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January 17, 2018

On 11th January 2018, the Australian Department of Home Affairs (DHA) published clarification of various recent and upcoming changes to the skilled visa regulations, including new details on the new Temporary Skill Shortage (TSS) visa which is due to replace the Subclass 457 visa in March 2018. Below, we look at the key updates from […]

December 4, 2017

Newland Chase Australia is hosting a webinar on the changes to both temporary and permanent employer sponsored visas that are proposed for March 2018. The webinar is scheduled for 12 noon (AEST) on Tuesday 5th December. If you are unable to join the webinar at the scheduled time, a recording of the webinar will become […]

December 4, 2017

Newland Chase is hosting a webinar on the changes to both temporary and permanent employer sponsored visas that are proposed for March 2018. The webinar is scheduled for 12 noon (AEST) on Tuesday 5th December. If you are unable to join the webinar at the scheduled time, a recording of the webinar will become available […]

December 4, 2017

Newland Chase Australia is hosting a webinar on the changes to both temporary and permanent employer sponsored visas that are proposed for March 2018. The webinar is scheduled for 12 noon (AEST) on Tuesday 5th December. If you are unable to join the webinar at the scheduled time, a recording of the webinar will become […]

December 4, 2017

Newland Chase Australia is hosting a webinar on the changes to both temporary and permanent employer sponsored visas that are proposed for March 2018. The webinar is scheduled for 12 noon (AEST) on Tuesday 5th December. If you are unable to join the webinar at the scheduled time, a recording of the webinar will become […]

November 22, 2017

Effective 18th November 2017, subclass 457 visa applicants will no longer be required to provide evidence, or a letter from an insurer, confirming their health insurance coverage as part of the visa application process. Applicants will simply be required to indicate, as part of their online application form, that they have made adequate arrangements for […]

November 21, 2017

From 21st November 2017, Australian nationals will be able to apply for an electronic visa for Brazil, valid for tourism or business and issued within 72 hours, through a new online system. The electronic visas will then be made available to Canadian nationals from 8th January 2018, to US nationals from 15th January 2018 and […]

November 20, 2017

The Department of Immigration and Border Protection (DIBP) have begun to clarify the changes to permanent employer-sponsored skilled visa programmes that were announced on 18th April 2017. Significantly, DIBP has announced transitional or ‘grandfathering’ arrangements to permit individuals who held, or had applied for, a subclass 457 visa on 18th April 2017 to access certain […]

November 1, 2017

Following the Australian Senate’s block to the overhaul of the citizenship eligibility criteria, the Department of Immigration and Border Protection (DIBP) has resumed processing applications that were lodged on or after 20th April 2017. However, processing times are expected to be longer while DIBP works through a backlog of applications. Background As reported by Newland […]

July 4, 2017

Several previously announced changes to Employer Sponsored temporary and permanent visa programmes came into effect on 1st July 2017. The changes (which we originally covered here and here) and a brief explanation of the impacts are provided below. Temporary Work (Skilled) Subclass 457 Visas There have been several changes to 457 visas including: Training Benchmarks: more restrictions on training […]