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

On 1 July 2015, The Department of Immigration and Border Protection will launch a new website – https://www.border.gov.au. This will replace immi.gov.au and customs.gov.au. This is to reflect the Department of Immigration and Border Protection and the Australian Customs and Border Protection Service integrating into a single organisation – the Department of Immigration and Border ProtectionRead more

The Australian Government has released its White Paper on Developing Northern Australia: Our North, Our Future on June 18, 2015. It includes a range of visa initiatives to encourage tourism to northern Australia, and to support development in the north. The visa initiatives will include a trial of 10 year validity Visitor visas for Chinese tourists.Read more

DIBP announced that changes for the Visa Application Charges (VAC) will take effect in 1 July 2015 and these changes will be will fund investment for improvements to support stronger border and national security initiatives. You can find more details about the changes in VAC here. They also announced that The Department of Immigration andRead more

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