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Two major economic reports have warned South Australia’s economic pain is set to continue for the foreseeable future, due in part to the impending closure of the local car manufacturing industry. The October quarterly state of states report from CommSec and Business Outlook report from Deloitte Access Economics both ranked South Australia in the third-tier of state economies,

Ever wonder what Migration Solutions does on a day-to-day basis whilst working on visa applications?  The following is a behind the scenes insight into the Migration Solutions engine room – a team of 14 dedicated and committed people working towards getting visas approved and granted for our clients. As a company, in the month of

Feegrade Consulting have announced a restructuring to their recently launched series of English-language proficiency workshops, which are being hosted in the Migration Solutions boardroom.  The changes to to the original program are as follows: Week 1 – The Speaking Domain:   The development of fluency and communicative competence will be both addressed and practised. Week

Spain has become the newest addition to Australia’s reciprocal Work and Holiday visa arrangement, after being signed at Parliament house earlier this week. The program will allow up to 500 young people from each country to engage in short-term work and study whilst holidaying in each other’s country. The agreement differs from a traditional Working

Reports have surfaced that Senator Hanson-Young will move a disallowance motion against the Migration Amendment (Repeal of Certain Visa Classes) Regulation 2014, in an attempt to re-open the non-contributory Parent and Aged Parent, Aged Dependent Relative, Remaining Relative and Carer visa subclasses that were closed at the end of May this year.  According to a notice

Migration Solutions Managing Director Mark Glazbrook says he is in support of recent calls from Education Adelaide for Adelaide to become a 24/7 city in order to increase its appeal to international students. New Education Adelaide CEO Karyn Kent, who was featured in the Advertiser following her appointment last month, was quoted spruiking the economic

Hello and welcome to our August edition of Immigration News, At the time of writing, the migration industry is still awaiting the outcome of the 457 program review, and we are hopeful that the proposed changes will be announced next month. Personally, I was extremely disappointed to see that the SA Government has made recommendations that would make

English-language tuition specialists Susan Taylor and Rohan Feegrade can’t help but sigh each time a new client walks through the door requesting a ‘couple of tune-up sessions’ before their upcoming IELTS test.   It’s a common scenario for both tutors, who are struggling to educate migrants about the level of preparation that is required in