In February 2014, a BBC Panorama investigation exposed systemic student visa fraud, which included secret filming of government-approved English-language exams and showed candidates having their tests being fraudulently completed by…
Bill Shorten is holding out the prospect of protecting Australian workers from foreign ones.He has pledged to tighten the visa system for short-term skilled migrants, ensuring they have to be…
Drastic drop in the number of invites issued for permanent residency visa in AprilCompared to 1500 invitations issued in March, the Department of Home Affairs issued only 100 invitations for…
A slight majority of voters believe immigration has made Australia a better place, an exclusive SBS-commissioned Essential Media poll revealed on Monday.The poll found 51 per cent of respondents thought…
It affects nearly everyone with a disability or illness applying for an Australian visa, it’s been around for decades and has been labelled as discriminatory and ableist – but many…
At end June 2018, the Coalition Government had allowed a backlog of over 80,000 “Partner visa” applications to build up. These are overseas-born people who are married to or intend…