27 May 2015, DIBP has announced that a Work and Holiday Memorandum of Understanding has been signed between Australia and the Slovak Republic. This means that Slovak Republic and Australia now have a reciprocal arrangement for Work and Holiday Visa (subclass 462) for the 2 countries. This would allow 200 young adults from each other’sRead more

Starting 1 July 2015, the Government is introducing a price increase to a few Visa Application Charges. The price increase will be used to fund for improvements to support stronger borders and national security initiatives. Permanent Migration Stream, Skilled Graduate, Temporary Long Stay Business (Subclass 457), Visitor and Student visa streams. 2.3% increase. Temporary Resident Short Term BusinessRead more

DIBP posted an update that starting 22 May 2015, they will start collecting biometrics from applicants who are in Hong Kong at the time of making a visa application for Australia, unless exempted or excluded based on Australian Government Policy. Exemption: Holders of Hong Kong SAR, Macau SAR, British National Overseas, and People’s Republic ofRead more

Following article is written by Rebecca Lim. I first visited Sri Lanka in 2003. I took leave from the Australian Department of Immigration and Citizenship for a short humanitarian stint with a Sri Lankan NGO during a Norwegian Peace Initiative-ceasefire. The civil war spanning over 25 years ended with the defeat of the Liberation TigersRead more

We all know that in applying for a visa, processing would take time, and we either become impatient in waiting for our visas to process, become to relaxed in getting the requirements for our visa (further delaying the processing of the visa), or become more and more anxious of what the results would be. ToRead more