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The Office also assists people to find a migration agent, [2] [3] provide advice about fees [4] that agents might charge and assist with making complaints about agents. [5] Under Australian law (Migration Act 1958, [6] Part 3) any person who gives "immigration assistance" must usually be a Registered Migration Agent. The term "immigration ...
The Migration Act 1958 (Cth) is an Act of the Parliament of Australia that governs immigration to Australia. [2] It set up Australia’s universal visa system (or entry permits). Its long title is "An Act relating to the entry into, and presence in, Australia of aliens, and the departure or deportation from Australia of aliens and certain other ...
In 1997, the Howard government coordinated a response to shortages in skilled workers in Australia and undertook a complete restructure of the Migration Program. In 1998, the Immigration Minister announced a $21 million marketing campaign over 4 years to promote a student visa program that allowed international students and workers to be granted visas to fill the gaps in Australia’s ...
Under the Migration Regulations 1994, certain persons are defined as holding a valid visa, without having pursued the standard Australian visa process, including [8] certain visitors, mostly linked to foreign militaries and governments, eligible for entry under the special purpose visa, pursuant to a variety of Australian laws and international ...
SYDNEY (Reuters) -Australia said on Tuesday it would limit the enrolment number of new international students to 270,000 for 2025, as the government looks to rein in record migration that has ...
The Department of Immigration and Border Protection was formed by way of an Administrative Arrangements Order issued on 18 September 2013 [3] and replaced the majority of the functions previously performed by the former Department of Immigration and Citizenship; with the exception of most settlement and multicultural affairs programs that were assumed by the Department of Human Services.
For Norfolk Island permanent residents who were not Australian citizens, the Government of Australia created a Permanent Resident of Norfolk Island visa (subclass 834) to grant them automatic residence status when they travelled to the Australian migration zone before 1 July 2016. [3] No advance application was required and no visa charge was ...
220 London Circuit in Civic, which houses the main offices of the ACT Government The Access Canberra service centre in Belconnen. The ACT Government is served by a unified ACT Public Service agency, reporting to a single Head of Service. Administrative units, known as directorates, are grouped under areas of portfolio responsibility.