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,...
This just in from Migration Queensland–the BSMQ Skilled Program is now open from today 29 July 2019. Please see below post from Migration Queensland: The BSMQ SKILLED PROGRAM is now OPEN from today 29 July 2019. Please see new Queensland Skilled Occupation Lists here. Before submitting your EOI, please review BSMQ’s new QSOLs to ensure your...
