Safe Haven Enterprise Visa (Subclass 790) [“SHEV”] is a protection visa for persons who have arrived in Australia illegally. With this visa, you may be allowed to temporarily stay in Australia for up to 5 years. To provide assistance to temporary and provisional visa holders, who have been affected by the COVID-19 pandemic due to…
COVID-19 Pandemic event (Subclass 408) visa allows a person to stay and continue working in critical sectors in Australia when he/she cannot leave Australia due to travel restrictions in response to COVID-19 (Coronavirus) and has no other visa option to maintain his/her lawful status in Australia until he/she is able to return to his/her home…
Ever thought of a scheme that extends your visa duration by up to five years? Well, if you are someone from Hong Kong, you could be the lucky one! As the Australian government has decided to extend the temporary visas for students and skilled workers from Hong Kong. Under this scheme, the current and future…
Australian Government has announced the Priority Migration Skilled Occupation List (PMSOL) to fill critical skills needs in support of businesses during COVID-19. The PMSOL gives priority to certain occupations for Employer Nomination Scheme (ENS) visa (Subclass 186) and other work visa applications, including Temporary Skill Shortage (TSS) visa (Subclass 482), Skilled Employer Sponsored Regional (Provisional)…
The Joint Standing Committee on Migration of the Commonwealth is conducting a new inquiry into the Working Holiday Maker program (Working Holiday Subclass 417 & Work and Holiday Subclass 462) and is accepting submissions by 24 July 2020. The Hon Alan Tudge MP, the Acting Minister for Immigration, Citizenship, Migrant Services and Multicultural Affairs, has…
Temporary Skill Shortage Visa (Subclass 482) comes with Condition 8607 according to which you must commence work within 90 days of grant of visa or arrival in Australia, as the case may be, and must not be unemployed for more than 60 days consecutively, amongst other conditions. Schedule 8 of the Migration Regulations 1994 provides:…
