With over 111,000 people arriving and settling, 2003-2004 saw the highest number of migrants and refugees coming to Australia in ten years, according to Australia's Department of Immigration and Multicultural and Indigenous Affairs (DIMIA).
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Australia's Department of Immigration is to prioritize the processing of temporary visas for people from areas affected by the Asian tsunami, the Australian national broadcaster the ABC reported January 6 2004.
The Department says it is advising families in Australia and existing applications will be fast-tracked. For new applications, it says priority will go to people with families in Australia as well as orphans or last surviving family members. A hotline for visa inquires has also been set up.
The number of people seeking asylum in Australia is the lowest in ten years, reports The Advertiser newspaper.
Citizens and residents of Poland migrating to Australia will have to settle their visa formalities in Berlin from now on, according to the Department of Immigration and Multicultural and Indigenous Affairs in Australia.
Poles should send their application forms, credit card payment authorities and supporting documents to the Visa Section of the Australia Embassy in Germany's capital Berlin. The new immigration procedures apply to 14 types of migration visas.
Prime Minister Helen Clark announced Dec. 27 that New Zealand isextending visa-free arrangements to six new European Union memberstates, whose citizens have until now required tourist visas to visitNew Zealand. The waiver of tourist visa requirements willapply to travelers from Poland, Cyprus, Slovakia, Lithuania, Latvia,and Estonia, as of 1 April 2005.
The lists that contain the occupations where there are immediate andlong-term shortages of skilled workers were released today by theDepartment of Labor (Workforce). The Long Term Skill Shortage List(formerly the Priority Occupations List (POL)) and the Immediate SkillShortage List (formerly the Occupational Shortages List (OSL)) are theresult of consultation with Government agencies, industry trainingorganizations (ITOs) and unions.