New South Wales (NSW) Premier, Dominic Perrottet has announced a plan to open the State to fully vaccinated international arrivals. He revealed that in two weeks: NSW will allow international arrivals with two doses of the COVID-19 vaccine to fly to the State from 1 November 2021. Caps on arrivals to NSW will be lifted for fully vaccinated international travellers. These arrivals will…
Australia International Travel 2021 Prime Minister, Scott Morrison announced in a Press Conference on Friday 1 October that Australia’s international border will re-open from next month (November 2021) for States with an 80% vaccination rate – starting with New South Wales (NSW). This is very welcome and highly anticipated news. Australia’s international border has been closed for…
Skills Shortages Australia 2021 | Businesses Call on Government to Review Permanent Residence Pathways for Skilled Visa Holders In over 18 months since Australia closed its international border to all but essential travellers, more than 500,000 temporary migrants have left Australia. Many have been unable to return due to international border restrictions. Coupled with the fact that businesses have been unable to engage…
The Government first announced it would introduce a dedicated Agriculture Visa in June to allow migrants from certain countries to come to Australia for agricultural work that cannot be filled locally. Since the announcement, farmers and skilled migrants have been eagerly waiting for further details to be released. The Government has announced some further details, however…
Australia International Border Updates Update: On 1 October 2021, Prime Minister Scott Morrison announced that Australia’s international border will re-open from November 2021 for States with an 80% vaccination rate – starting with New South Wales (NSW). This is very welcome and highly anticipated news. Australia’s international border has been closed for more than 18 months and…
Permanent Residency | Migrating to Australia During the Pandemic Latest Government statistics show Australia granted 160,052 Permanent Residence Visas in the 2020-21 Migration Program – which equates to 20,000 more visas than the previous year. It is encouraging to see the full cap of 160,000 placements was reached as per 2020-21 ceiling planning levels, despite international border restrictions and processing delays. This was…
While Australia’s international border is still closed to all but essential travellers until the country reaches a higher vaccination rate, Travel Exemptions to enter and leave Australia are constantly being reviewed by the Government. Here’s a few updates. Travel Exemption for Subclass 300 Prospective Marriage Visa Holders Department of Home Affairs Minister, Karen Andrews has announced…
The Australia Travel Declaration (ATD) form and Travel Exemption request forms have been updated to ask applicants to declare their COVID-19 vaccination status. It is yet another sign that getting vaccinated against COVID-19 could enable Australia to reopen international travel, in line with the Government’s Four-Phase Plan to emerge from the pandemic. Here’s what you should know about: Questions on…
Health Minister, Greg Hunt has removed an automatic Travel Exemption that previously allowed Australians who normally live overseas to travel to their country of residence without needing permission to leave Australia. Effective from 11 August 2021, expats currently in Australia will need to apply for a Travel Exemption for either Critical Work or Compassionate or Compelling reasons to leave…
Exploitation of Visa Holders | Interstaff Insights In Australia, visa holders have the same workplace rights as local Australians. In most cases, these rights are supported by employers, but unfortunately from time to time, cases do arise where visa holders are exploited. Read on to find out your rights as a visa holder, how you…
