Category Archives: News

Shelley Duffy at Simply Visas was invited to speak to Alexi Boyd on her radio show - Small Biz Matters last Tuesday 30th of May 2017 on Triple H FM, regarding the recent changes around the 457 visa. Small Biz Matters is a half hour program each week where you can work ON your business rather…

Shelley Duffy, Director of Simply Visas was asked to present at the Australian Forum of Business Leaders held at the Polish Consulate in Woollahra on the 18th of May 2017. This group provides a medium for discussion and knowledge exchange between Polish and Australian business leaders growing their careers in Australia. The focus of the night was…

As some of you would be aware The Hon Peter Dutton MP - Minister for Immigration and Border Protection made a joint media release with the Hon. Malcolm Turnbull MP, Prime Minister - Putting Australian workers first, yesterday 18th of April 2017. I know many of you will have several questions surrounding the changes to the…

The DIBP has recently released the following information: “We will be giving priority to low-risk applicants and those regarded by DIBP as fully front-end loaded with documentation that immediately satisfies Partner criteria. This will result in a departure from our usual chronological method of assessing applicants by month of lodgement. Therefore, you may find that…

According to figures released by the Australian Bureau of Statistics, Australia's population rose by almost 350, 000 to 24.2 million during the fiscal year ending September 2016. India was the largest source of migrants during this year, making Hinduism Australia's fastest growing religion. Read more here.

Highly skilled talent from overseas plays a crucial role in supporting and strengthening Australia’s local labour force. An interesting article released yesterday warns against the reduction of skilled workers on 457 visas.