The Gold Coast is a great area for new migrants. It is warm, exciting, less expensive than the bigger cities such as Sydney and Melbourne and has good job prospects.

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The Full Court of the Federal Court has issued a decision which is likely to transform the way that applications for partner visas are assessed in Australia. How often does that happen? Not often. It is one that has the potential to impact the lives of many visa applicants.

The case was Waensila v Minister for Immigration and Border Protection (2016) FCAFC 32 (11 March 2016). 

The Full Court unanimously held that there is no “temporal” limitation on when the compelling circumstances relied on for a Schedule 3 “waiver” must have existed.

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Hepatitis B is quite common in people from some countries and can cause serious issues with visas for Australia. However, a health waiver for PIC 4007 is quite possible and in some situations, we can overcome the PIC 4005 issues.

Hepatitis B is an infection of your liver. It can cause scarring of the organ, liver failure, and cancer. It can be fatal if it isn’t treated. It’s spread when people come in contact with the blood, open sores, or body fluids of someone who has the hep B virus. The good news is that most cases of the disease don’t last a long time. Your body fights it off within a few months, and you’re immune for the rest of your life. That means you can’t get it again.

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Do I need a visa health check if I am going to look after myself or my dependent at home? I will not cost the Australian taxpayer anything.

Australia has a very efficient health and medical scheme, with income support, aged care entitlements, and other support which cannot be refused to an Australian resident or citizen. The potential costs and access depending on the medical condition of you and your family when you have a health check for an Australian visa will be calculated according to the standard accepted medical practice available in Continue reading “Health criteria – PIC 4005 and 4007” →

The Australian Government does not tolerate domestic and family violence under any circumstances.
Domestic and family violence are crimes against the law. A person who commits domestic or family
violence can go to jail, whether they are a man or a woman. Domestic and family violence is behaviour or threats that aim to control a male or female partner by causing fear for safety or wellbeing.

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A West Australian Court convicted Paul Gregory Harrison for stealing, fraud, receiving a fee for providing migration agent services when he was not qualified, for false documents and forging papers.
He was sentenced to seven years’ jail after being convicted over the criminal and migration fraud offences. Harrison received four years’ jail for 26 criminal fraud and stealing offences and three years’ jail 19 offences under the Migration Act. It is illegal to give unregistered migration advice, provide false or forged documents and misleading information to the Department of Immigration and Border Protection.

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Do you have to get a police check from overseas? If so you may need to have fingerprints taken. Until recently the Australian Police would do this for you but now they have ceased this service.

The Department of Immigration and Border Protection recently sent this message to Migration Agents about police checks and fingerprints.

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What happens if the Department of Immigration and Border protection believe you have given false documents in your visa application? Read this story and you can see the huge problems if you give false documents, or even if you think they are OK but the Department does not.  The Department will describe them as “bogus” documents.

http://www.perthnow.com.au/news/western-australia/perth-mans-afghan-wife-slapped-with-10year-visa-application-ban/news-story/f149623d4036ca32e71799f2df50735d

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