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Australia on Monday said it would tighten visa rules for international students and low-skilled workers that could halve its migrant intake over the next two years as the government looks to ...
Norfolk Island – From 1 July 2016 all movements between Norfolk Island and Australian mainland are considered as domestic movements, however all passengers are still required to carry passports or, for Australian citizens, some type of photographic identification and pass Customs and Immigration. [64] Normal Australian Customs and Immigration ...
Australia operates a number of immigration detention facilities within the country, as well as several offshore processing centres. All Australian immigration detention facilities are managed by the British services company Serco on behalf of the Australian government. Australia currently has three functioning offshore centres, and ten ...
NZYQ v Minister for Immigration Court High Court of Australia Full case name NZYQ v Minister for Immigration, Citizenship and Multicultural Affairs Decided 28 November 2023 Citation HCA 37 Court membership Judges sitting Gageler CJ, Gordon, Edelman, Steward, Gleeson, Jagot, Beech-Jones JJ Case opinions Detention of non-citizens is not for a non-punitive purpose if there is no real prospect of ...
Australia maintains a list of skilled occupations that are currently acceptable for immigration to Australia. [52] In 2009, following the global financial crisis, the Australian government reduced its immigration target by 14%, and the permanent migration program for skilled migrants was reduced to 115,000 people for that financial year. [53]
Between 2001 and 2023, SCV holders who wanted to become Australian citizens first needed to apply for and obtain a permanent visa under one of the migration programs. On 1 July 2023, new legislation was introduced to consider SCV holders permanent residents for the purposes of Australian citizenship, allowing them to apply directly for citizenship.
New Zealand has tightened its immigration rules before. In September 2022, the government updated the country's golden visa scheme—popular with Chinese investors—to bar property investments as ...
Following the 2022 Australian federal election held on 21 May 2022, the newly-elected Prime Minister Anthony Albanese indicated that while the Section 501 deportation policy would remain, he was open to "tweaking" the policy to take into account the amount of time an individual had lived in Australia. In addition, New Zealand Prime Minister ...