In this article, Rita Chowdhury, Principal of boutique immigration law firm Integrate Legal explains the steps your business can take to cut down on visa application paperwork and get work visas for employees approved in record time.
What is Accredited Sponsorship?
Accredited
Sponsorship status is granted to Australian employers that have a significant, regular
and ongoing need to sponsor and nominate overseas workers under the Temporary
Skill Shortage (TSS) Visa (subclass 482).
This is
designed to ensure that low-risk sponsors can access priority allocation and
streamlined processing for all nomination and visa applications.
What are the benefits?
Automatic
Priority Processing of visa applications
All
TSS visa and nomination applications lodged by Accredited Sponsors are given
priority processing.
Standard
Business Sponsor applications take over 4 weeks to process. By comparison,
Accredited Sponsor applications are processed in 1-5 days.
Streamlined
Processing (auto-grant) of nomination applications
Streamline
Processing is available for certain nomination applications lodged by
Accredited Sponsors. This means the Department of Home Affairs automatically
approves the nomination application immediately after lodgement.
Less
Application Paperwork
Visa
applicants are not required to obtain overseas police clearance certificates if
their Accredited Sponsor is willing to provide a character reference
letter.
Accredited
Sponsors are permitted to post advertisements on their business websites.
Can I Get Accredited?
Firstly, you
must be a Standard Business Sponsor. You can apply for a Standard Business Sponsor
and accreditation simultaneously. If you already are a Standard Business Sponsor,
you can apply for accredited status when you renew your existing sponsorship.
Secondly, you
must fall within one of the following categories
Category
Description
Australian Trusted Traders
You are a current Australian Trusted
Trader, with an
Australian workforce made up of a least of 75% Australian workers
Low volume usage and high
percentage of Australian workers (at least 85%)
In addition to having a high
percentage of Australian workers, you should have a 97% approval rate for
nomination applications in the last year, and have been a standard business
sponsor for at least one year
High volume usage and medium
percentage of Australian workers (at least 75%)
In addition to having a medium
percentage of Australian workers, you should have a 97% approval rate for
nomination applications in the last two years, and have been a standard
business sponsor for at least two years
Help with applying?
We
have successfully obtained accredited sponsorship for many of our clients. If you are interested in discussing whether
you are eligible or in proceeding with an application don’t hesitate to contact
a member of our team at hello@integratelegal.com
About Integrate Legal
Integrate
Legal is a boutique immigration law firm with expertise in business and
employment related visa applications.
Integrate Legal is led by Rita Chowdhury, an award-winning immigration
law specialist with over 18 years’ experience.
For more information on our firm go to:
www.integratelegal.com
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HE Mr Henrik Cederin joined the Swedish Ministry for Foreign Affairs in 1991 and has held postings at the Embassies of Sweden in Seoul, Tel Aviv and Tokyo, as well as in the Permanent Representation of Sweden to the European Union in Brussels. Prior to taking up his position as Sweden’s ambassador to Australia in 2019, Mr Cederin served for four years as Sweden’s ambassador to Zambia. 2010-2015 Mr Cederin served as Director and Deputy Head of the Department for Asia and the Pacific Region at the Ministry for Foreign Affairs in Stockholm.
Henrik Cederin also has a background in management consulting and corporate communications, having worked for two leading Swedish consultancies. Henrik Cederin has a degree in Business Administration from the Stockholm School of Economics (1988), went through the United Nations Disarmament Fellowship Programme (1992) and has served on the board of the European Institute of Japanese Studies at the Stockholm School of Economics (2011-2015). Henrik Cederin is born 1963 and is married with one child.
The Embassy
The Embassy of Sweden in Australia’s mission is to represent Sweden and the Swedish government in Australia, New Zealand, Fiji, Kiribati, Nauru, Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands, Samoa, Tuvalu, Vanuatu and Tonga.
Trade and business related issues as well as consular service to Swedish citizens living or travelling in the region are prioritised tasks for the embassy. For support, we also have 16 honorary consulates within the embassy’s geographic area.
