here to learn more). However, at the time of your application you...Read More
866 Protection visa – are you eligible? 866 Protection Visa Claim must be for persecution for a (UNHCR) Convention reason or for a complementary reason under section 36(2)(aa) of the Migration Act. You may be persecuted for a Convention reason because of your religion or political opinion or nationality or race or being a member...Read More
While in Australia you may not be able to apply for another visa if your current visa has a No Further Stay condition No Further Stay Waiver or No Further Application – some visas will have condition 8503 or 8534 or 8535 preventing you from making or granted another substantive visa application (other than a...Read More
You may not able to apply for a visa for 3 year if you are affected by a risk factor 3 Year Ban on Visa – if you applied for a temporary visa you may be required to satisfy a number of Public Interest Criteria or PIC. If you have previous been granted a visa...Read More
If you hold an APEC Business Travel Card, you may not need a visa to travel APEC Business Travel Card or ABTC (Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation) is a card issued to business travellers and senior government officials. Who can apply for APEC Business Travel Card? Eligible applicants from the currently fully participating 19 countries may apply...Read More
What you need to know to request for SA subclass 190 visa nomination 190 visa SA nomination allows you to apply for a permanent visa to live, work or study in South Australia (‘SA’). If you have relevant skilled working experience (worked in SA for the last 1 year) or recently completed your studies in...Read More
Do I need to comply with visa conditions? Visa conditions – what are they and what do they mean? Section 41 of the Migration Act enables the Migration Regulations to provide for visas to be subject to specified conditions. Reg. 2.05 provide for each visa subclass be prescribed with certain conditions. Visa conditions can be...Read More
Fraud of migration agent and solicitor Visa scams & visa fraud of migration agent or fraudulent conduct of migration agent or a third party can sometimes have the effect of subverting or stultifying the statutory function of the decision maker, such as the AAT or IAA in reviewing the Department’s decision to refuse to grant...Read More
Section 501 character test can be used to refuse or cancel a visa Section 501 character test does not apply to refugees who are owed protection obligations, according to BAL19 v Minister of Home Affairs [2019] FCA 2189. The Minister had accepted that BAL19 fought for the LTTE for 10 years and has worn suicide...Read More
