Irish people looking to live and work in Australia will be affected by significant changes to Australia’s immigration programme to be revealed today.
The Rudd Government is reforming the permanent skilled migration program to ensure it is more responsive to the needs of industry and employers and better addresses the nation’s future skill needs.
The significant reforms [...]
Hi John, I’m off to New Zealand for a year having been in Oz on working holiday visas for two years. I worked here for a year as a nurse assistant/care orderly, similar to my work in Ireland. I asked my work agency about sponsorship. They said my job wasn’t on the skilled list so [...]
by Pádraig Collins
AN Irishman was recently fined $1,400 and expelled from Australia after being convicted of immigration fraud.
The confirmation from the Department of Immigration and Citizenship (DIAC) followed a series of revelations in the Irish Echo of Working Holiday Visa (WHV) fraud among Irish backpackers.
Other Irish backpackers are under investigation for similar frauds, with one [...]
by Pádraig Collins
The case of an Irishman being investigated by Australia’s Department of Immigration and Citizenship (DIAC) over visa fraud has been passed on to the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP), the Irish Echo has learned.
The news follows a series of revelations in the Echo concerning fraudulent Australian Business Numbers (ABN) being used by Irish [...]
Australia is a nation of immigrants and despite the downturn, the country still will welcome over 100,000 new skilled migrants this year.
While Irish nationals gain permanent residency via a number of avenues, the vast majority call Australia home via the skilled programme.
Australia’s 457 employer sponsored visa is one of the most popular routes into working [...]
by Pádraig Collins
Changes to Australian visa regulations are leaving many Irish people frustrated with the slow pace of their permanent residency applications. But some people with employer sponsorship are getting residency visas in as little as three months.
Some on second Working Holiday Visas who expected to become residents through a skilled visa are finding their [...]
The number of Irish citizens granted 457 sponsored working visas in the last financial year grew by eight per cent, bucking the overall trend which is down.
Of the top 15 source countries whose citizens avail of the scheme – whereby workers are sponsored to stay and work in Australia for up to four years – [...]
The number of 457 sponsorship visas being granted to Irish nationals has plateaued as the jobs market tightens up due to the global financial crisis.
Latest figures released by the Department of Immigration and Citizenship (DIAC) show that while the overall numbers of 457 visas issues to Irish nationals is up on last year, the trend [...]
As Irish expats assess the Australian Government’s cuts to its skilled migrant programme, Aussies are set to find it much harder to get an Irish work visa.
The Irish Government has slammed the door on low-income Australians
hoping to live and work in Ireland under new reforms to the country’s employment permit scheme.
Australians and other non-EU workers [...]
The Australian Government has officially announced seven changes to the 457 visa scheme, with several of the new measures set to potentially have an impact on Irish workers.
The main changes involve salary levels and English language capabilities as well as training and skills assessment issues.
More specifically, the new measures will see the indexation of the [...]
