Australian minister defends new trade-skills training visa
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9:39 28/02/2006
Australian Immigration Minister Amanda Vanstone this week defended a new trade-skills training visa. The visa category will allow employers in regional areas to award apprenticeships to trainees from...
Australia increases working holiday maker visa quota with Hong Kong
9:18 02/02/2006
The quota for the Hong Kong and Australia Working Holiday Scheme will increase from 200 to 1,000 in order to meet increasing demand. The scheme , which began in September 2001, aims to help young...
Australia's new working holiday maker visa a success
13:11 28/11/2005
Rural Australian fruit growers desperate for workers have been helped out by the large number of backpackers who took advantage of changes to the working holiday maker visa scheme . Three weeks after...
Australia, Thailand announce new work and holiday visa
17:04 08/09/2005
A Work and Holiday (W&H) Visa arrangement between Australia and Thailand came into effect on 31 Aug. The new arrangement means that 18 to 30 year-old Thai and Australian nationals who have...
New Zealand says apply early for re-entry visas
19:52 03/06/2005
Although the New Zealand government denies claims that Iraqi citizens are being denied re-entry visas, it does warn that processing is taking longer. The government says that anyone holding New...
Australia, Estonia, establish working holiday maker program
15:24 20/05/2005
Australia and Estonia have entered into a mutual Working Holiday Maker (WHM) arrangement for young people, Australia's Department of Immigration and Multicultural and Indigenous Affairs (DIMIA)...
