Volunteer Firefighters to receive Financial Compensation

Australian Volunteer Firefighters can apply for Compensation.

Prime Minister Scott Morrison has announced that volunteer firefighters in New South Wales will be able to apply for up to $6,000 in compensation from the Federal Government.

The tax free payments will be of up to $300 per person, per day.

The … Read the rest

Interest Rates 2019 for Bank Savings Account

Australian Bank Savings Account: Interest Rates 2019.

Do you get paid Interest on the money that you have saved in your Australian bank account?

Have you noticed how much the interest rate has dropped in the year, and how the changes tied in with the Reserve Bank of Australia [RBA] … Read the rest

Australian Investment Visas

Investment Visa for Australian Immigration.

With an investment of upwards of One and  Half million Australian dollars, it is possible to apply for an Investment visa to allow residence in Australia.

Some of these Investment Visa subclasses are:

Subclass 188 Business Innovation and Investment (Provisional) visa.

homeaffairs.gov.au/…/business-innovation-and-investment-188

This provisional visa … Read the rest

Processing Times for subclass 888 visa

Processing times for 888 Business Innovation and Investment (Permanent Visa).

The Australian immigration website states “There are no standard processing times available for this stream“. However, an FoI report shows that the average processing time in 2018-19 was 263 calendar days (almost 10 months).

The released times for … Read the rest

Registering a Relationship in Australia

How to Register a Relationship in Australia.

Registering a Relationship in Australia needs to be done in the State that you live in, or at least one member of the couple lives in.

Each Australian state has its own rules on this.

Some need both parties to live in their … Read the rest

Subclass 801 Visa Grants and Refusals 2018-19

Partner Visa (subclass 801) Grants and Refusals 2018-19.

During the 2018-2019 year there were 30,583 subclass 801, second stage onshore partner visa applications finalised.

86.0% of these were granted.
9.0% were refused.

Actual numbers of 2018-19 subclass 801 Finalisations.

  • Total finalisations 30,583
  • Grants 26,312
  • Refusals 2,751
  • Withdrawals 1,520

5.0% of … Read the rest