February 2026 Migration Update: Administrative Review Tribunal

VETASSESS has announced important updates to its processes, systems, fees, and timeframes for professional occupation skills assessments. These changes affect skilled migration applicants, temporary graduate visa holders, and employers…..

VETASSESS Updates for Professional Occupations: What Applicants Need to Know in 2026

VETASSESS has announced important updates to its processes, systems, fees, and timeframes for professional occupation skills assessments. These changes affect skilled migration applicants, temporary graduate visa holders, and employers…..

Urgent Travel Warning for Temporary Visa Holders: What the New Migration Amendment Act Means for You

If you are currently in Australia on a temporary visa and are planning to travel overseas, a significant new migration law has just come into effect that you must be aware of. On 14 March 2026, the Migration…..

Subclass 407 Training Visa Validity Requirement Changes – Effective 11 March 2026

The Migration Amendment (Training Visas—Sponsorship Requirements) Regulations 2026 introduce amendments affecting the validity requirements for Subclass 407 (Training) visa applications……

Government doubles Temporary Graduate visa charge

From today, 1 March, the cost of a Temporary Graduate visa application has doubled, increasing from $2,300 to $4,600.
This affects you if you lodge your 485 visa application on or after 1 March 2026…..

PROCESSING TIMELINE CHANGES FROM 1st March 2026

Processing is slower and less predictable across multiple visa classes; priority and escalation requests are largely unavailable,
Core Skills and Specialist Skills income thresholds (relevant to Subclass 482 and 186 programs) will rise from 1 July 2026 under annual indexation…..