Under migration legislation the Minister for the Department of Immigration and Border Protection (Minister) has powers to intervene in an applicant’s case that has been unsuccessful in the Administrative Appeal Tribunal, and to substitute that decision with a favourable one if the Minister feels it is in the public interest to do so. In many […]
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457 nominations and Customer Service Manager positions
Under a Subclass 457 Temporary Work (Skilled) visa nomination application (457 Nomination), one of the multiple criterion for approval of a 457 Nomination is that the position nominated in the 457 Nomination is a genuine position within the nominator’s business. The Department of Immigration and Border Protection (DIBP) generally takes a sceptical view of any […]
Utilising 457 visas for self-sponsorship – Change of Policy
The Department of Immigration and Border Protection (Department) has recently made changes to its 457 (Temporary Work) visa policy (457 policy) that effectively means that self-sponsorship applications under the 457 temporary work visa program are likely to be refused on “genuineness” grounds by the Department. The Department’s 457 policy now states that “The [457] program […]
