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November 25, 2021

457/482: Age caps lifted for 457 visa holders for PR, Short-term stream pathway for 482 visa holders; Switzerland added to WHM visa program

November 25, 2021/ Alex Petrakos

The Minister for Immigration, Citizenship, Migrant Services and Multicultural Affairs announced a raft of changes today that will see the age cap for legacy 457 visa holders lifted and a pathway to permanent visas for 482 visa holders in the Short-term steam. Major benefits to 485 visas were also announced. Switzerland will be added to the WHM program from 1 January 2022.

November 22, 2021

BREAKING: Vaccinated temporary visa holders allowed to enter Australia from 1 December 2021, visitor and bridging visa holders absent

November 22, 2021/ Alex Petrakos

Temporary visa holders will be able to enter Australia from 1 December 2021 without the need for a travel exemption provided they are fully vaccinated or have a medical exemption. Notable exclusions from this major announcement are visitor visas and bridging visas.

May 09, 2021

Hospitality and tourism to be added to 408 “Pandemic” Visa and work caps lifted for student visa holders

May 09, 2021/ Alex Petrakos

Help for hospitality and tourism sectors struggling to find adequate staff is forthcoming as an announcement yesterday sees these industries added to the list for the 408 “Pandemic Event” visa along with the policy decision to allow student visa holders employed in these sectors to have unrestricted work rights.

January 29, 2021

COVID-19: No Further Stay waivers during pandemic approval rate at least 96 per cent

January 29, 2021/ Alex Petrakos

No further stay waivers between March and December 2020 indicate an extremely high approval rate of at least 96 per cent with only 12 out of over 37,000 applications being refused.