The first week of the final quarter was busier than anyone expected. In the space of a few days, the Minister waived a rule that has caused real harm since January, and the Department opened its asylum system and then...

The Department of Home Affairs has instructed all Refugee Reception Offices to resume receiving new asylum applications with immediate effect. The directive was issued by the Acting Director-General on 28 September 2026. It follows the Constitutional Court’s judgment of 7...

We have entered the fourth quarter, and with it the beginning of the end of 2026. With just under three months remaining in what has been a busy year across the board, we take stock of the immigration landscape and...

Why we are writing about this now Our appeals desk is currently seeing a familiar cluster of refusals. Work visa applications refused because the Department “could not verify the applicant’s employment”, where the application was accompanied by a complete Managed...

On 20 July 2026, the Department of Home Affairs published Government Notice No. 7715 in Government Gazette No. 55036, formally inviting corporate employers to submit expressions of interest in Phase II of the Trusted Employer Scheme (TES). The notice, signed...

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