The consulates are located in:
Australia: Adelaide (vacant), Brisbane, Cairns, Darwin, Hobart, Melbourne, Perth and Sydney
New Zealand: Auckland and Wellington
Pacific: Fiji Suva, Papua New Guinea Port Moresby, Solomon Islands Honiara, Samoa Apia, Tonga Nuku’alofa and Vanuatu Port Vila
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The 100 Point Challenge was founded by two Australians, Dan Paech and Anna Millan, who currently live in Sweden. The company started in Stockholm in 2016 and has since expanded to Gothenburg, Amsterdam, Copenhagen and Sydney. The company is now 21 people globally, and has organised team building events for many of the best known companies in the world, including the likes of Google, IKEA, Spotify and Booking.com. On 5 December we are organising a launch event for 100 Point Challenge game, race and quiz in Sydney. This unique city discovery game involves team problem solving, navigation, and creativity. We will be playing “Bushranger’s Bash”, which is designed for locals, with a focus on The Rocks and Circular Quay area. After the game we’ll gather at a CBD bar to find out who won the game, and for a well-deserved drink. More event details to come. https://www.100pointchallenge.com/
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AstraZeneca is a global, science-led biopharmaceutical company that focuses on the discovery, development and commercialisation of prescription medicines, primarily for the treatment of diseases in three therapy areas – Oncology, Cardiovascular, Renal & Metabolism and Respiratory. The Company also is selectively active in the areas of autoimmunity, neuroscience and infection. AstraZeneca operates in over 100 countries and its innovative medicines are used by millions of patients worldwide. For more information, please visit www.astrazeneca.com and www.astrazeneca.com.au
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To celebrate the launch of The Norse Collection by Anna-Carin for Designer Rugs – guests were invited to experience a night of Nordic wonder at Woodcut Sydney. Guests enjoyed Nordic drumming, rune castings and sumptuous hospitality including Swedish berry infused Autograph Gin shots. “Our modern lives may have changed but our fundamental human needs have not. There’s a moment when you roll out a rug, your house starts to look like a home and you feel grounded. These rugs are inspired by adventurous people from around the world but are meant to feel like home. A solid ground to stand on… or lie on.” Anna-Carin McNamara
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The Embassy in Canberra has been awarded the Promotion Project Prize 2019 by the Ministry for Foreign Affairs for our two important exhibitions on Raoul Wallenberg and Daniel Solander. Special thank you to everyone being part of these cultural promotion projects.
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Dear friends, The time has come for me to take farewell after five intensive and stimulating years in Oceania. My family and I will return to Sweden in August. As Team Sweden Australia we have relaunched a structured and long term Trade, Investment and Sweden Promotion in the region. We leave an important legacy.
Australia is now Sweden’s 4th largest export market outside Europe. Behind the US, China, and Japan. Our exports to Australia have increased by 57% since 2014. Swedish related companies in Australia have some 20.000 employees, generating 60.000 jobs.
Last year we commemorated 190 years of trade relations between Sweden and Australia. SACC is one of the oldest national chambers of commerce in Australia, soon celebrating its 110th anniversary.
All successful trade promotion is based on three necessary preconditions:
The local Team Sweden network must have an understanding of the local footprint of the Swedish business community, including the opportunities and challenges.
The Swedish network must work as a team.
The team must have jointly identified long term priorities.
These preconditions did not exist in 2014. It was a great weakness. Since then we have taken a series of initiatives to strengthen all these three fundamental factors.
To understand the local footprint
We have presented two Swedish Business Footprint Reports and a Business Climate Survey which have proved invaluable. We also contributed to a Swedish FTA-report. I recommend that the footprint report and the Business Climate Report are updated in 2019 or early 2020.
Teamwork
We have established Team Sweden, a Business Support Office and the obvious honorary role for the Ambassador in the Board of SACC. We have opened chapters of SACC in Melbourne and Perth. I hope Brisbane can also be added to the list. Our Honorary Consuls are engaged more than ever in trade and Sweden promotion. We have organised a series of trade missions. The Swedish Business Awards is now a joint collaboration between the Embassy and SACC. The Embassy contribute with articles to Swedelink. A publication on our proud historic trade relations has been published.
To work with jointly agreed long term priorities
We give priority to the Mining, Health and Defence & Security sectors. We have established a railway cluster. We also focus on the negotiations on Free Trade Agreements and the implementations of the Sustainable Development Goals.
We have, in a similar way relaunched the Sweden Promotion in the region with a few overall themes. The Raoul Wallenberg exhibition To me there’s no other choice toured Australia for four years. The Swedish Dads exhibition and project will now be launched in New Zealand after the success in Australia. The Solander Project is the single most extensive Swedish project in New Zealand ever. It will arrive in Australia in May 2020 and later tour the very north of Sweden. We connect the Arctic and Pacific Regions in a unique way. It was a great privilege to become the first Ambassador of Sweden to the entire South Pacific.
Ambassador Pär Ahlberger together with his daughter Louise outside the Solander exhibition in Wellington. It was the starting point of the most extensive collaboration between Sweden, New Zealand and Australia ever. 250 years of friendship.
