OZTEC Australian Experts in Hampton, Victoria, Australia | Immigration lawyer

OZTEC Australian Experts

Locality: Hampton, Victoria, Australia

Phone: +61 402 032 423

Address: Level 1, 2 Small St 3188 Hampton, VIC, Australia

Website: http://oztec.net.au

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25.01.2022 Temporary Sponsored Parent Visa - Bill not passed The Department originally announced that the new five year Temporary Sponsored Parent Visa would be introduced at around this time. However, the Bill enabling the new visa to come into effect has not yet been approved by the Senate.

25.01.2022 Happy Australia day everyone! We'll be back to work on Monday, 29 Jan. BBQ like never before mate!

25.01.2022 Ready to migrate? 2016 Census found more than 1.3 million people have migrated to Australia in the past five years and nearly 4.87 million people speak a language other than English at home including Indigenous languages. The list of "high needs" community languages include Telugu, Karen, Tibetan, Hakha Chin, Rohingya, Mongolian and Kirundi (Rundi).... So, if you're ready to migrate, your family members will also feel "connected" as they navigate life in Australia. Ready to take the first step? Go to oztec.net.au for a free visa eligibility assessment.

19.01.2022 A new financial year has started in Australia with some major changes in Migration schemes. Applicants applying for a Skilled Australian Visa must obtain a minimum of 65 points to apply from 1 July 2018. This legislative change impacts all applicants on 60 points who have not yet received an invitation to apply for a skilled visa. A new financial year has started in Australia with some major changes in Migration l. an applicant should have at least 75 points for independent migration.

14.01.2022 New skilled regional provisional visas to commence in November 2019. - Skilled Employer Sponsored Regional (Provisional) visa: for people sponsored by an employer in regional Australia. This visa is expected to have almost 700 eligible occupations. - Skilled Work Regional (Provisional) visa: for people who are nominated by a State or Territory government or sponsored by an eligible family member to live and work in regional Australia. This visa is expected to have approximate...ly 500 eligible occupations. These new visa will be granted for a period of up to 5 years. Migrants will be required to live and work in a regional area of Australia for at least three years before they are eligible to apply for permanent residence. The definition of ‘Regional Australia’ for all skilled visas will be simplified and expanded to include all of Australia except for the following metropolitan areas: Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Gold Coast and Perth. See more

13.01.2022 Do you personally agree with the changes proposed to the Citizenship Act? Now you can say what you really think. The Parliamentary Constitutional and Legal Committee has opened a public survey to ascertain public opinion on changes to the Citizenship Act. The survey appears on the Committee's website ... https://www.aph.gov.au//Legal_and_Cons/Citizenshipbill2018 The survey closes on 27 April 2018 at 5 pm.

12.01.2022 The 10 years fraud documents ban was disallowed by the Parliament. The previous timeframe of 12 months will be returned to the legislation.

08.01.2022 What’s new to expect in the immigration in the new financial year - From 1 July 2019, visa application charges for visa subclasses, except the Visitor visa (subclass 600), will increase by 5.4% - Migration program reduced to 160,000 for the next four years - From November 2019, points test will be adjusted to award additional points, to the primary applicants, where their partner has competent English, but cannot meet the requirements for skilled partner points - The Skilled... Work Regional (Provisional) and Skilled Employer Sponsored Regional (Provisional) visas will be introduced from 1 November 2019. As a result, the RSMS (Subclass 187) and Skilled Regional (Subclass 489) will be discontinued. - An additional 12 month second post-study work visa for international higher education or postgraduate students who have studied at a regional campus and maintained ongoing residence in regional area during their first Temporary Graduate visa See more

07.01.2022 Did you know, that any Australian visa can be refused if the Department tracks any fraudulent documents submitted in relation to previous visa applications in the previous 10 years? The amendments to visa ban legislations were added in November 2017. 12-months ban was changed to 10 years in relation to all the applications lodged as well as all visas previously granted.

07.01.2022 Strengthening the Requirements for Australian Citizenship Bill failed last week. The Turnbull Government was unable to get its proposed citizenship reforms through the Senate. But as Immigration Minister Peter Dutton said that he was committed to strengthening the integrity of the citizenship program and would continue to work with the cross-bench. While the proposed legislation was hanging fire, the number of citizenship applications awaiting processing has jumped from 81,000 on 27 June 2017 to nearly 120,000 on 15 October. The government hasn't commented on the backlog of applications caused by the freeze on processing since April.

05.01.2022 Any wins? Victoria is celebrating Melbourne Cup Day. We'll back to the office on Wednesday, 08 Nov 2017.

04.01.2022 This week was super productive. Our congratulations to 10 new Australian permanent residents who had their permanent visas granted with OZTEC this week. Hope you guys enjoy your life in Australia! All the best guys!