Australian Immigration Lawyers | Migration Agents

Update (20th April 2017) – Justin Rickard was interviewed by the BBC World News service in London regarding the changes to the 457 and Citizenship rules discussed in this article. Listen to the interview below.
The Australian Prime Minister made a shock announcement yesterday that the Immigration department (DIBP) is abolishing the Temporary Work (Skilled) (subclass 457) visa (457 visa) and replacing it with the completely new Temporary Skills Shortage (TSS...

In criminal trials, the prosecution has to prove each element necessary to its case beyond a reasonable doubt. In civil trials, and in migration applications, on the other hand, a party has the burden only of proving affirmative contentions by a preponderance...

Asylum seekers who arrived in Australia by boat before the decision to deny Australian settlement to persons processed offshore have been given a reason to celebrate.
A recent decision by the Federal Court has ruled that the Minister for Immigration, Peter Dutton, has unreasonably delayed the reaching of decisions regarding the granting of Australian citizenship to refugees who have applied for citizenship. This is...

Numerous reports of migrant visa holders being underpaid by their employers have been published recently with Fair Work Ombudsman publishing a particularly damning report on the treatment of Working Holiday Subclass 417 visa holders.
The report by the Fair Work Ombudsman focused on the requirement for Working Holiday visa holders to complete 88 days of paid work in regional Australia in order to apply for a 2nd working holiday visa and employers who took advantage of this mandatory...