by hartmanadmin | Jul 1, 2025 | 186 Permanent Employer Sponsored visas, Compliance, Employer Nomination Scheme (subclass 186) visas, Entrepreneur visas, General visas, Graduate visas, Skills in Demand, Student visas
From 1 July 2025, the Department of Home Affairs has implemented a range of visa application charge (VAC) increases. While most rises are modest (around 2–3%), some, including student visas, have increased by as much as 25%. Below is a summary of the key changes...
by hartmanadmin | Aug 9, 2023 | Graduate visas, Short-Term Work visas, Standard business sponsorship, Student visas, Temporary Activity visas, Temporary Skill Shortage (TSS) visas, Training visas, Uncategorized, Working Holiday visas
In order to retain and attract the workforce that best assists your business to grow and develop, it is important to have the option to sponsor and hire overseas employees to work in Australia. In doing so, in order to protect the business and care for employees, it...
by hartmanadmin | May 28, 2023 | Short-Term Work visas, Student visas, Visitor visas, Working Holiday visas
In the wake of approval of the Australia-India Economic Cooperation and Trade Agreement (ECTA) by the Australian and Indian Governments (which came into effect on March 30 2023), along with heralding in a new era of freer trade and closer cooperation between India and...
by hartmanadmin | Nov 27, 2017 | Short-Term Work visas, Skilled visas, Student visas, Temporary Activity visas, Training visas, Visitor visas, Working Holiday visas
On 18 November 2017 new visa condition 8602 was introduced as well as changes to the health insurance requirements for subclass 457 visas, as explained below. New Condition 8602 New Condition 8602 has been introduced which requires the visa holder not to have any...
by hartmanadmin | Jul 3, 2016 | Student visas, Uncategorized
On 1 July each year, the Australian Federal Government ushers in a host of changes to the Australian immigration program. This year however, we have witnessed minimal changes in this arena given that the Coalition Government has been focusing its energy on...
by hartmanadmin | Apr 17, 2016 | Student visas, Uncategorized
The Australian Government has announced that a new framework will be introduced in relation to Australian Student visas for international students. Introduction of the new system is supposed to simplify the application process for students to obtain Australian visas...
