Publisher's Synopsis
Up-to-date to January 1, 2005, this is a comprehensive step-by-step plain language guide through the complexity of Australian citizenship and immigration law. Written by one of Australia's largest community-based migration advisory services, the Immigration Advice and Rights Centre, the revised edition brings together the Migration Act, regulations, departmental policy, and relevant case law in an easily readable style. Highly regarded by lawyers, migration agents, students, visa applicants, parliamentarians, and policy makers, the Kit is the only publication of its kind in Australia. The Kit explains: how Australian citizenship is acquired, granted, lost, and regained; how the immigration system works; who can apply to come to Australia or to stay in Australia; the distinction between permanent and temporary visas; how to challenge an Immigration decision; the entitlements of visa holders; student visas; changes to visitor visas; and much more.
