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IMPORTANT NEWS & NOTICES

25 March 2013: Changes to Visitor and Temporary Work Visas from 23 March 2013

From 23 March 2013 the Australian government intends to introduce significant changes to the Visitor and Medical Treatment visas.

DIAC will no longer be accepting new applications for the following visas:

	Tourist visa (subclass 676)
	Sponsored family visitor visa (subclass 679)
	Business (short Stay) visa (Subclass 456)
	Sponsored business visitor (short stay) visa (subclass 459)
	Medical Treatment (short stay) visa (subclass 675)
	Medical Treatment (long stay) visa (subclass 685)
	Electronic Travel Authority (visitor) (subclass 976)
	Electronic Travel Authority (business – short validity) (subclass 977)
	Electronic Travel Authority (business – long validity) (subclass 956).

Applicants who were previously eligible for the visas listed above may be eligible for one of the following five visa subclasses below.

	Temporary work (short stay activity) visa (subclass 400)
	Visitor visa (subclass 600)
	Electronic Travel Authority (subclass 601)
	Medical Treatment visa (subclass 602)
	eVisitor (subclass 651)

For more information see: http://www.immi.gov.au/visas/visitor/

9 November 2012: Visa Simplification and Deregulation – simplified Temporary Work visas

Following the making of regulations on 11 October 2012 by the Federal Executive Council, the Minister has announced that on 24 November 2012, the government will introduce a simplified Temporary Work visa framework. To read the media release, please go to: http://www.minister.immi.gov.au/media/cb/2012/cb191403.htm

This will reduce the number of Temporary Work visas from 17 to 8 subclasses. As well as creating a broader and more intuitive Temporary Work group of visas for clients to choose from, there will also be benefits that flow from standardisation of a number of Temporary Work visa requirements. For further information on these changes please go to: www.immi.gov.au/immigration/temporaryworkvisachanges

28 June 2012: Changes to Visa Application Fees

Visa application charges and other fees will change on 1 July 2012 in accordance with decisions made by the Australian Government.

New charges and fees will apply to any application received on or after 1 July 2012. Your visa application cannot be accepted at the AVAC if an amount less than the correct fee is provided.

Applicants intending to pay by bank draft or arrange payment through an immigration office in Australia should be aware that the visa fee may change in the time between arranging the payment and lodging your application.

For example: You may have to pay for the difference in the visa fee if:

you arrange for a bank draft before 1 July and lodge your application overseas after 1 July; or
the visa fee is paid in Australia before1 July and you lodge your application overseas after 1 July.

2 October 2011: Electronic Travel Authority (ETA) and E-Visitor Terminal

Certain nationalities wishing to apply for a visitor visa may be eligible to apply for an Electronic Travel Authority (ETA) or an E-Visitor Visa online via the Australian Immigration Website. For clients who do not have access to internet facilities, VFS have set up a computer terminal where clients can lodge online applications within the Visa Application Centre.

For further details about lodging an ETA or E-Visitor visa application online, including eligible nationalities, please visit the Australia immigration website http://www.immi.gov.au/e_visa/visitors.htm