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Australian visa applicants seeking sponsored work in the mining and resources industry should do their research before signing up to agencies claiming to be recruiting for the resources industry. “Shonky businesses are targeting jobseekers wanting to get a foot in the door in the mining industry,” according to Queensland’s Minister for Mining, Mr Sterling Hinchliffe . Mr Hinchcliffe said he is aware of a number of businesses who are overstating...
Australia’s hospitality and tourism industry is so short staffed the government is in discussions to import 36,000 cooks, waiters and bartenders to fill vacancies with another 56,000 needed by 2015, according to federal Tourism Minister, Martin Ferguson. Experts say high-paying mining jobs are luring young Australian workers from traditional fields such as retail and hospitality, while others would rather go on the dole than do certain jobs themselves.
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.
The Gillard Government will introduce new laws this year to crack down on the hiring of illegal workers, according to the Minister for Immigration and Citizenship, Chris Bowen MP. ‘This government is committed to getting tough on dodgy employers and ensuring we have an effective sanctions regime in place to punish those who wilfully exploit foreign workers,’ Mr Bowen said. ‘The new laws will establish civil penalties of up...
The Minister for Immigration and Citizenship, Chris Bowen MP, and the Minister for Tourism, Martin Ferguson AM MP, recently launched a guide to using the 457 visa program for the hospitality and tourism industries. The Guide to the 457 program for the tourism and hospitality industries will assist employers to use the skilled visa program and will be backed up by special information sessions.
The Gillard Government announced today that it will shortly implement a new visa fee system to ensure taxpayers are no longer subsidising visa applications. It says that currently, the application fees charged to people wanting to come to Australia do not cover the cost to the Commonwealth of processing the applications. The changes are projected to generate about $613 million over the next four years in revenue.
Departmental officers are now permitted to invite an applicant, or their representative (such as a registered migration agent), to provide additional information or comments during a telephone conversation. Effective 5 November 2011, applicants in Australia who have been invited to provide additional information or comments in a telephone conversation with a departmental officer have seven days to respond to the invitation. The seven-day timeframe begins when a departmental officer...
International students will benefit from streamlined Australian visa processes, more flexible work entitlements and a suite of other improvements as a result of the recent Knight Review into Australia's student visa program. The review submitted 41 recommendations to the Australian Government, all of which have been accepted. From the international students' perspective, seven are key recommendations which will make the process of obtaining an Australian student visa...
Australian Visa NewsSite last updated 12-2-2012 .
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