Visas
Bridging visas
The recent turmoil in Sri Lanka has led to further debate about how Australia should handle refugees. The government has......
Visa denied to down syndrome boy
Immigration Department medical officers found a boy with Downs Syndrome would be a ‘significant and ongoing cost’ to the Australian......
Detention – A Bitter Lesson for Overseas Students in Australia
Between 2000 – 2005, as per the Department of Immigration, 2003 students were detained for breaching visa conditions. The current......
Tough talk but will there be any tough action taken on the 457 visa?
The Immigration Minister, Chris Evans, has today unveiled proposed reforms to the controversial 457 visa scheme. The program has come......
TPV abolition
The Federal Budget. It’s still uncertain how it’s going to affect us in the long run. But for one group......
Immigration Minister Chris Evans joins forum about controversial migrant working visa
As Australia’s need for skilled workers increases, so do the number of temporary migrants entering the country on the controversial......
Union wants working visas for international sex workers
Sex workers have suggested a new way to curb the exploitation of migrants – give international prostitutes – skilled worker......
New Government, old policies- what’s wrong with working migrant visas?
Yesterday the Immigration Minister, Chris Evans, announced that the Government will increase it’s skilled migrant intake to 108, 500 to......
Sex workers on temporary visas could be banned
Temporary visa holders will be stripped of the right to work in Australia as a sex worker, if the Coalition......
Haneef transcript part 2 released
Following yesterday’s overturning of Immigration Minister Kevin Andrews’s decision to cancel the work visa of Dr Mohammed Haneef… his legal......