Visa holders affected by COVID-19
Is your visa expiring before your intended departure from Australia? There are no exceptions in place for expired visa holders. If you are in Australia and your visa is about to expire, you will need to apply for another visa to remain lawfully in Australia. If you do not apply for another visa you could […]
Coronavirus Travel Restrictions – Implications for Australian Visas
As the world brought in the new decade on the 31st of December 2019, Chinese authorities alerted the World Health Organisation (WHO) to what would quickly become an epidemic with more than ten thousand confirmed cases two months later. As a result of the severity of the situation, and with the WHO declaring a Global […]
Migration Appeals – A short update
Migration Review Division – Administrative Appeals Tribunal (AAT) The Hon Ian Callinan AC QC recently handed down his Report on the Statutory Review of the Tribunals Amalgamation Act 2015. The report covered a number of matters relevant to the conduct of migration review applications including processing times (ie. Backlogs), bridging visas for certain applicants, qualifications of […]
Courts and tribunals annual fee increases from 1 July 2019
On 1 July 2019, the annual indexation for federal courts and tribunals fees will take effect. In particular, the Administrative Appeals Tribunal – Migration and Refugee Division fees will be as follows: Section Document or service Tribunal fee 4.13(1) Application fee – decisions other than protection visa $1787 4.31B(1)(c) Application fee – review of Part […]
New visa conditions and changes – how they affect you
From 18 November 2017, a number of new visa conditions and changes have been introduced by the Department of Home Affairs. A breach of the new visa conditions can lead to visa cancellation, a very serious (and often irreversible) situation to be in. If you’ve applied for or are applying for a visa from 18 […]