Category: Australia Visa
Australia Modifies Its Settlement Grants Program
With the aim to improve the delivery of assistance to humanitarian entrants, skilled and family migrants, Australia’s Settlement Grant Program (SGP) shall modify the funding scheme of the projects that it supports. With this change, financial support is no longer delivered to individual projects. Instead, this will focus more on how the services are delivered. [...]
Australia’s New Processing Scheme Is Set To Reduce Waiting Times For International Students
The first half of 2012 spells good news to international students in Australia. With the introduction of its streamlined processing, Australian student visas are expected to be released on a much faster pace. The program aims to reduce the students’ waiting times and at promote Australia’s academic sector. Streamline processing explained Under the said scheme, [...]
Australia Decreases Financial Requirement For Student Visa Applicants
Last 05 November 2011, Australia has reduced the financial requirement for Australian student visa applicants who are under Assessment Levels 3 and 4. Such change was the Australian government’s answer to the Knight review and recommendations. The change During Australian student visa applications, every student is examined based on their immigration risk or the likelihood [...]
Australia Introduces New Entry Requirement For Student Visa Applicants
To ensure that the student visa route is not abused and to maintain its integrity, Australia introduced the Genuine Temporary Entrant (GTE) requirement last 05 November 2011. All applicants must therefore prove that they satisfy GTE’s conditions and they are genuine students. Contrary to popular opinion, GTE was not implemented to make the application procedures [...]
Australia Provides Longer Working Hours For International Students
Financial-related issues shall no longer bother Australian student visa holders and their dependents as Australia plans to implement more flexible working conditions in 2012. The said change is based on the recommendations of Hon. Michael Knight who was assigned to review the policies and protocols that govern the issuance of student visas. Policy changes and [...]
Australia’s Tourist Deficit Resulted To Job Creation For Foreign Workers
An estimated 35,000 jobs are waiting to be filled by foreign workers in Australia’s tourism sector. With the current shortage of labor power, the famous land down under plans to issue “special visas” to address such need. The need for foreign workers Unfortunately for Australia’s tourism sector, a huge portion of its manpower has shifted [...]
Australia Acknowledges Language Results TOEFL, PTE And CAE
Other than the International English Language Testing System (IELTS) and Occupational English Test (OET), Australia shall now accept test results from other providers such as Test of English as A Foreign Language internet-based test (TOEFL iBT), Pearson Test of English (PTE) Academic and Cambridge English: Advanced (CAE). Beginning 05 November 2011, student visa applicants, most [...]
Australia Introduces The Fraud Public Interest Criterion
Austere immigration measures await general skill migrants, business skill migrants and international students visiting Australia as its government implements the Fraud Public Interest Criterion (PIC). With the aim to reduce if not totally eliminate the incident of data fabrication and immigration violations, the criterion came into full effect last 05 November 2011. Fraud PIC explained [...]
The 4 Application Form Blunders That Resulted To Frustrating Denials
Application form blunders often bear unfortunate consequences when securing a visa approval. It makes the application inconsistent and weak. It is prone to doubt and uncertainty. As a matter of fact an applicant can be refused simply because a mandatory question was left unanswered. To avoid such scenarios, the visa team compiled a list of [...]
The 3-Month Rule During Visa Applications—How It Secures Immediate Approval
Preparing for at least three (3) months before the intended departure saves applicants from denial risks, inconvenience and increased expenses. This is in stark contrast to rushed visa applications that often cause individuals to commit unintentional mistakes in their application. The 3-month time frame For the visa team, the 3-month timeframe is enough to carefully [...]
