164 Visa applications refused, Indian mastermind nabbed New Delhi, November 22: The Australian High Commission in New Delhi is warning Indian nationals (mostly men) wanting to migrate to Australia as spouses to be aware of organised contrived marriage scams targeting South Asians. This warning comes after Australian Border Force (ABF) shut down an elaborate contrived…
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51 of our own in the election fray! – an election 2018 update
As our community grows in Victoria, so does the need for its fair representation in all areas of social and government machinery. No wonder then, of late a number of brave Victorians of Indian descent have been putting their hand up be it local bodies or clubs, municipal council, state or federal elections. As Victorians…
Have you been a Racist? You could be running for $1000 scholarship
Melbourne Law Firm Offering $1,000 Scholarship to “Racist” Students Melbourne, November 13: Students who admit to being racist or xenophobic – a fear of, or discomfort with, foreigners – could share in a $1,000 scholarship in 2019. The scholarship is offered by Melbourne-based law firm, Global Mobility Immigration Lawyers & Migration Agents, which runs an…
Migrants more likely to start Businesses, win Nobel Prizes & lodge Patents
The evidence of the benefits brought in by migrants is disconnected from public perception say migration leaders at international conference Sydney, November 1: World renowned expert on migration research, Professor Ian Goldin from Oxford University, revealed fresh evidence of the impact of migration for growth of economies, fiscal costs and benefits at the International Metropolis…
Celebrate India’s Sing for Diwali – Light for Diwali launched
Melbourne October 30: Among many dignitaries of academic fields, a proud chairperson of Celebrate India Inc. promised a bigger and better festival of Diwali to all Victorians at the launch of a week-long extravaganza at a function organized at the University of Melbourne. Professor Muthupandian Ashokkumar, Assistant Vice Chancellor for India, University of Melbourne and…
Sydney Hindu Temple vandalized
Should spouses of temporary skilled workers have work rights?
Washington, October 18: in the US, under the Trump administration, spouses of skilled migrants are set to lose work rights in the US. Temporary skilled workers in the US on H-1B visas normally granted 3 or 6 year visas were allowed to take their spouse with them by the US governments. The spouse in that…
Chinmay loses his ‘dog-fight’ with Monash University
Chinmay Naik, studying journalism at Melbourne’s Monash University had gone to Supreme Court over a failed assignment, claiming the university acted inappropriately in failing him. His battle ground was a failed June 2017 video assignment about dogs in which he scored 12. It was sent for remarking and when marked the second time, the score…
College Owners jailed
Melbourne, September 22: Two colleges — St Stephen Institute of Technology in Reservoir and Symbiosis Institute of Technical Education in Footscray run by Indian Australians – friends and entrepreneurs – Baljit Singh, Mukesh Sharma and Rakesh Kumar came under the government scanner in 2015. In August 2015, after raids across Melbourne, the authorities charged them…
No citizenship for hiding ‘Stolen’ pair of shoes?
Pulkit Patel, a young lad from India, came to Australia as a student in June 2007. Subsequently he got his Independent Skilled Visa (Subclass 885) to call Australia home – permanently. Once permanent residence was granted to him, he took the next logical step and applied for Australian Citizenship. To his surprise and shock, the…