How we keep this accurate.

The Australian immigration system changes constantly. Fees move on 1 July most years. Occupation lists update without warning. Processing times shift monthly. Here is the actual process we use to keep up, written in concrete detail so you can judge it for yourself.

Three sources feed this site

Source one. We regularly review and update our data including fees, processing times, occupation lists, and visa requirements against official Department of Home Affairs sources to keep everything current.

Source two.Editorial content written by a very small team based on the official IMMI page, the underlying Migration Regulations, and the relevant legislative instruments. This is the “what nobody tells you,” the steps, the FAQs, and the plain-English summaries on every visa detail page. We do it to help others

Source three. You. Reader corrections close the loop on the things our eyes and editorial process miss.

Editorial content: source-anchored

The narrative content on each visa page is written by us reading the official IMMI page and, where applicable, the legislative instrument that sits behind it. We do not write from memory and we do not generalise from one visa to another.

When the underlying source changes (a requirement is added, a rule is reworded, an occupation moves between lists), the editorial content is rewritten and the page’s “Last checked” date is updated.

The triple-check method

Before any specific number, threshold, or deadline is published, we verify it on three signals:

• The official IMMI page for that visa subclass
• The underlying legislative instrument or Migration Regulations clause
• At least one secondary source: a recent OMARA notice, a migration agent forum thread, or a credible news report

If those three sources disagree, we trust the legislative instrument first, then IMMI, then the secondary source. If we cannot resolve the conflict, we leave the number out and link readers to the official page to check directly.

Volatility flags

Some information changes faster than other information. We flag the categories we know are unstable:

• Processing times. Change monthly. We grab a fresh snapshot on every check cycle.
• Invitation scores (skilled migration). Change with each invitation round, typically monthly.
• Occupation lists. Update periodically, sometimes without public notice.
• Income thresholds (CSIT, formerly TSMIT). Indexed annually, usually on 1 July.
• Application fees. Typically change on 1 July each financial year.

For these categories, we treat any figure as a snapshot rather than a guarantee, and we tell you so on the page where it appears.

Reader corrections

Email gdaymayte.au@gmail.comwith the page URL and what is wrong. We respond to corrections within two business days. Significant errors (a fee figure, an eligibility threshold, a deadline, a stream slug) are fixed within 48 hours and the page’s “Last checked” date is updated to reflect the correction.

We do not silently edit and pretend the error never happened. Where the correction is material to a decision a reader might make, we note the change directly on the page until the next full review cycle clears it.

What we do not publish

Anything we cannot verify against an official source. Anything that requires us to make a determination about a specific reader’s eligibility. Anything that contradicts the Department of Home Affairs without a clear, sourced reason. Anything that reads as advice for an individual’s situation.

Section 276 of the Migration Act 1958 is part of the reason for the last point, but not the only reason. We would not give individual advice even if it were legal, because the right person to make a personalised assessment is a registered migration agent who has seen your full circumstances.

When we cannot find the answer

We say so. “We can confirm the application fee but we could not find a definitive answer on whether second-VAC applies to this category, here is the official page to check directly” is a more honest response than guessing. Filling gaps with educated guesses presented as facts is the failure mode we are most determined to avoid.

Personal circumstances: we redirect

“Can I apply if my visa lapsed last month?” “Will my prior conviction stop a 190 grant?” “Is my evidence enough?” These are personal-circumstances questions, not general information questions. We do not answer them, and the reason is not just legal. The honest answer always depends on facts a registered migration agent needs to gather from you directly. We point you to the MARA register at mara.gov.au instead.

How often we review the whole site

Every visa detail page is scheduled for a full content review at least every 90 days, in addition to checks that run more frequently for fees and processing times. Higher-traffic pages (820, 189, 482, 500) are reviewed monthly. The review schedule lives in our internal tracking and the resulting verification dates are what feed the “Last checked” timestamps you see on the site.

Tell us when this fails

None of this matters if the system breaks and you spot it before we do. If a “Last checked” date looks suspiciously old, if a fee figure does not match what IMMI shows, please tell us. Every correction makes the next person’s research more accurate, and that is what this site is for.