Welcome to the May 2019 edition of our APAC Bulletin covering the latest employment and immigration updates across the region.Text...
A project is under way to rebrand Australia to the world. Australia’s falling ranking in a number of global brand surveys a...
Our loyal readers will be aware that Ajuria Lawyers now offers visa services to New Zealand. Karen Justice, who heads up Ajuria Ne...
While on the subject of airports, if you have ever been asked by an Australian Border Force officer to submit to a searc...
Border agencies around the world, including Australia, are rapidly working towards creating a system whereby travellers...
Ajuria Lawyers frequently reminds Business Sponsors of their obligations for the duration of the sponsorship period....
The Prime Minister announced his new Cabinet on 26 May 2019, and confirmed that the Hon Peter Dutton MP will continue as...
Since the introduction of the Skilling Australians Fund (SAF) charges (also known as the training levy) on 12 August 201...
The federal government expects to publish a rule this month that will remove the authorization to work from around 100,000 spouses...
The re-election of the Morrison Government on Saturday, 18 May is a surprising result, given that the polls consistently predicted...
Due to changes in the Immigration Rules effective from 29 March 2019, existing Tier 1 (Entrepreneur) migrants may only extend thei...
In light of Brexit, the EU has rolled out and approved an immigration-friendly draft law that allows UK nationals to travel to the...
A welcome announcement from the Minister for Justice and Equality means that from 13 May 2019, visa required nationals who hold a...
From 1 July 2019, Greece will be added to the list of 43 countries providing reciprocal Work and Holiday arrangements. U...
Ajuria Lawyers is proud that Partners, Lillian Ajuria and Ron Kessels, have once again been listed in the Australian Fin...
Effective June 17, 2019, nationals from the following countries no longer require a visa to enter Brazil for business, tourism, ar...
Summary The United Kingdom is set to leave the European Union on March 29, 2019. Discussions between the UK and EU surrounding the...
United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has announced that Fiscal Year (FY) 2020 H-1B cap-subject petitions wil...
Joanna Hunt has commented in an article for Lexis Nexis which discusses Philip Hammond's recent announcement that PHD-level occupa...
The Home Office has released details of its immigration fees from 29 March 2019.Text: Please click on the link to view details of...
USCIS has announced that it will resume premium processing this Tuesday, March 12, 2019 for all H-1B petitions. This is the fina...
The firm was recently mentioned in a Mercury News article entitled “H-1B visa: ‘Premium processing’ resumed for all eligibl...
On 7 March 2019 the Home Office published a Statement of Changes in Immigration Rules (HC 1919), which contains substantial change...
The UK is leaving the EU in two and a half weeks’ time, at the time of writing. Or maybe it isn’t. Your guess is as go...