Visa & Citizenship Lawyers - Australia

28/05/2023

Visa & Citizenship Lawyers were contacted by A Current Affair to comment on the circumstances of a woman, who moved to Australia 15 years ago and shortly afterwards had a child who is now an Australian citizen.

Due to a chain of events, the woman is now holding a bridging visa which expires in a few days, at which time she will become an unlawful non-citizen liable to be put in immigration detention and removed from Australia, separated from her Australian citizen daughter who requires full-time care and daily medical support.

The woman's pathway to permanent residency is complex as she has previously been granted a visa through Ministerial Intervention.

The Immigration Minister will decide whether a Sydney mother can legally stay in the country to care for he...

08/05/2023

Great news for the AGED CARE INDUSTRY with the announcement of a Labour Agreement which allows businesses to sponsor visa workers with permanent visa pathways in the following occupations:

Nursing Support Worker (ANZSCO 423312)
Personal Care Assistant (ANZSCO 423313)
Aged or Disabled Carer (ANZSCO 423111)

Minister for Home Affairs, Minister for Immigration, Citizenship and Multicultural Affairs, Minister for Emergency Management.​​​

27/04/2023

Interesting times ahead for certain industries such as hospitality where the Temporary Skilled Migration Income Threshold (TSMIT) will be raised from $53,900 to $70,000 from 1st July 2023.

The TSMIT is the minimum salary that can be paid to certain employer sponsored work visa holders.

There's been a lot of debate about this topic for well over a year, with people strongly not in favour of such a significant raise, whilst others have stated that the raise should have been higher.

21/04/2023

Major announcement for New Zealanders who have lived in Australia for four years:

You will soon be able to apply directly for Australian citizenship without first having to secure permanent residency.

New Zealanders living in Australia will be able to become citizens without having to secure permanent residency first.

28/03/2023

I recently spoke to City Hub about the high rate of visitor visa refusals.

The most common ground for refusing a visitor visa application is for failing the Genuine Temporary Entrant (GTE) criteria, which is discretionary.

By JOHN MOYLE When Australia reopened its borders for travel in 21 February 2022, by June of that year 118,000 Australians had headed off to Bali. This was a much smaller number than the 1.4 million Aussies who had holidayed on the Island of the Gods in 2019, but made for a good start in a world w

16/12/2022

Administrative Appeals Tribunal abolished!

One of the most notoriously politicised bodies in the Commonwealth will be overhauled, as the attorney-general seeks to end political appointments to the Administrative Appeals Tribunal.

13/12/2022

CITIZENSHIP APPROVAL (with traffic offences) 😊
Our client had been a permanent resident of Australia for around two years, and sought to become an Australia citizen. However, they had previous traffic offences that needed to be addressed.
We lodged their citizenship application with carefully drafted Statutory Declarations regarding our client’s good character. We also had a face-to-face consultation to prepare for their citizenship interview and test.
About three weeks after the client attended their citizenship interview, we received a letter from the Department of Home Affairs approving his Australian citizenship.
Congratulations! We look forward to hearing about our client’s attendance at their citizenship ceremony, which is to occur in just a few week’s time.
If you would like professional assistance with visas, you are welcome to reach our team as we'd be happy to help :)
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13/12/2022

OFFSHORE PARTNER (SAME-SEX) Visa GRANT 😊
The lovely couple first met in 2018, however were separated from each other for about two years due to the COVID-19 restrictions.
Visa & Citizenship Lawyers were engaged to assist the couple with their offshore partner visa (Subclass 309/100).
The visa was applied on 10 March 2022.
The grant was received on 9 December 2022.
If you would like professional assistance with visas, you are welcome to reach our team as we'd be happy to help :)
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13/12/2022

FROM INWARDS TRAVEL EXEMPTION TO PARTNER VISA - VISA GRANTED TODAY 😊
We were with our clients from day one of their journey to enter Australia. Separated by the COVID-19 pandemic, the couple were determined to reunite and live in Australia long-term. We were engaged for all stages of their journey – the travel exemption, visitor visa, and the onshore partner visa. All were granted with our professional assistance. The couple’s onshore partner visa was lodged in May this year and was granted today.
Congratulations to the happy couple :)
If you would like professional assistance with visas, you are welcome to reach our team as we'd be happy to help :)
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02/12/2022

Visa & Citizenship Lawyers end of year lunch 2022 🙂🎉🎈

01/12/2022

ANOTHER PERMANENT PARTNER VISA GRANTED :)

Our clients met on an online dating app, which developed into a long-distance de facto relationship. They were unable to meet until January 2022, when the visa applicant obtained a travel exemption to enter Australia. They entered Australia on February 2022 and engaged us to lodge an onshore partner visa. They hadn’t lived together for 12 months.

Today, in less than 5 months since the date of lodging the application, we received a “double grant” where our client was first granted the temporary partner visa, and then the permanent partner visa immediately after that. In less than a year, our client had become an Australian permanent resident.

If you would like professional assistance with visas, you are welcome to reach our team as we'd be happy to help :)
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23/11/2022

OFFSHORE PARTNER VISA GRANT PROCESSED IN UNDER 2 MONTHS 😊

After a long-distance relationship caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, our clients reunited overseas and stayed there for work reasons. This year, they sought to migrate and settle in Australia. Importantly, they had not lived together prior to their recently marriage about a year ago due to religious reasons. However, they had plenty of other evidence addressing the four pillars to show their genuine and continuing marriage.

We applied for an offshore partner visa on their behalf explaining their circumstances, and in less than 2 months, the offshore partner visa was granted.

Congratulations to the happy couple and we hope we can see them in Australia soon!

If you would like professional assistance with visas, you are welcome to reach our team as we'd be happy to help :)

[email protected]