Visa Application

  The government is discussing plans to introduce mandatory provisional Visas before migrants are allowed to live in Australia on permanent Visas. Migrants coming to Australia may have to spend a certain period of time on mandatory provisional Visas before they are granted a permanent residency. The Department of Immigration and Border Protection (now the…

  Some welcome news for working holiday travellers wishing to visit Australia to work and holiday. Applicants can now be up to 35 years of age at the time of making an application. A Subclass 417 Working holiday Visa is a temporary Visa for young people who want to holiday and work in Australia for…

  Visa Application Charges to rise – as part of the 2017-18 Budget, the Australian Government announced a number of changes to existing Visa Application Charges (VACs). From 1 July 2017 all current VACs payable to the Department of Immigration and Border Protection (DIBP) will be indexed annually in line with the forecast Consumer Price…

  The Department of Immigration and Border Protection (DIBP) has advised that Visa applicants will now be able to view current visa application processing times. This information is now available for most visa types, and can be found on the DIBP website. This means that visa applicants should be able to access up-to-date information related…