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The Migration Institute of Australia (MIA), which is the professional association for Registered Migration Agents, has approached the Australian government to express the unhappiness of its members over the recent increase of 50% which has been added to the visa application charges for onshore and offshore partner visas. This increase on an already expensive application […]

Australians who fall in love with anyone from outside the country now have a further price to pay for the visas needed to bring them into the country. In a recent mid-year budget announcement, a rise in the cost of partner visa applications was announced which took many people by surprise as it was a […]

A family with complex nationality status has been at the centre of a new ruling from the European Court of Justice. The father’s dual nationality of British and Irish is no problem – his children have British nationality too. His wife, however, is Colombian and possesses and EU Residence Card which was issued to her […]

3 September 2014 Anyone wishing to make an application for a UK settlement fiancee, partner or spousal visa from Jamaica and certain other Caribbean locations on or after 2 September 2014 will be required to send their documents to UK Visas and Immigration (UKVI) processing centre in Sheffield. This is an important change from the […]

3 July 2014 It has recently come to light that many Canadian families are caught in a backlog of spousal and partner sponsorship applications that is currently taking around 11 months. Applicants have always been told to expect a six month wait for approval of phase one of the family immigration process, but this additional […]

25 June 2014 The long-awaited final reading of the Canadian Immigration Bill, also known as the Strengthening Canadian Citizenship Act, or C-24 has now received royal assent and is officially in effect. Criticism has been wide and vociferous, with many experts as well as those who will be affected having a lot to say about […]

10 April 2014 In a recent series of meetings, the Canadian federal government has been considering the possibility that it may become necessary to add language and education requirements for anyone wishing to live in Canada permanently as a sponsored spouse or partner of a Canadian citizen or permanent resident. This proposal was put forward, […]

15 March 2014 The Canadian government is making a concerted effort to highlight the problem of sham marriages and so-called ‘marriages of convenience’. The Department of Citizenship and Immigration has released a series of videos highlighting the problem and how innocent parties can be duped into such relationships, leaving them both out of pocket and […]

  The UK government has announced its intention to raise the cost of visa, nationality and immigration application fees as of 6 April 2014, and 31 March 2014 for some overseas premium services. Although the fee increases are still due to be fully ratified by Parliament, it is fully expected that the rises will go […]

  Since July 2010, more than 1000 spouse and partner visas have been revoked by the Australian government. This is due to such abuses of the immigration system as sham marriages and fake relationships discovered by the Department of Immigration and Border Protection (DIBP) as part of routine checks, including home visits. Although the largest […]