Australian News
The Australian reports that one year into the Gillard government’s new multicultural strategy, Tony Abbott’s Coalition says it is failing because it is too obsessed with “symbolism” and ignores the more than half of newly arrived immigrants who aren’t fully integrating.
The first two asylum-seeker boats of 2012 are en route to Christmas Island as Indonesia warns its visa changes could send a fresh wave of boatpeople to Australia. As negotiations between Australia’s government and opposition to reinstate offshore processing remain at an impasse, two boats carrying 51 asylum-seekers were intercepted yesterday.
As the first stage of its move to a user-pays visa application charge system, the Department of Immigration and Citizenship (DIAC) will change the visa application fees for over twenty visa subclasses effective 1 January 2012.
We have been contacted by a growing number of clients and prospective immigrants who say they have received immigration newsletters and read media reports which leave the impression that because Australia needs workers, immigration to Australia has become fast and easy. The facts: Headlines like “Queensland desperate for migrants to address current skills shortage” *, do not indicate an improvement in visa processing times, or a change in immigration...
The Irish Central online publication reports that a shock survey has found that 22% of Irish are seeking to migrate, with Australia being one of the favourite destinations. Sadly, the article reports that the level of personal debt in Ireland has reached record levels , with 27 percent of the Irish saying they feel ashamed because they cannot pay a bill while 20 percent are worried that they may lose their homes. Click...
Australian Visa NewsSite last updated 12-2-2012 .
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