482 Visa | Can Business Owners Sponsor Themselves? By Emerson Migration Law Business owners, company directors and shareholders often seek clarity on whether they can sponsor themselves for a Subclass 482 visa in Australia. This is an understandable question, particularly for those who have invested in or established an Australian business and wish to continue...
Breaking Down Australia’s 2025–26 Migration Program Over the Years On 2 September 2025, the Albanese Government confirmed that Australia’s Permanent Migration Program for 2025–26 will remain capped at 185,000 places—the same level as the previous year. This decision, shaped through extensive consultation with state and territory governments, brings much-needed certainty for both employers and individuals...
Australia–UAE CEPA: Employ and Work under Subclass 482 Visa If you are an Australian business looking to employ a United Arab Emirates (UAE) citizen, or you are a UAE-based professional considering a move to Australia under employer sponsorship, the recent implementation of the Australia–UAE Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (CEPA) has just made the process much...
How Multinational Companies can relocate their staff into Australia under the ICT Exemption If you’re a multinational company with offices in both Australia and overseas, the “Skills In Demand (“Subclass 482”)” Visa (previously the Temporary Skill Shortage visa) represents the main pathway to relocate your staff into Australia under the intra-corporate transfer (ICT) exemption. Some of...
The case: Novak Djokovic and the 408 Temporary Activity Visa Novak Djokovic is certainly no stranger to media attention and scrutiny on his performance on the tennis court, but yesterday he faced a new kind of attention: a focus on his legal team’s performance in the court room. With uproar from the nation of Serbia,...
