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  1. Visas and immigration
    Thank you all here for your hard efforts and the valuable feedback. I'd like to inquire about my application to 189 visa. I received invitation to apply, so I am starting to prepare my documents. i am living in KSA but i am Syrian, I would like to know about: 1. do I have to authenticate my...
  2. Visas and immigration
    Visas to live in Australia have now been issued to more than half the additional 12,000 Syrian and Iraqi refugees that it committed to resettle a year ago, the Government has announced. As of the beginning of September, some 6,678 visas have been issued and 3,532 of these people have settled in...
  3. Visas and immigration
    Australia is highlighting the contribution made by refugees who have made a new life in the country to mark World Refugee Day. The Department of Immigration and Border Protection (DIBP) says that Australia has history of resettling refugees and people in humanitarian need, and recognise the...
  4. Visas and immigration
    Australia has committed a further eight and a half million dollars to the United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) in response to the Syrian refugee crisis. The Minister for Immigration and Border Protection Peter Dutton announced the extra funding at a UNHCR meeting in Geneva and...
  5. Visas and immigration
    Australia's Operation Sovereign Borders policy will not change or soften against the backdrop of the humanitarian crisis arising from war in Syria, the government has confirmed. Immigration Minister Peter Dutton said policies will remain tough to stop the exploitation of the vulnerable by...
  6. Visas and immigration
    Hello All, My case is rather a frustrating one. I lodged my application as "Class VE, subclass 175 Skilled - Independent" on April 2009. After few weeks, a new priority system was introduced and my case went to priority 5, then I had to wait for a really long time. However, in March 2014 I...
  7. Visas and immigration
    Hi, I am an Australian citizen by birth. My partner is a Syrian national but he left Syria and came to Jordan in 2012 and registered in Jordan as a refugee with the UNHCR. We were Facebook friends initially. He seemed like a nice guy so I started asking him about his situation, but it was just a...
  8. General chit-chat and news
    The Australian government has issued a stern warning to citizens who take part in the fighting in Syria with confirmation that they face up to 20 years in jail. Is this the best way to handle the situation?
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