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The right visa advice: and your peace of mind to successful visa issue
JTH Immigration Planning Consultants are lawyers who are specialised in migration.
All non-Australians travelling or working in Australia need a visa. We can assist you in determining the correct visa for you or your employees, and increase your chances of securing appropriate visa(s) for Australia expediently.
We advise on all types of visas and can assist businesses, individuals, and family members, including assistance with complex matters such as:
- cases involving persons over 45;
- business migration;
- appeals; and
- cases involving custody, health or character concerns.
To assist you here, we offer:
- After-hours appointments - see our services;
- For business clients, we can quickly give you an idea of the feasibility of bringing employees to Australia and offer a range of services for ongoing clients. - read more.
- Take our helpful, comprehensive migration assessment (fee applies) to find out which visas you are eligible for - we consider all visas.
- Our FAQ or immigration law information may also assist you.
We are committed to ethical conduct in the migration profession and do not accept cases we do not think will be successful.
Please write or call us for assistance.
Yours faithfully
Julie Heller | MARN 05011168
Principal Consultant
Feb
8th
Prospective skilled migrants take note: many now ineligible for application or visa grant
Immigration Minister Chris Evans announced major changes to skilled migration, without warning, effective today (8 February).
If you are not an engineer, doctor, nurse, IT specialist or have work experience in sustainable technologies it is recommended that you have your situation reviewed and if possible, lodge your skilled migration application before the skilled occupations list is expected to change in June 2010.
To migrate to Australia as a skilled person you need to have an occupation on the current “skilled occupations list”. From June, this list will be overhauled and will reflect only occupations that Australia currently has in short supply. Some occupations in trades, retail, business and professional services below managerial level are likely to be affected and may be removed from the list. If your occupation is removed from the list, you will be ineligible to apply for a visa.
Pre-September 2007 applicants who are eligible to do so and whose occupation may be removed from the skilled occupation list, may want to consider relodging their visa application, as pre-September 2007 applications exceeding a new quota will not be assessed and they will be returned to applicants together with the visa application fee paid.
Applicants can no longer obtain additional points for having an occupation on the Migration Occupations in Demand List, which was revoked today.
Skilled workers who are unable to apply for a visa following these changes may need to rely on employer-sponsorship to migrate to Australia. For more information about this you should contact us.