Amendments to Temporary Work Visas

The Department of Immigration and Citizenship has recently announced amendments to the subclass 400 series of visas which include temporary work visas. The changes are aimed at simplifying the temporary work visa system and reducing the number of subclasses of these...

Potential New Work and Holiday Visa Arrangements

On 13 November 2012, the Minister for Immigration and Citizenship, Chris Bowen MP, announced that Australia will begin discussions with the governments of the Czech Republic, Hungary, Israel, Latvia, Poland and the Slovak Republic in terms of creating reciprocal work...

Five Million Dollar Significant Investor Visa

The Minister of Immigration and Citizenship, Mr Chris Bowen, has announced the introduction of the Significant Investor visa which is scheduled to commence from 24 November 2012 and will form part of the Business Innovation and Investment Program. The relevant...