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Retirement Visas Explained Until May this year, the Department of Home Affairs offered a temporary visa called, the Subclass 405/410 Visa aimed at self-funded retirees who have no dependents and wanted to live in Australia during their retirement years. This visa enabled the applicants who are 55 years or older or allowed existing visa holders from this category holders with a set income of AUD$65,000 per year (or AUD$50,000 per year to live in a regional area). Retirees wh

Do you have a pending visa application but planning on travelling overseas for the Christmas and Summer holidays? Don’t leave it to the last minute to check your visa status and right to travel overseas. Here is a brief guide to understanding bridging visas and travel rights. You have lodged a visa application whilst in Australia and have been granted a Bridging Visa A. Your bridging visa will only come into effect once your substantive visa expires. Your bridging visa A allo

Have you recently applied for a Resident Return Visa (RRV) and been wondering why it takes you so long to get the visa granted? Or are you seeking to get a RRV knowing it is unlikely for you to meet the two-year residence requirement prior to lodgement of your application? If so, read through. What is an RRV and who needs it? An RRV is a travel facility which will allow a permanent resident of Australia to fly back and from Australia after their previous permanent residency v

Restrictions around sponsored subclass 482 visas is forcing migrants to look at alternative visa options to remain in Australia. These options may include subclass 407, Training Visa. Subclass 407 visa aims to promote international goodwill by allowing Australian organisations to sponsor persons to travel to Australia to participate in occupational training activities, including classroom-based professional development activities. Whilst the visa is not designed to fill labo

We all know that a visa applicant should never submit a ‘bogus’ document or provide false or misleading information when making an application. One might ask however - how much actual knowledge, consent and active participation on the part of a visa applicant is required before PIC 4020 comes into play? This question was recently resolved in Singh v Minister for Immigration and Border Protection [2018] FCA 1392 (13 September 2018) which affirmed a delegate’s decision not to g

Australia’s Permanent Migration Program is designed to achieve a range of economic and social outcomes. The program is set on an annual basis and re-sets on 1 July each year. For the current migration year, with the total places available capped at a ceiling of 190,000. These figures refer to permanent migration and do not include temporary visa grants such as visitor and temporary work visas. The subcategories of permanent migration are broken down as follows: Skill – desi

The Department of Home Affairs updated its information on current parent visa scheme framework. Home Affairs confirmed that the following numbers of visas are available under contributory and non-contributory parent visa scheme: In the 2018–19 Migration Programme year: 1,500 places have been allocated to Parent (non-contributory) visas (subclasses 103 and 804) 7,175 places have been allocated to Contributory Parent visas (subclasses 173/143 and subclasses 884/864). In the cu