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TENS of thousands of overseas students studying expensive courses in Australia in the hope of securing permanent residency could be sent home empty-handed under changes being considered by the Federal Government.

The Herald has obtained a document prepared by the Immigration Department recommending changes ”in the relationship between the lodgement of an application and the legal obligation to grant a visa”.

This means immigrants who have met the demands of the current system and would be automatically accepted could be arbitrarily refused. Read more…

There s been a lots of rumours of changes in immigration laws for permanent residency specially on cookery and hairdressing being removed from migration occupation demand list (MODL).

The MODL is reviewed twice a year to take into consideration existing and emerging skills shortages. This does not mean the list is changed twice a year. Changes only occur if there has been a significant change in labour market trends. Currently there hasn’t been any change on migration demand list i.e. cookery and hair dressing they are still in migration demand list. Read more…