Australia’s Treasurer Wayne Swan has indicated numerous Australian visa application fee increases to be included in the 2013 budget. The increases are expected to raise an additional $500 million and will serve as a mechanism in keeping the Budget on track for the promised $1.5 billion surplus this year. The expected reforms to visa application
Archives for October 2012
SkillSelect: October Invitation Rounds Doubled
Following a slow start to the new skilled migration program, the Department of Immigration announced that the SkillSelect October invitation rounds will reach a total of 2000 invitations, that’s double the number of invitations issued in September. The implementation of SkillSelect hasn’t been completely flawless, with recent system difficulties where applicants weren’t able to upload