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On 4 September 2025, Home Affairs Minister Tony Burke released his new Ministerial Instructions—requests for use of the Minister’s intervention powers under sections 351 and 501J of the Migration Act 1958. The Minister has published the following list as his criteria for referring a request to a Minister. An individual of family seeking Ministerial Intervention…
As migration professionals, we constantly monitor cases and trends in decisions in the Department, tribunals, and courts. There is so much information available from blogs to the Departments own website which can be confusing and misleading. According to data from the Department of Home Affairs, there has been a significant increase in Training Visa program…
1. Any application for a visa requires a fee to be paid to the “Department of Home Affairs.” Such a fee can be anywhere from $5,000 to $50,000 and is not refundable if the application is refused. It is, therefore, advisable to get expert representation in your visa application. 2. An application for an Australian…
Did you know that a child born in Australia can get evidence of their Australian citizenship on their 10th birthday? This applies to all children regardless of the visa status of their parents. In the Australian Citizenship Act, a child born in Australia is an Australian citizen if you can prove that the child has…
The Convention on the Rights of the Child provides at Article 3 – “In all actions concerning children, whether undertaken by public or private social welfare institutions, courts of law, administrative authorities or legislative bodies, the best interests of the child shall be a primary consideration.” Children, especially Australian children play an important part in:…
Sometimes people come to us after they have already lodged their applications. For the most part people do a reasonable job filling out their forms but a simple mistake can have serious consequences. The Government’s application fee for a Partner Visa is currently $8,850 for a sole applicant. Add two young kids and the cost…
It’s certainly true that many of us have own migration stories. Some stories will break your heart and it’s some of these stories that set who we are as lawyers. It’s important that we all know these stories so that we can understand humanity and make a better society. This story starts 30 years ago…
Love and relationships are complex – the people in the relationship are really the only people that know whether their commitment is genuine or not. Many of us were raised with romantic and idealised images and ideas of a ‘good’ relationship. And perhaps there is some conflation between what is simple and what is good.…
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