The immigration requirements for Australia have become stricter over time under the terms of the Migration Act 1958 (Cth). The migration has slowly adopted new regimes which make it more difficult to immigrate to Australia. The requirements for immigration depend on your personal circumstances and your objectives in moving to Australia. Generally people fall into three categories of immigration to Australia which are for study, work and for family reasons. Australia has a very large student migration program because of the large education system in Australia which is considered world class by many standards. Another major reason that people immigrate to Australia is for work. This is normally either as an employer sponsored visa or as a skilled migration program which requires that you migrate with a certain professional skill which may be evidenced by educational qualifications or work experience. The occupation also needs to be listed under the skilled occupations list.

The other major basis for migration to Australia is for family reasons. This is based on a prospective spouse visa, a marriage visa, a parental visa or child’s visa or another visa which relates to a close personal relationship in the family. Generally, the requirements for visas like this are that there is some sort of assurance of support which is given by the sponsor that the person entering Australia will not become a drain on the social security system and there is also the health requirement which requires that a person undergo a medical examination to ensure that they will not bring infectious diseases into Australia or create an unacceptable burden on the health system here. There is also the character requirement which applies to all visas and is designed to ensure primarily that person with a substantial criminal record do not enter the country. If you would like assistance with an immigration matter, you can contact us using the contact form on this site and we would be more than happy to assist you.