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The underbelly of Australia’s International Education Industry

Protecting the Rights of International Students by Mark Glazbrook Australia’s international education market is about a $15 Billion a year Industry in Australia, yet it is affected with rampant breaches, rorts and illegal activity. Under Australian law, anyone who uses knowledge of Australian migration procedures to offer immigration assistance to a person wishing to obtain […]

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International student gold rush

by Paul Bidmeade A higher education global report has revealed that Australia is the third most popular student destination in the world. There are 257,637 international students studying in Australian universities. Locally, University of South Australia ranked seventh in Australia with 12,072 international students enrolled at the university. This made up 34 per cent of

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Canada’s seasonal agricultural worker program delivers sweeteners

Canada may be known for its maple syrup, but when it comes to regional skilled migration, Canada’s programs are a lot sweeter than Australia’s. The Canadian Seasonal Agricultural Workers Program (SAWP) began over 40 years ago, and is widely recognised as one of the better administered temporary migration programs in the world. What makes the

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Message from the Director

Welcome to the new and improved format of our monthly newsletter. Each month we want to report and bring you up to date with the latest news and immigration stories but we noticed that if we only send our newsletter monthly by the time we send it to you, the information can sometimes be one

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Application fees for skilled and business migrants

Immigration SA has introduced a non-refundable application service fee which will come into effect tomorrow, Wednesday June 10. Here is a table which shows the application service fees for skilled migrants and business migrants. There is no fee for SA employers. Application Type Application Service Fees $AUD Skilled migrants State nominated skilled – 190

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Year of the Au Pair

Au Pair, a program using international nannies is the cheapest form of childcare available in Australia. Now recommendations by the Productivity Commission suggest Australia should extend the Au Pair program from six months to 12 months, in a bid to lower childcare costs and support workforce participation, especially in regional Australia. The Productivity Commission’s

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Message from the Director

Does increased population create jobs and economic growth ? For many years it has been the opinion of some that immigration to SA should not increase or be put on hold as we don’t have enough jobs to support the local labour market. Immigration and population growth is often viewed negatively, however, I firmly believe

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SA’s jobless rate not an April Fools’ joke

by Paul Bidmeade South Australia had the highest rate of unemployment in the nation for the month of April, with a 0.7 per cent jobless rate increase. South Australia’s unemployment rate is now 7.1 per cent, which is fractionally behind Tasmania at 7.3 per cent. South Australia and Tasmania’s unemployment rate and low population growth

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Looking back and looking forward on immigration

Australia is set to surpass the 185,000 permanent migrants’ record it set in 1969 this year. Speaking at a public lecture at the Australian National University, Michael Pezzullo, Secretary of Department of Immigration and Border Protection said “a permanent migration programme is so crucial for our long-term economic prosperity and our demographic health.” Mr Pezzullo

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Australia’s Biggest Morning Tea migrates to our boardroom

Migration Solutions took part in Australia’s Biggest Morning Tea on Thursday May 28, raising much needed funds for the Cancer Council’s vital research, prevention and support service programmes. Raising over $200 for the Cancer Council of Australia, the morning was a great chance to share a ‘cuppa,’ some delicious food and reflect on those affected

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Mixed bag inside the backpacker tax

by Paul Bidmeade The Australian Federal Government’s 2015 budget will force those on a 417 working holiday visa to pay more tax. The working holiday restrictions will come into effect next year. Starting on July 1 2016, those on a working holiday in Australia will be forced to pay 32.5 per cent tax from their

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Record fine for 457 sponsor breaches

A Darwin-based hospitality business was imposed the largest ever civil penalty under the Migration Act for breaching the sponsorship obligations for a subclass 457 visa programme. “It is the first time the department has pursued a civil penalty and is the largest civil penalty any court in the country has imposed on a sponsor who

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DIBP investigates migration fraud

The Australian Department of Immigration and Border Control (DIBP) is investigating migration fraud, involving Irish visa applicants. The DIBP believes that Irish emigrants have been obtaining passports with the native Gaelic spelling of their name. In many cases this is completely unrecognisable to non-Gaelic speakers and allows them to obtain a new working visa after

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Changes to Visa Application Charges in 2015

In last week’s budget the Federal Government announced that the cost of applying for most Australian visas will increase from 1 July 2015. The Department of Immigration and Border Protection have indicated that “The changes will fund investment in a number of improvements to support stronger borders and national security initiatives” The Departments visa application

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The £10,000 ‘Poms’

On the back of the Productivity Commission’s proposed price-based immigration system, New South Wales Senator David Leyonhjelm has urged Australians to change the way we see migrants. “Once upon a time we had ‘£10 Poms’, but in future we could have £10,000 Poms,” Senator Leyonhjelm said. He sees the priced-based immigration system as a revolutionary idea that

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Financial migration model for a better economy

Australia’s Federal Government Productivity Commission proposed a price-based immigration system on May 1, which would allow migrants to pay their way to immigrate to Australia. The idea set off alarm bells within business groups and unions, who said tackling skills shortages should be the key focus of Australia’s immigration policy. Managing Director of Migration Solutions

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Changes to English language requirement for 485 and 476 visas

Last Saturday the Department of Immigration and Border Protections’ lowered the English test requirement on the 485 and 476 visas. Our table below summarises all the changes for all the tests. English language test scores for subclass 485 and 476 applications: English test Minimum band score Total overall scored Listening Reading Speaking Writing IELTS test Overall band score 6.0

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A survey unlocking the key to migration:

The Department of Immigration and Border Protection is giving stakeholders the opportunity to provide comments on the Review of the Skilled Migration and Temporary Activity visa programmes. There were 68 submissions from visa holders, employers, peak industry bodies, skills assessing authorities, unions and government agencies after the 2014 discussion papers were released in October last

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Immigration news

The underbelly of Australia’s International Education Industry

International student gold rush

Canada’s seasonal agricultural worker program delivers sweeteners

Message from the Director

Application fees for skilled and business migrants

Year of the Au Pair

Message from the Director

SA’s jobless rate not an April Fools’ joke

Looking back and looking forward on immigration

Australia’s Biggest Morning Tea migrates to our boardroom

Mixed bag inside the backpacker tax

Record fine for 457 sponsor breaches

DIBP investigates migration fraud

Changes to Visa Application Charges in 2015

The £10,000 ‘Poms’

Financial migration model for a better economy

Changes to English language requirement for 485 and 476 visas

A survey unlocking the key to migration:

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