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Congratulations to Dessie Hristova, of Assent Migration Lawyers who was recently recognised by ‘Best Lawyers’ and included in the list...

The Federal Budget did not give any concrete advice on immigration policies or planning, it was hoped that the Government would announce...

Over the past 12 months more than 15,000 international students withdrew their Australian student visa applications. This represents...

New rules for student visa applications are impacting all pending applications lodged within or outside of Australia post 1 January...

Australia’s housing crisis is in crisis and the Federal Government is looking at new ways to assist builders and construction companies...

For the past nine years, the APAC Legal Awards program has recognised and rewarded those exceeding expectations with their stellar...

​​On 3 December 2024,​ the Australian Government announced the release of the Core Skills Occupation List (CSOL) . The new CSOL fulfils...

The statutory criteria for the Temporary Work (International Relations) subclass 403 visa in the Mobility Arrangements for Talented...

For the second year in a row Assent Migration Lawyers have won the Best Boutique Law Firm Australasia award from APAC Insider Magazine’s...

A recent internal review within the Department of Home Affairs of the Parent visa program has brought to light yet again the...

Some Temporary Graduate (Post Study work) subclass 485 visa approvals issued over the past few days are impacted by a glitch....

The new Work & Holiday visa (subclass 462) arrangement for the next fiscal year 2024-2025 will include up to 200 places for young...

Home Affairs made an announcement today that from 1 July 2024, visa conditions 8107, 8607 and 8608 are changing in response to the...

A key commitment in the Migration Strategy, released last year, was to restrict ‘visa hopping’ - ending the loopholes that allow students...

A new Grattan Institute report titled It all adds up: reforming points-tested visas shows that points tested visas are not working as...

At the end of May, South Australia’s skilled migration Registration of Interest (ROI) applications for onshore applicants closed for the...

In line with the Australian Government’s Migration Strategy announced last year to reshape all current programs, there has been a lot of...

The Temporary Graduate subclass 485 visa will have two streams: the Post-Vocational Education Work (former Graduate Work) stream and the...

Jim Chalmers, Australia’s Federal Treasurer handed down his third budget with a wide range of developments that will affect immigration...

The Albanese Government is releasing a discussion paper which maps a path to reforming the skilled migration points test, which has not...