We have certainly achieved a lot. Let me thank you for your friendship and support. It has been a privilege to collaborate with you, also in the loose network “Friends of Pär”. I wish you all the very best for the future.
Pär Ahlberger Ambassador of Sweden to Oceania 2014 – 2019
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Obtaining Accredited Sponsorship Status with the Department of Home Affairs
In this article, Rita Chowdhury, Principal of boutique immigration law firm Integrate Legal explains the steps your business can take to cut down on visa application paperwork and get work visas for employees approved in record time.
What is Accredited Sponsorship?
What are the benefits?
Automatic Priority Processing of visa applications
All TSS visa and nomination applications lodged by Accredited Sponsors are given priority processing.
Standard Business Sponsor applications take over 4 weeks to process. By comparison, Accredited Sponsor applications are processed in 1-5 days.
Streamlined Processing (auto-grant) of nomination applications
Streamline Processing is available for certain nomination applications lodged by Accredited Sponsors. This means the Department of Home Affairs automatically approves the nomination application immediately after lodgement.
Less Application Paperwork
Visa applicants are not required to obtain overseas police clearance certificates if their Accredited Sponsor is willing to provide a character reference letter.
Accredited Sponsors are permitted to post advertisements on their business websites.
Can I Get Accredited?
Help with applying?
We have successfully obtained accredited sponsorship for many of our clients. If you are interested in discussing whether you are eligible or in proceeding with an application don’t hesitate to contact a member of our team at hello@integratelegal.com
About Integrate Legal
Integrate Legal is a boutique immigration law firm with expertise in business and employment related visa applications. Integrate Legal is led by Rita Chowdhury, an award-winning immigration law specialist with over 18 years’ experience. For more information on our firm go to: www.integratelegal.com
Presenting the new Ambassador of Sweden to Australia HE Henrik Cederin
Photo: Kristian Pohl
HE Mr Henrik Cederin joined the Swedish Ministry for Foreign Affairs in 1991 and has held postings at the Embassies of Sweden in Seoul, Tel Aviv and Tokyo, as well as in the Permanent Representation of Sweden to the European Union in Brussels. Prior to taking up his position as Sweden’s ambassador to Australia in 2019, Mr Cederin served for four years as Sweden’s ambassador to Zambia. 2010-2015 Mr Cederin served as Director and Deputy Head of the Department for Asia and the Pacific Region at the Ministry for Foreign Affairs in Stockholm.
Henrik Cederin also has a background in management consulting and corporate communications, having worked for two leading Swedish consultancies. Henrik Cederin has a degree in Business Administration from the Stockholm School of Economics (1988), went through the United Nations Disarmament Fellowship Programme (1992) and has served on the board of the European Institute of Japanese Studies at the Stockholm School of Economics (2011-2015). Henrik Cederin is born 1963 and is married with one child.
The Embassy
The Embassy of Sweden in Australia’s mission is to represent Sweden and the Swedish government in Australia, New Zealand, Fiji, Kiribati, Nauru, Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands, Samoa, Tuvalu, Vanuatu and Tonga.
Trade and business related issues as well as consular service to Swedish citizens living or travelling in the region are prioritised tasks for the embassy. For support, we also have 16 honorary consulates within the embassy’s geographic area.
