“Accredited” status has delivered many positive benefits for Business Sponsors. As a result of the broadening of the applicability criteria, and the flexible approach adopted…
Ron Kessels16 January 2020
The annual review of occupations lists is underway, with new lists scheduled to be published in March 2020.
Ron Kessels16 January 2020
The Administrative Appeals Tribunal (AAT) has recently published its annual report, confirming the trend that lodgements of review applications in the Migration & Refugee Division…
Ron Kessels16 January 2020
Anyone who has applied to sponsor one or both parents to Australia knows that it is a long, uncertain and expensive process.
Ron Kessels16 January 2020
The NZ Government has announced that the long-anticipated re-opening of the Parent category will occur in February 2020. This category has been closed since 2016.
Ron Kessels16 January 2020
The Department of Employment has released their ‘Traffic Light Bulletin’ which proposes further changes to the occupation lists for the purposes of sponsorship.
Ron Kessels13 December 2019
As foreshadowed for some months, the Government’s new Regional Visa Program commenced on 16 November 2019.
Ron Kessels19 November 2019
The “trade-off” for faster processing time, as currently offered to Accredited Sponsors in particular, is that businesses can expect to be monitored by the Sponsor…
Ron Kessels29 October 2019
Year end means staff review time for some businesses.
Ron Kessels29 October 2019