Character Requirement updates for Australian Immigration

The Australian Department of Immigration and Citizenship (DIAC) has recently updated and released the latest version of the application character. Now more criteria in the test, for those who want to enter and stay in Australia

DIAC days prior character added another criterion to pass the character test. List appropriate case, which led to the failure of the applicants character test, if:

• You have a serious criminal record. A person is considered a serious criminal record, provided they have been: sentenced to death or life imprisonment, a sentence of imprisonment of 12 months or more; sentenced to two or more of imprisonment (whether either on one or more occasions), the sum of these terms is two years or more, or acquitted of an offense on the basis of insanity or madness, and, therefore, the person in an organization or institution was arrested.

• an offense that was committed during his detention has been condemned as an escape from prison, to a time when a person fleeing from custody, or if the convicted person for the offense of escape from custody

• you have or have had a relationship with a person, group or organization suspected or is involved in criminal activities

• Knowledge of individual criminal behavior past and present, the person is not considered to be of good character,

• Knowledge of general person driving past and the present, the person is, not a good reputation

• There is a significant risk that the person will engage in criminal conduct in Australia, harass, abuse, intimidate or stalk another person to denigrate Australia, a segment of the Australian community, or incite discord to the Australian community or a segment of that community or a danger to the Australian community or a segment of that community.

It is compulsory for Australian applicants, family members non-citizens, sponsors and non-migration, displacement and stay in Australia for his character judged, which means they want to meet characters specified in section 501 of the Immigration Act 1958th

This section of the Migration Act. 1958 preliminary test character to ensure that the applicant non-citizens sponsors and family members are non-migratory are of good character In addition, the test is also the discretion to reject or cancel visas when potential migrants to Australia is not the criterion.

If the visa application is made by the applicant or a lengthy criminal record in the past and present conduct criminal, these candidates will be permanently excluded from Australia.

There are several other cases in which the applicant by the competent Australian authorities are deemed to be directly or indirectly a risk to Australian national security, be denied a visa. In addition, if the Secretary of State or a person entitled Foreign Minister felt the presence of someone in Australia against the foreign policy interests of Australia and Australian autonomous sanctions regulations, or are directly or indirectly associated with the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction, the visa refusal.