Australian Immigration FAQs & Links
Things you should know before applying for any VISA’S in Australia.
- Electronic Health Processing
- Australian Federal Police (Australian police checks)
- IELTS English Testing:
- Vetassess
- Australian Computer Society
- Trades Recognition Australia
- Immigration Panel Physicians
- Medicare Australia
- Administrative Appeals Tribunal
- Life in Australia Booklet
- Visa Pricing Table
- Code of Conduct (MARA)
- Institute of Chartered Accountants Australia
- Engineers Australia
- Immigration Forms
FAQ'S
Yes. Anyone who does not have an Australian passport must possess a visa to travel to Australia.
Yes, you can apply for jobs in Australia as long as your visa has no restrictions on working. There are a number of visas that allow you to work, but most have restrictions about the kind of work you can do. For instance:
- If you have a tourist visa, you CAN’T WORK at all.
- If you have a student visa and work permit, you can only work up to 20 hours per week while you are studying.
- If you have a working holiday visa, you are not allowed to work for any one employer for more than 6 months.
Each type of visa has special conditions.
Visa holders can access their visa status on VEVO – Visa Entitlement Verification Online. VEVO means that there is no need to have a visa label in your passport. You can also send your entitlement details to any email address you like.
You can view the following details regarding your current visa.
- visa class and subclass.
- visa description (student, temporary or permanent).
- visa holder role type (primary or secondary applicant)
- visa status.
- visa grant and expiry dates.
- visa grant number (this is removed when you create the PDF version of your results).
- must enter Australia before date
- entries allowed
- period of stay
- current location (inside or outside Australia)
- all conditions applicable to your visa in plain English.
Before you search your visa details and entitlements you need to make sure you have the required information to begin a search.
You need to do two things to access VEVO to check your current visa details.
- Provide one of the following:
- Transaction Reference Number (TRN)
- visa grant number
- visa evidence number
- password
- Enter your:
- date of birth
- passport or ImmiCard number
- country of issue.
Yes. Anyone who does not have an Australian passport must possess a visa to travel to Australia.
Usually, visa applications require you to complete forms (either online or on paper) and provide supporting documents. The forms and documents you need to provide depend on the type of visa you are applying for and your reasons for it.
If you are in Australia, your document can be certified by :
Justice of the Peace;
medical practitioner;
legal practitioner;
civil marriage celebrant or registered minister of religion;
dentist;
nurse;
optometrist;
pharmacist;
physiotherapist;
full-time teacher;
bank manager or bank officer with 5 or more continuous
years of service;
postal manager or permanent employee of the Australian
Postal Commission with 5 or more continuous years of service;
police officer; or
public servant with 5 or more continuous years of service.
If the visa you are applying for has an English requirement, the IELTS score you need to get depends on a number of factors including the type of visa you are applying for and your job, apart from other eligibility requirements. All of these factors need to be assessed to work out what IELTS score is needed.
For some visa applications, a medical examination is required. Medical examinations are usually required by countries that are deemed to be high health-risk countries by the Department of Immigration and Border Protection (DIBP). Other circumstances that may necessitate medical examinations are your personal health status, the length of time of your stay in Australia, your occupation and if you will be working in schools or in healthcare facilities in Australia.
It depends on the visa application. Some visa applications require you to have health insurance when you apply, whereas with other visa applications, the health insurance can be obtained later. Once you have the visa, you may also need to maintain the health insurance during your stay in Australia.
The Department of Immigration and Border Protection (DIBP) has service standards for processing applications that it tries to adhere to and these can be found at www.border.gov.au. However, the time that actual processing of visa applications can take will vary depending on things such as the number of applicants, staffing levels within the DIBP, public holidays, changes to the legislation and the accuracy of your application. A registered migration agent can help make a difference to your processing time by ensuring that your application is as complete and accurate as possible and proves that you meet the eligibility requirements for the visa.
This will depend on the visa application and your personal circumstances. We at Immi Visa can assist you with a document checklist for your visa application.
No. You can apply for an Australian visa on your own. However, there are frequent changes to immigration legislation throughout the year and a registered migration agent like the ones at Immi Visa is required to give you credible and up-to-date immigration advice. We can help and guide you with your visa application to ensure your dreams of moving to Australia materialise as soon as possible.
If you meet the requirements for a student visa, yes.
For most visas, your dependents can move with you provided they fulfil the criteria. Whether a dependent can work or not is dictated by the conditions of the visa.
There are many application pathways to getting an Australian permanent residence. How long it takes will depend on the preparation for the visa application pathway that is right for you and the processing times of the DIBP. A registered migration agent can advise you on the best and fastest way to obtain this visa.
Fees for registered migration agents can vary due to differences in:
- Expertise – specialists with expertise in difficult cases and applications will often charge more than a non-specialist
- Seniority – work carried out by a senior, highly skilled partner of a firm will cost more than work done by a junior migration agent
- Location – services in metropolitan areas are often higher than in rural or regional areas
- Urgency – special fees sometimes apply for urgent work.
When comparing the legal fees from a number of different registered migration agents it is vital as with any other service, to ensure they can deliver the results you want and leave you feeling stress-free.
Expertise and knowledge, needless to say, are the most important things and the end results and their client references will always speak for themselves. Therefore, it wouldn’t be fair to expect them to be similarly priced.
An EOI is not a visa application; it is an indication that you would like to be considered for a skilled visa. You will be asked to provide a range of information in your EOI depending on the visa(s) you want to be considered for. Expression of Interest (EOI) is not a visa application and doesn’t give you a bridging visa.
Once you have completed your EOI, you will receive a notification from SkillSelect. Your EOI will be stored in SkillSelect and is valid for up to two years.Once you have completed your EOI, you will receive a notification from SkillSelect. Your EOI will be stored in SkillSelect and is valid for two years.
You must obtain a minimum of 60 points to lodge an EOI. The higher the points the more likely it is that you will receive an invitation to lodge a visa application for permanent residency.
Invitations are issued on a monthly basis. The results of the invitation rounds are published on the Department of Immigration and Border Protection’s (DIBP) webpage after every round.
Your invitation will be based only on the information presented in your EOI. If you lodge a visa application and your points score is less than claimed in your EOI and invitation letter, your visa will be refused even if you are able to pass the points test or meet other threshold criteria. Any visa application charges you have paid will not be refunded.
If you receive an invitation and your points have decreased or your personal information is not accurate, you do not have to proceed to make an application. You should correct the information in your EOI and wait to receive another invitation.
Yes, applicants need to be sponsored by a participating State or Territory Government to be eligible to apply for an Investor Visa.
Investor Stream applicants have to have a minimum net personal and business assets of AUD2.25 million.
IELTS is not mandatory if you could get points from other categories and pass 65 points on the points test.
Yes, you can include assets under both the primary applicant and the spouse.
Your sponsor cannot cancel your visa. Only the Department of Immigration and Border Protection (DIBP) can cancel your visa. However, your sponsor can inform the DIBP that they are no longer your sponsors which will signal the DIBP to begin the visa cancellation process.
A worker can move to a new work sponsor, only if the new work sponsor submits a valid nomination and the worker meets the skill and qualification criteria of the new nomination.