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1. Migration Agent
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2. About Us
Our Migration Agents are located in Melbourne CBD
Melbourne Migration is holding a series of immigration
conferences in November 2014 in partnership with the State
Government of Victoria.
For five years running our German conferences with
representatives of State Governments aimed at skilled
professionals and business and investor migrants with an interest
in living, working or investing in Australia have been recognized by
the Victorian Government as strengthening the ties between the
countries.

3. Registered Migration Agents
 Our registered migration agents, immigration lawyers and
licensed immigration advisers are fully qualified and
experienced to handle all types of visa applications. Our Senior
Agents are both registered with the Office of Migration Agents
Registration Authority (OMARA) in Australia and licensed by the
Immigration Advisers Authority (IAA) in New Zealand.
 Melbourne Migration represent our clients with a broad range
of Australian immigration services. We are specialising in
business migration services for Small & Medium Business’ and
Skilled Professionals.

4. Student Visas
 Australia offers world-class education and training and this is
exemplified in recent figures released on the number of
student visa applications lodged between January and March
2014. During this three (3) month period, a staggering 99,396
student visa applications were lodged with 55,099 of these
being made under the sc573 visa (higher education sector).
 Chinese students made up the majority of applications lodged
between July 2013 and March 2014, accounting for 49,208 of
the visas applied for. Following closely behind were applicants
from India who were responsible for 28,094 applications.
Although students undertook a plethora of various courses and
forms of study, the English-language colleges and vocational
educational institutes saw an increase in enrolments indicating
once more the level of quality of Australian education being
offered.

5. Student Visas
 Of the 99,396 student applications lodged between January
and March 2014, a whopping 50, 965 were approved during
this same time-frame with the remaining applications pending
by the Department for a number of reasons.
 As with all visa streams in Australia, the student visa comes in
many variations and formats allowing students to undertake
education ranging from English Language Intensive Courses for
Overseas Students (ELICOS) all the way through to students
wishing to pursue a Masters or Doctorate Degree by research
(sc574).

6. Parent Visas
Certain Family Visa reinstated for a limited time
In June 2014, the Department of Immigration and Border
Protection swiftly removed certain family visas from the
application process and closed access to future applicants. These
visas were primarily non-contributory family-based visas such as
the Parent Visa, Remaining Relative Visa and Care Visa.
This decision paved way for all applications lodged under the
family stream to be re-routed to what is known as contributory
visas – a quicker application process, but one that requires a large
payment in addition to government charges, in order for the visa
to be successful.
The contributory visa options have always existed however other
pathways were available until earlier this year.

7. Parent Visas
 Some politicians have felt that the way in the non-contributory
visa classes were ceased and removed without little warning
was inappropriate and, as such, on the 25th September 2014 a
disallowance motion was lodged with the view of enabling such
visas to be re-introduced so that unfinished applications can be
lodged. This motion was finalised on the same day and the
Department has allowed a six (6) month period in which
applications for non-contributory visas should be lodged.
 Although this is great news for applicants of non-contributory
family visas, the Department has advised that it can take
upwards of twenty-five (25) years for a non-contributory parent
visa to be granted and approximately fifty-six (56) years for a
remaining relative visa to be decided. Whether or not such
processing times will be decreased in the future is yet to be
advised.

8. Contact Details
Address: Melbourne Migration International
Level 27,101 Collins Street
Melbourne, VIC, 3000
Australia
Phone: +61 3 9018 5085
Website: www.melbourne-migration.com