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Feb 42 min read
Student visa applications in 2025
New rules for student visa applications are impacting all pending applications lodged within or outside of Australia post 1 January...
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Dessie
Dec 17, 20242 min read
Building a new core skills group
Australia’s housing crisis is in crisis and the Federal Government is looking at new ways to assist builders and construction companies...
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Dessie
Dec 11, 20241 min read
Assent Migration Lawyers Best Specialist Immigration Law Firm in Victoria two years in a roll
For the past nine years, the APAC Legal Awards program has recognised and rewarded those exceeding expectations with their stellar...
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Dessie
Dec 3, 20241 min read
New Core Skills Occupation List announced
​​On 3 December 2024,​ the Australian Government announced the release of the Core Skills Occupation List (CSOL) . The new CSOL fulfils...
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Dessie
Nov 13, 20242 min read
MATES subclass 403 visa due to open for Indian citizens
The statutory criteria for the Temporary Work (International Relations) subclass 403 visa in the Mobility Arrangements for Talented...
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Dessie
Sep 6, 20241 min read
Second win in APAC awards for Assent Migration Lawyers
For the second year in a row Assent Migration Lawyers have won the Best Boutique Law Firm Australasia award from APAC Insider Magazine’s...
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Dessie
Aug 14, 20242 min read
Parents' long wait list for Australian parent visas
A recent internal review within the Department of Home Affairs of the Parent visa program has brought to light yet again the...
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Dessie
Jul 3, 20241 min read
Validity period of 485 visa grants post 1 July impacted by glitch
Some Temporary Graduate (Post Study work) subclass 485 visa approvals issued over the past few days are impacted by a glitch....
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Dessie
Jun 26, 20241 min read
Work & Holiday visa for nationals of the Philippines and pre-application ballot for nationals of China, Vietnam and India
The new Work & Holiday visa (subclass 462) arrangement for the next fiscal year 2024-2025 will include up to 200 places for young...
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Dessie
Jun 21, 20242 min read
Changes to work limiting conditions imposed on all temporary employer nominated visas
Home Affairs made an announcement today that from 1 July 2024, visa conditions 8107, 8607 and 8608 are changing in response to the...
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Dessie
Jun 13, 20242 min read
The Hon Clare O'Neil MP announcement on ending ‘visa hopping’ in the migration system
A key commitment in the Migration Strategy, released last year, was to restrict ‘visa hopping’ - ending the loopholes that allow students...
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Dessie
Jun 5, 20243 min read
Grattan Institute report points to skilled visa reforms
A new Grattan Institute report titled It all adds up: reforming points-tested visas shows that points tested visas are not working as...
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Dessie
Jun 3, 20242 min read
South Australia says it needs more skilled workers
At the end of May, South Australia’s skilled migration Registration of Interest (ROI) applications for onshore applicants closed for the...
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Dessie
May 30, 20241 min read
Employer sponsored visa changes and increase of TSMIT
In line with the Australian Government’s Migration Strategy announced last year to reshape all current programs, there has been a lot of...
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Dessie
May 27, 20242 min read
Temporary Graduate SC 485 visa changes from 1 July 2024
The Temporary Graduate subclass 485 visa will have two streams: the Post-Vocational Education Work (former Graduate Work) stream and the...
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Dessie
May 17, 20244 min read
What the budget means for Immigration
Jim Chalmers, Australia’s Federal Treasurer handed down his third budget with a wide range of developments that will affect immigration...
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Dessie
Apr 25, 20242 min read
Australian skilled migration points test under review
The Albanese Government is releasing a discussion paper which maps a path to reforming the skilled migration points test, which has not...
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Dessie
Apr 18, 20242 min read
Jobs and Skills Australia releases draft lists of skilled occupations
Last December a plan was unveiled to streamline Australia’s skilled visa program, a process that would make visas simpler for both the...
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Dessie
Apr 15, 20242 min read
Permanent Residency Ballot for Pacific Islands and Timor-Leste
An Australian permanent resident visa will be available to people from the Pacific Islands and Timor-Leste after it was successfully...
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Dessie
Mar 19, 20242 min read
Skilled refugees can find work in Australia
Skilled refugees matched with employers to migrate to Australia in the Skilled Refugee Labour Agreement Pilot program. The pilot program...
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