Yes. Start up businesses can apply to become an approved 457 Sponsor and employ skilled workers on a 457 visa. In fact, new businesses that have been operating for less than 12 months do not need to have an established training record, unlike established businesses. They have a leeway of making a commitment to training,Read more

The Department of Immigration and Border Protection (DIBP) posted an update to the White Paper on Developing Northern Australia: Our North, Our Future. The White Paper includes a range of visa initiatives to encourage tourism to northern Australia, and to support development in the north. For further information see the White Paper on Developing Northern Australia: OurRead more

The Department of Immigration and Border Protection (DIBP) updated their Occupation Ceilings page on their website on 22 June 2015. The table below shows the top 10 occupation based on their ceiling value and their respective results to date. Occupation ID Description Ceiling Value Results to date 2544 Registered Nurses 15042 2811 3411 Electricians 7854 191 3312 CarpentersRead 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