Travel loophole to Australia from India slammed shut

After the direct flights from India to Australia were suspended, the indirect flights have also now been suspended.

A Qatar Airways spokesperson has confirmed that they are not currently selling tickets from India to Australia via Qatar and are not carrying passengers on this route.

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Australia suspends all passenger flights from India

The decision of the meeting of the Australian Cabinet’s national security committee on 27th April 2021, was to suspend all direct passenger flights from India.

The reasoning is based on the spike in Covid-19 cases in India, and the numbers arriving in Australia from India.

The suspension is to remain … Read the rest

India may face Total Travel ban to Australia

On 27th April 2021, the Australian National Security Committee of Cabinet will discuss temporarily halting all repatriation flights out of India.

This follows the 30% reduction in flights from India, that was brought into effect last week.

Countries such as the UK, Hong Kong, Canada, Italy, and Singapore have already … Read the rest

Flights from India to Australia to become harder.

The National Cabinet (The forum of the prime minister and all Australian state and territory premiers and chief ministers), has announced a temporary reduction to the number of incoming flights from India amid a rising number of COVID-19 cases in returning passengers. This is not yet in effect, … Read the rest

Australian Citizenship Processing Times for Indian Nationals.

Australian Citizenship for Indian Nationals.

The average processing time for citizenship by conferral applications, lodged by Indian nationals, where the decision was made between 1 July 2020 and 31 January 2021, was 311 days. That is about 11 months.

Note: This is the average processing time from lodgement of a … Read the rest

Subclass 309 processing in New Delhi, India

Subclass 309 visa finalisations for the period March 2020 to December 2020

During the nine months March to December 2020, there were 549 subclass 309 visas granted at New Delhi, 41 were refused, and there were 39 withdrawals.

Month Grants Refusals Withdrawn
Mar 236 7 6 Apr 1.66*
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COVID-19 Flights from India to Australia

Flights from India to Australia during COVID-19.

This is an example of Vande Bharat Mission Flights from Delhi to Sydney, Australia, in January 2021.

It shows the capacity of each flight.

Flight Date, Number, Route and Time.

  • 03 Jan 2021 AI 0302 Delhi to Sydney 01:35
  • 10 Jan 2021 AI
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How many Australian Wineries are Owned by Chinese

How many Australian Wineries are Owned by Chinese companies?

There is a lot of talk about Australian Wineries being hurt by the Chinese ban on importing Australian wine.

The Chinese government imposed tariffs of between 107.1% and 212.1% on bottled Australian wine in November 2020.

Apparently about 41 Australian Wineries … Read the rest

Indian Police Clearance Checks may take 3 months

Most Australian Visa Applications require a verified Police Clearance from the Applicant’s home country.

Many of these are provided relatively quickly, and if not submitted with the original application, can be obtained within the 28 days that are given when they are requested at a later stage. This request is … Read the rest

Chinese in Australia Agree with Australia.

Chinese-Australians blame China for Tensions.

A news report shows that many of the Chinese community in this country want Australia to stand up to the Chinese Communist Party.

Statements such as “I fully support the actions of the Australian Government” have been made.

It is important for all … Read the rest