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Latest News 8 December 2009

Blitz on working holiday visa scam
28 November 2009
A Specialist integrity unit has been formed inside the Department of Immigration to deal with widespread fraud in the working holiday visa program, on which industries such as fruit growing depend. The working holiday visa (subclass 417) allows people to extend their stay in Australia by a year if they can prove they have worked in a rural area for three months. So far, 64 visas have been cancelled over the fraud and at least 19 more are being reviewed. More...