Australian Department of Immigration and Citizenship

Australia issues more working holiday visas

17:30 02/09/2013
Australian government figures show that there has been a large increase in the number of working holiday visas issued. These visas are for young people from overseas and enables them to live and work...

Australian immigration concerned about Indian visa fraud

17:25 25/07/2013
The Australian Department of Immigration and Citizenship (DIAC) issued a secret report in 2011 which highlighted the ease with which Indian applicants for Australian visas were able to commit...

Do you want an Australian skilled independent 189 visa? We can help!

11:05 26/06/2013
Australia is world-famous for its high standard of living. It is known as 'the lucky country' and was one of the few developed countries to survive the global economic slowdown which began in 2007...

Record number of visitors to Australia outstay their visas

11:25 12/10/2012
Figures released by the Australian Department of Immigration and Citizenship (DIAC) show that a record number of travellers remained in Australia illegally after their visas had expired last year. In...

Opening of Nauru refugee centre fails to stop boats arriving in Australia

17:50 03/10/2012
The opening of Australia's detention centre on Nauru has failed to stop asylum seekers from making the dangerous sea voyage towards Australian waters. The Australian government announced that it was...

Nauru detention centre 'a termite infested ruin'

13:02 23/08/2012
Fact-finding missions by the Australian Defence Force (ADF) have shown that the asylum seeker detention centres on Nauru and Manus, Papua New Guinea, are in poor states of repair. Last week the...

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