Immigration and Visa Information
Australia is among the countries that are expressing their need for more skilled migrants to live and work in their country permanently. Immigration is the answer to the country’s labour force demands. In order to meet this great demand, Australia uses various programs to attract even the low-skilled employees to fill their job shortages.
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The Government of Australia greatly supports the citizenship test for migrants wishing to become citizens of the country through naturalization. The citizenship test that Australia offers not only includes an English language proficiency test but also provides questions regarding the history and culture of Australia.
Some feared that a set of citizenship quiz using the English [...]
Australia and Canada have a formalized agreement with regards to working holiday visas. This program allows the citizens of these two countries to work in each other’s country with an extended holiday visa. This longstanding agreement was first initialized in the year 1975. The Australian Assistant Minister on Immigration and Citizenship, Teresa Gambaro, has reported [...]
The General Skilled Migration Program of Australia has recently been revised and has been effective since September 2007. Also known as GSM, the General Skilled Migration scheme was revamped to reduce the number of various visa types for skilled migration. Previously, there were about 15 types of skilled migration visas. In 2007, it was reduced [...]
Immigration Minister Chris Evans of Australia has announced that the Citizenship Test must be reviewed. The Citizenship Test results from October 2007 to December 2007 were analyzed and led the immigration department to review the test itself. During this period, there were 10,725 tests completed. Results showed that around 20 percent failed the test on [...]
For the year 2007 to 2008, Australia happily announced that they have increased the quota for employees petitioning under the skilled migrants program of the country. Previously, the quota or cap was set at 102,500. However, due to continuous labour shortages, they have increased the figure by 6,000, making it 108,500 this year.
Skilled professionals and [...]
An electronic Australian visa is just like any other visa that you can get from an Australian embassy in your country. The difference is that it is paperless, and you do not have to go through the hassle of applying for it at the embassy! You can enter Australia for pleasure or short term business [...]