barker Posted November 17, 2017 Share Posted November 17, 2017 The MIA has received confirmation from the Department of changes to Partner (SC 309/100 & 820/801) and Prospective Marriage (SC 300) visa application arrangements mooted at the MIA National Conference. On or after 18 November 2017 the following changes will occur to Partner and Prospective Marriage Visa (PMV) application arrangements: • Partner and PMV visas must be lodged online. • Paper applications received after COB on 17 November 2017 at any office of the Department, Service Delivery Partner, overseas embassy or High Commission will be invalid. The following policy will be applied to applications lodged before and after 18 November 2017 and not finally decided: • Undocumented or poorly documented applications lodged by RMAs, eg applicatons that only meet the basic Schedule 1 requirements for lodging a valid application, may be refused without notice and without requests for further information. • Where natural justice letters have been sent to RMAs, no follow up or subsequent reminders will be sent. The Department will decide the application on the information before it, unless an extension of time has been requested and granted. • For applications lodged prior to 18 November 2017, the Department will provide only ONE opportunity to submit additional information and/or documents or respond to a natural justice letter. These measures have been implemented by the Department because of the high level of incomplete and undocumented applications lodged and are aimed at freeing Departmental resources to address the second stage processing backlog. The Department has also indicated that it will prioritise well documented and low risk applications in 2017 - 2018. AAT applications will also be remitted to one central office to speed up processing. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheWayOfThePony Posted November 20, 2017 Share Posted November 20, 2017 Thanks for the heads-up! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cegor Posted November 21, 2017 Share Posted November 21, 2017 this is good info. too bad it's not made as a sticky at the top of the forum for all to read Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ssiri Posted November 21, 2017 Share Posted November 21, 2017 What is the source of this, and is there a link? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barker Posted November 21, 2017 Author Share Posted November 21, 2017 1 hour ago, ssiri said: What is the source of this, and is there a link? This is from the MIA. Here is the link. https://www.mia.org.au/communications/id/2807/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raul Senise Posted November 21, 2017 Share Posted November 21, 2017 Is the MIA aware that you are posting their member Notices on a public forum? Also, as MIA membership is only open to Registered Migration Agents, are you an Agent? If so, you should disclose this fact and make yourself known to the forum owners. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barker Posted November 21, 2017 Author Share Posted November 21, 2017 27 minutes ago, Raul Senise said: Is the MIA aware that you are posting their member Notices on a public forum? Also, as MIA membership is only open to Registered Migration Agents, are you an Agent? If so, you should disclose this fact and make yourself known to the forum owners. Not a migration agent. I don't ever offer advice, only post things I find that are relevant to people using this forum. This information is publicly available through google, if you do a proper search. It's not my fault their notices are scraped by google and now appear in the search results. I tend to have a information in the sunshine approach to things. People need to know what they don't know, in order to be more knowledgeable about their own situations. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raul Senise Posted November 21, 2017 Share Posted November 21, 2017 19 minutes ago, barker said: Not a migration agent. I don't ever offer advice, only post things I find that are relevant to people using this forum. This information is publicly available through google, if you do a proper search. It's not my fault their notices are scraped by google and now appear in the search results. I tend to have a information in the sunshine approach to things. People need to know what they don't know, in order to be more knowledgeable about their own situations. Really, in recent posts you stated, and I quote: "Just a heads up this is the MIA email I received". "Email I got from MIA on Wednesday as an FYI:" I'm sure there are many more. I was not aware that the MIA emailed interested members of the Public. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barker Posted November 21, 2017 Author Share Posted November 21, 2017 15 minutes ago, Raul Senise said: Really, in recent posts you stated, and I quote: "Just a heads up this is the MIA email I received". "Email I got from MIA on Wednesday as an FYI:" I'm sure there are many more. I was not aware that the MIA emailed interested members of the Public. You sound very upset. What I said before still stands, these are emails that can be found on google. Also, your fellow migration agents are also posting these notices, so I'm not sure why you're so offended. I think we are getting off topic here. The fact is the information I have posted is valid, and is relevant to this forum. References: https://edupi.com.au/summary-1-july-2017-visa-migration-changes/ 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nemesis Posted November 21, 2017 Share Posted November 21, 2017 26 minutes ago, barker said: You sound very upset. What I said before still stands, these are emails that can be found on google. Also, your fellow migration agents are also posting these notices, so I'm not sure why you're so offended. I think we are getting off topic here. The fact is the information I have posted is valid, and is relevant to this forum. References: https://edupi.com.au/summary-1-july-2017-visa-migration-changes/ The fact is that by posting in the way you are, you are leading people to believe that you are a regstered agent. If that is indeed the case, should you not be posting your registration details in your posts so that people can see you are a professional, not just a lay person? That way they kno that your advice is kosher, not just well-intentioned. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raul Senise Posted November 21, 2017 Share Posted November 21, 2017 6 minutes ago, barker said: You sound very upset. What I said before still stands, these are emails that can be found on google. Also, your fellow migration agents are also posting these notices, so I'm not sure why you're so offended. I think we are getting off topic here. The fact is the information I have posted is valid, and is relevant to this forum. References: https://edupi.com.au/summary-1-july-2017-visa-migration-changes/ It has nothing to do with getting upset. You are obviously misrepresenting yourself and need to be honest about who you are. You have clearly stated in a number of posts that you are receiving emails directly from the MIA. You are now contradicting your own words. Either you have lied on previous posts or you are in fact an MIA member and Migration Agent. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ssiri Posted November 21, 2017 Share Posted November 21, 2017 This is from the MIA. Here is the link. https://www.mia.org.au/communications/id/2807/ Thanks for the information provided, and the source if the information. It is publicly available (having checked on google), so thanks for the honest and valid update . 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barker Posted November 21, 2017 Author Share Posted November 21, 2017 1 hour ago, Raul Senise said: It has nothing to do with getting upset. You are obviously misrepresenting yourself and need to be honest about who you are. You have clearly stated in a number of posts that you are receiving emails directly from the MIA. You are now contradicting your own words. Either you have lied on previous posts or you are in fact an MIA member and Migration Agent. 1 hour ago, Nemesis said: The fact is that by posting in the way you are, you are leading people to believe that you are a regstered agent. If that is indeed the case, should you not be posting your registration details in your posts so that people can see you are a professional, not just a lay person? That way they kno that your advice is kosher, not just well-intentioned. I’m not going to entertain these pointless discussions. If you actually take the time to look through my previous posts, you will see time and time again that I have never represented myself as an agent. I have also consistently encouraged people on this forum to seek RMA advice. I hope you do realise that these bulletins are sent to large corporations (who do their own immigration work through in house lawyers) as well as small RMAs. Just because I receive an email, does not by default make me an RMA. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barker Posted November 21, 2017 Author Share Posted November 21, 2017 Just to head off any accusation that I am a lawyer, let me say I’m not a lawyer either. But what I am saying is that these emails come through to a central email address which the forwards them to hundreds of interested parties. I will continue to post publicly available links to information that is in the interest of this forum’s members. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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