As featured on SBS News & Podcast

04 July 2020

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Travel restrictions and social distancing measures of COVID-19 are further delaying processing times for partner visa applicants within and outside Australia. According to the Migration Institute of Australia, just under half of partner visas lodged in the last financial year were granted.

Highlights

• Prospective partner visas holders are unable to enter Australia even after being granted a nine-month permit to stay.
• Processing times of partner visas are expecting significant delays due to lockdowns and travel bans.
• Few partner visa applicants are still able to enter Australia on visitor visas.

As featured on SBS News

07 January 2019

Australia’s annual immigration intake has remained at the centre of political discussion with Prime Minister Scott Morrison indicating it could be slashed, and more opportunities opening up for migrants in regional Australia.

Immigration took centre stage in Australia’s political discourse for the better part of 2017 with much discussion around Australia’s annual permanent intake and the question of how to deal with growing overcrowding in Melbourne and Sydney.