DIBP's Secret Assessment Criteria  The DIBP has been exposed today for it's secret risk assessment program used to assess Partner 820 visa applications. Peter Bollard of Lewis and Bollard released today in his newsletter a little known assessment criteria uncovered in a MRT review application they were representing this year. This assessment criteria has never been publicly released until today and it can be seen that the much publicised Migration Agents of Concern list plays an important role. In this assessment process it indicates there existed two lists, List A and List B. Agents in List A automatically place the application into the "High Risk" assessment criteria. The risk factor assessment is reported to be as follow's; 1) Allegation received High Risk
2) Last substantive visa held
Student visa 2
Subclass 300 visa who did not marry High Risk
3) Client History
Refused a Protection Visa 2
Judicial Review Application made 2
Ministerial Request Intervention made 3
4) Migration Agent or authorised person of Concern
List A High Risk
List B 3
5) Age difference
10-15 years 2
More than 15 years 3
6) Applicant or sponsor previously in a married
or defacto relationship which has ended
1 -5 years ago 1
Less than 1 year ago 2
7) Child of the relationship -5
8) Length of the relationship
More than 10 years Low Risk
3-10 years -1
2 - 3 years 1
1 - 2 years 2
< 1 year 4
9) Internet relationship 1
10) Sponsor previously sponsored
or nominated a partner 2
11) Sponsor was sponsored by a partner 2
12) Sponsor received government benefits
in the last 2 years 1
High Risk Score 9 or higher
Low Risk Score 8 or less
According to the DIBP this assessment criteria is no longer in use, but can we trust that this is true?
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457 Visas numbers take a hit
Today The Australian Reports on the statistics which demonstrate the demand in 457 visas has dropped considerably in the last 12 months. The statistics make interesting reading along with the theoretical causes for such a decrease.
Demand for 457 visas plummets - The Australian
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"The Shit List"
 | Christopher Levingston at a Migration Alliance meeting
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Yesterday the Sydney Morning Herald published a story regarding the "Black List" or as Christopher Levingston from Migration Alliance colourfully dubbed it, the "Shit List".
The article portrays that the DIBP is under fire from a possible class action against if from migration agents on the existence of the Migration Agents of Concern list. Mr. Levingston describes the list as "a complete disgrace and shows the absolute contempt that the department has for the profession".
You can read the full SMH story Agents on secret list have their names published
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Upgrade your operating system  Is your mobile phone smarter than you?
Make sure that doesn't happen by reading our IMMIGRATIONews archives.
Our older newsletters can be found on the AILS website here
The recent ones using the new format, can be found
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