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The Australian Government does not require holders of Australian visas to have a visa label in their passport. Visa holders can travel to and reside in Australia without a visa label – this is known as ‘label-free’.  The Department’s digital systems have made visa labels unnecessary.  The Department of Immigration has commenced a process to

The Migration Programme planning level for the Skilled Nominated category now has limited number of places left for the 2014-15 programme year. This means processing times will be longer and that once the remaining places are used, the Department cannot grant further visas in this category during this programme year.