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The hiatus in visa processing and impact on PR applications
Backgound: Profound changes to the business visa regime were announced in April 2017, some with immediate effect and some to take effect in 2018. The Government has discontinued the sub-class 457 visa that [...]
Visa update: Temporary Skills Shortage (TSS) visa regime
Backgound: Profound changes to the business visa regime were announced in April 2017, some with immediate effect and some to take effect in 2018. The Government has discontinued the sub-class 457 visa that [...]
Risk Management: A 400 visa is not a preliminary 457 visa
A case study Sally comes to Australia on a 400 visa [Temporary Work (Short Stay Specialist) visa] to train local staff on a new system being rolled out across the world. While Sally is here [...]
Signing a Property Lease Before the Visa Comes Through
A case study Picture the scene: Geoff and Sally are on a “look-see” visit to Melbourne ahead of their planned relocation. Geoff’s new job is due to start in six weeks. They decide they like Australia [...]
Rising Short-term Accommodation Costs
Continuing growth in demand for short-term accommodation has resulted in upward pressure on prices. We have seen increases in recent times averaging at least 10% per year and in some cases considerably more. As a consequence budgets [...]
What to Expect from an Australian Christmas
There's no snow, egg nog or Christmas jumpers, but we wouldn't swap an Aussie Christmas for anything. We use Christmas time to spend the afternoon at the beach, take a dip in the pool and [...]