The consulates are located in:
Australia: Adelaide (vacant), Brisbane, Cairns, Darwin, Hobart, Melbourne, Perth and Sydney
New Zealand: Auckland and Wellington
Pacific: Fiji Suva, Papua New Guinea Port Moresby, Solomon Islands Honiara, Samoa Apia, Tonga Nuku’alofa and Vanuatu Port Vila
NEW SMALL BUSINESS MEMBER – 100 Point Challenge
The 100 Point Challenge was founded by two Australians, Dan Paech and Anna Millan, who currently live in Sweden. The company started in Stockholm in 2016 and has since expanded to Gothenburg, Amsterdam, Copenhagen and Sydney. The company is now 21 people globally, and has organised team building events for many of the best known companies in the world, including the likes of Google, IKEA, Spotify and Booking.com. On 5 December we are organising a launch event for 100 Point Challenge game, race and quiz in Sydney. This unique city discovery game involves team problem solving, navigation, and creativity. We will be playing “Bushranger’s Bash”, which is designed for locals, with a focus on The Rocks and Circular Quay area. After the game we’ll gather at a CBD bar to find out who won the game, and for a well-deserved drink. More event details to come. https://www.100pointchallenge.com/
NEW PREMIUM MEMBER – AstraZeneca
AstraZeneca is a global, science-led biopharmaceutical company that focuses on the discovery, development and commercialisation of prescription medicines, primarily for the treatment of diseases in three therapy areas – Oncology, Cardiovascular, Renal & Metabolism and Respiratory. The Company also is selectively active in the areas of autoimmunity, neuroscience and infection. AstraZeneca operates in over 100 countries and its innovative medicines are used by millions of patients worldwide. For more information, please visit www.astrazeneca.com and www.astrazeneca.com.au
Viking vibes at the launch of The Norse Collection
To celebrate the launch of The Norse Collection by Anna-Carin for Designer Rugs – guests were invited to experience a night of Nordic wonder at Woodcut Sydney. Guests enjoyed Nordic drumming, rune castings and sumptuous hospitality including Swedish berry infused Autograph Gin shots. “Our modern lives may have changed but our fundamental human needs have not. There’s a moment when you roll out a rug, your house starts to look like a home and you feel grounded. These rugs are inspired by adventurous people from around the world but are meant to feel like home. A solid ground to stand on… or lie on.” Anna-Carin McNamara
Read more here https://www.facebook.com/pg/annacarindesign/photos/?tab=album&album_id=2158844070894010
Embassy of Sweden in Canberra received and an award for Best Promotion Project 2019 by the Swedish Ministry for Foreign Affairs
The Embassy in Canberra has been awarded the Promotion Project Prize 2019 by the Ministry for Foreign Affairs for our two important exhibitions on Raoul Wallenberg and Daniel Solander. Special thank you to everyone being part of these cultural promotion projects.
See link for more information: https://www.swedenabroad.se/sv/utlandsmyndigheter/australien-canberra/aktuellt/nyheter/ambassaden-canberra-får-pris-för-årets-främjarprojekt/
Melbourne – Professional Development & Networking Event
Sydney – Vovlo Group Sustainability Event
Farewell and a final update from the Ambassador HE Pär Ahlberger
Dear friends,
The time has come for me to take farewell after five intensive and stimulating years in Oceania. My family and I will return to Sweden in August. As Team Sweden Australia we have relaunched a structured and long term Trade, Investment and Sweden Promotion in the region. We leave an important legacy.
Australia is now Sweden’s 4th largest export market outside Europe. Behind the US, China, and Japan. Our exports to Australia have increased by 57% since 2014. Swedish related companies in Australia have some 20.000 employees, generating 60.000 jobs.
Last year we commemorated 190 years of trade relations between Sweden and Australia. SACC is one of the oldest national chambers of commerce in Australia, soon celebrating its 110th anniversary.
All successful trade promotion is based on three necessary preconditions:
These preconditions did not exist in 2014. It was a great weakness. Since then we have taken a series of initiatives to strengthen all these three fundamental factors.
To understand the local footprint
We have presented two Swedish Business Footprint Reports and a Business Climate Survey which have proved invaluable. We also contributed to a Swedish FTA-report. I recommend that the footprint report and the Business Climate Report are updated in 2019 or early 2020.
Teamwork
We have established Team Sweden, a Business Support Office and the obvious honorary role for the Ambassador in the Board of SACC. We have opened chapters of SACC in Melbourne and Perth. I hope Brisbane can also be added to the list. Our Honorary Consuls are engaged more than ever in trade and Sweden promotion. We have organised a series of trade missions. The Swedish Business Awards is now a joint collaboration between the Embassy and SACC. The Embassy contribute with articles to Swedelink. A publication on our proud historic trade relations has been published.
To work with jointly agreed long term priorities
We give priority to the Mining, Health and Defence & Security sectors. We have established a railway cluster. We also focus on the negotiations on Free Trade Agreements and the implementations of the Sustainable Development Goals.
We have, in a similar way relaunched the Sweden Promotion in the region with a few overall themes. The Raoul Wallenberg exhibition To me there’s no other choice toured Australia for four years. The Swedish Dads exhibition and project will now be launched in New Zealand after the success in Australia. The Solander Project is the single most extensive Swedish project in New Zealand ever. It will arrive in Australia in May 2020 and later tour the very north of Sweden. We connect the Arctic and Pacific Regions in a unique way. It was a great privilege to become the first Ambassador of Sweden to the entire South Pacific.
We have certainly achieved a lot. Let me thank you for your friendship and support. It has been a privilege to collaborate with you, also in the loose network “Friends of Pär”. I wish you all the very best for the future.
Pär Ahlberger
Ambassador of Sweden to Oceania
2014 – 2019
SWEDELINK Newsletter Winter 2019