The Minister for Immigration & Citizenship has announced further locations for biometrics collection. Visa applicants lodging paper-based visa applications in the following designated locations will be required to provide fingerprints and a photograph as part of their visa application: Syria ( Damascus ) – beginning April 2011 Malaysia ( Kuala Lumpur ) – beginning April
Archives for March 2011
Introduction Of A New Public Interest Criterion
Effective from 2 April 2011, the introduction of a new Public Interest Criterion will enable a refusal of a visa application when a visa applicant submits ‘bogus documents’ or information that is false or misleading. Where a visa applicant has had a visa application refused on this basis, any further applications submitted within a three
NSW State Migration Plan Announced; Effective From 3rd March 2011
The NSW State Migration Plan will be subject to capping which will limit the number of skilled migrants that may be sponsored by Industry & Investment NSW each year from the agreed NSW State Sponsorship Eligibility Lists. There are 138 occupations on the NSW State Migration Plan, including eighteen occupations that are not listed on