Slight Edge Migration

19/01/2024

Massive win for widow of Australian Special Forces veteran facing deportation with her young son.

The grieving widow of an Australian Special Forces veteran has been been given a ray of hope in her fight not to stay in the country her husband spent decades serving.

18/01/2024

Migration to save Australia from recession in 2024 as weaker economy hits families.

The New Daily

02/08/2022

RECORD STUDENT VISA LODGEMENTS

The Department received 45000 offshore student visa applications in June. which has broken a 10-year record.

May 2022 was the third highest lodgement month in the last 10 years, with 35,500 applications received.

The upward trend in student visa lodgements has continued into July. The Department is receiving on average 10,000 offshore applications globally each week.

The Department is working to process offshore visa applications as a priority.
In May and June 2022 nearly 56,000 offshore applications were finalised.

26/07/2022

Planning to arrive in Australia for a semester 2 start? 📝

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We can’t wait to have you here.

17/07/2022

Our Prime Minister apologises for ‘far too long’ visa response times

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese says visa response times are “far too long” – with the Morrison government leaving a “massive backlog” of visa applications. “It’s something that we have put people from other parts of the public service on to try and clear that backlog,” Mr Albanese s...

17/07/2022

COVID-19 border restrictions lifted
People travelling to Australia no longer have to complete a Digital Passenger Declaration to declare their COVID-19 vaccination status, with effect from 6 July 2022.

​People travelling to Australia will no longer have to complete a Digital Passenger Declaration (DPD) to declare their COVID-19 vaccination status, following changes to the Biosecurity Act, which come into effect from midnight AEST on Wednesday 6 July 2022.

17/07/2022

Skilled migrant workers wait over 2 years for their 887 visa applications to be processed. As of March 22, 16,467 applications for skilled worker visas are still being processed according to Freedom of Information (FOI) data.

Thousands of skilled migrant workers feel "used" and "mentally drained" as they wait years to have their visa applications processed.

12/07/2022

Good news- Australia’s visa backlog and processing delays have prompted the new Labor government to name the problem as a priority to be fixed soon.

https://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/australias-visa-backlog-and-how-the-new-government-plans-to-fix-it/8c5lph9za?fbclid=IwAR1J9u1Sh1a6QI3xvW4qmiRWH2ZM50NYvKP1mde6mHw2iFyzHGApw5pIcK4

The Department of Home Affairs has confirmed to SBS News it has redirected resources and brought on new staff to address its visa backlog, as concerns persist over the impact on applicants and businesses. Here's what we know so far about the plan.