Australia Immigration Office has a number of policy updates and changes in November, generally speaking, the content of the changes are happy and worried, Outreach overseas inventory for you one by one.
A series of immigration regulations came into effect on November 18th
- The immigration regulation PIC4020 changes, the application material falsification retrospective period is extended from 12 months to 10 years;
- (a) extend the definition of section 8303 (visa holders shall not engage in violent or destructive activities against community groups) and prohibit activities that may endanger or threaten any individual, and apply this requirement to other more types of visas;
- (B) the application of section 8564 (visa holders are not allowed to commit criminal acts) in other more types of visas;
- The introduction of a new visa clause (Section 8304) requires non-citizens to maintain a single official status when dealing with government agencies while in Australia;
- If the applicant's last visa is cancelled or is being considered for cancellation, an Australian resident return visa will not be applied for or obtained;
- Spouse migrants will only be allowed to submit applications online;
- Parents will be able to send them only by mail or express to the immigration authorities in Western Australia;
- Immigration added 8602 clauses, short-term visa holders must not owe the Australian government medical costs.
2. Immigration system upgrade, IMMI ACCOUNT can see trial Tim
In addition to implementing the changes to the new immigration regulations referred to in the previous report, the Immigration Service is now able to see when specific visas will be processed in their respective immigration system, IMMI Account. However, the time shown above is basically a conservative estimate of the Processing time, of the Immigration Service website.
3. The Migration Board officially announces the employer-guaranteed transition policy, 457 can still be transferred 186
In November, the Immigration Service finally came up with a series of employer-guaranteed reform rules. An application for a 457 visa submitted before April 18, 2017, can be transferred to 186 within two years of working for a designated employer, but IELTS needs four six and the age limit is still 50.
For a 457 visa after April 18, 2017, it takes three years for a designated employer to transfer to 186, and at the same time apply for 186 under 45 years of age, IELTS requires four 6s.
4, Employment Department opens short-term emigration list STSOL consultation, nine big lights occupation
The employment department (Department of Employment), which is responsible for reviewing immigration employment lists, announces that it will change its short-term career list on January 1, 2018. STSOL, has nine major career lights.
You may want to remove the following four occupations:
Add the following five occupations:
There is no change in other occupations for the time being. The Employment Department said it would consider feedback from stakeholders, including those that remain unchanged, before coming up with a final update. The deadline for open consultations is December 1, 2017.
5. Immigration Board changes immigration regulations
Western Australia Perth has been formally removed from remote areas where employers guarantee designated areas. The Immigration Service will redefine and partially redefine remote areas and make it clear that the Perth territory was confirmed on November 17, 2017 by the Immigration Department to completely remove the "remote areas".
6. The NAATI officially announces the new deal, which begins in 2018.
On its official website, NAATI officially unveiled a new deal to be implemented next year. The main difference is that the NAATI certification is classified as the CCL Test stream for immigration plus and the stream. for NAATI translation. The CCL Test, which people are concerned about, basically adopts the core part of the external secondary interpretation test, that is, conversational interpretation, which eliminates the professional ethics examination and cultural questions. The expected difficulty is basically consistent with the original difficulty of the external secondary interpretation examination. The first exam is open in March next year.
