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AUSTRALIAN CITIZENSHIP RE-INSTATED FOR OUR CLIENT This is an extract of the decision by the Australian Dept. of Home Affairs after we made representations to them they incorrectly revoked our client’s Australian Citizenship. We have deleted our client’s name for confidentiality reasons. Dear Mr Silver Thank you for your email to the Department of Home…
Read MorePhillip Silver wins spouse visa cancellation case in the Federal Circuit Court of Australia
Revollo v Minister for Immigration & Anor [2011] FMCA 899 (25 November 2011) Last Updated: 30 November 2011 FEDERAL MAGISTRATES COURT OF AUSTRALIA REVOLLO v MINISTER FOR IMMIGRATION & ANOR [2011] FMCA 899 MIGRATION – Review of Migration Review Tribunal decision – cancellation of temporary spouse visa – where applicant claimed to be victim of domestic…
Read MoreIs sponsoring skilled immigrants really that complicated?
By Phillip Silver, Solicitor in New South Wales. Phillip has 25 years of experience as a lawyer in Australia and South Africa. Phillip represents Australian Farming enterprises to sponsor skilled farmers from South Africa to work on Australian farms. I read with interest the article in a recent edition of Agricultural Appointments by Professor Jock…
Read MoreSouth African farmers get out of their bakkies and into an aeroplane
Andre made contact with us in October 2018. We assessed him as being eligible and introduced him to a Sugar Cane Farmer in Northern Queensland. To his credit Andre travelled to Australia to meet the farm owner personally. The farm owner offered him sponsorship and we processed the application. This week the sponsored visa was…
Read MoreAustralian Work, Study and Business Visa Types Summary
Over the last decade we have helped numerous clients to move and settle in Australia. Our team have prepared dozens of visa applications for clients who wanted to bring their skills and investments to this country. And now, in order to give you a better understanding of Australian skilled visas, we have a prepared…
Read MoreAnomalies in Australian Immigration Law: South African Farmers Prohibited from Using Skilled Migration Route
Over the last several years many South African white farmers have been brutally murdered on their land, which causes many more farmers and their families to live in a constant state of fear. Currently, the Australian federal government are considering introduction a special type of visa aimed at South African farmers and designed to address…
Read MoreMigrating from South Africa to Australia: A Client Testimonial
Our Clients Claudia and Neville who we had helped to get a visa and move from South Africa to Australia sent us a letter that we would like to share with you: Once upon a time in 2016, the Smith family decided to pack up and move to Australia. So our journey started in Phillip Silver…
Read MorePartner Visa Approved Within Three Months!
If you ever applied for a Partner Visa (subclass 820/309), you know that a processing time for this visa subclass can be up to 20 months. This means that partner visa applicants and their sponsors have to wait for a decision for almost 2 years before they…
Read MoreThe 17 January 2018 Changes to Lists of Eligible Skilled Occupations
On 17 January 2018 the Australian Government released another set of important changes to the lists of eligible skilled occupations for Australia’s skilled visa programs. The following changes have already taken effect: three occupations were added to the lists of eligible skilled occupations (Property Manager, Psychotherapist, Real Estate Representative);…
Read MoreNovember 2017: Grandfathering Provisions for 457 Holders and Applicants
Good news for the 457 Visa Holders and Applicants! In November 2017, the Department of Immigration and Border Protection has announced in its official communication that 457 holders and applicants as of 18th April 2017 will NOT need to meet all of the new requirements. Namely, the transitional provisions still apply to so called “grandfathered” 457 holders, which…
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