Have One's Regulatory House in Order
TABLE OF CONTENTS
No Time of Application/Time of Decision Dichotomy for Nominations
Exemptions for Age and English Recast
Skill Assessment Exemption for ENS Direct Entry
Ministers of Religion no Longer Exempt
Have One's Regulatory House in Order
The Revamp of the ENS Regime Which Came into Force on 1 July 2012
Nominators must have their regulatory house in order and migration advisers must do a painstaking test in this regard and should not rely solely on what the applicant says. In particular all peace must be made with the tax office including having one’s BAS and tax well in order. Check that the appropriate people are directors and if necessary shareholders of the nominating company and recorded as such with ASIC. Accountants operate under the misguided view that everything can be backdated. By law this is not correct although both the ATO and ASIC sometimes permits documents to be lodged late or amended.
The latest tax returns should be available to file with the nomination.
A migration adviser ought to undertake an independent verification of the nominating company’s status as a type of ‘audit’ of the company’s share register, directorship structure. First start with an historical ASIC company search. The writer uses the service called Citec Confirm for this – http://www.confirm.com.au/citecConfirm/index.shtml
But there are many other such on-line services[1], It costs under $40 to do such a search.
There must be no ‘under the table cash payments’ and all proper wages must have been paid.