Legislative Updates

The Minister has made an arrival control determination under the new s 84E of the Migration Act 1958 (Cth) The new Migration (Arrival Control) Determination...

"The amendments allow the person making the nomination to use an alternative methodology for determining the [Australian Market Salary Rate] ..."

Among other changes, new English tests will be accepted for registration as a migration agent

"The purpose of the instrument is to specify certain matters relating to the Continuing Professional Development (CPD) requirements for registered migration agents and CPD providers..."

The changes give the Minister "powers to more effectively regulate travel into Australia by specified classes of non-citizens who hold a temporary visa in circumstances where this is necessary to protect the integrity and sustainability of Australia’s migration system, including during periods of international conflict or in response to other events or circumstances outside Australia".

 "The Amendment Regulations provide that in order for an applicant to make a valid application for a Subclass 407 visa, the applicant must have an ..."

"The Regulations now operate to specify the VAC in four separate tiers to implement the increased VAC amounts for ..."

The new Regulations will replace the Migration Agents Regulations 1998

The new Regulations "set out the charge payable when an individual lodges an application for registration as [an RMA] or when an existing [RMA] lodges an application for repeat registration with the [MARA]"

The new instrument specifies temporary visa subclasses for PIC 4005(2)(b)(ii) and 4007(1A)(b)(ii), for which "the applicant’s health and associated costs will be assessed for the same period for which a permanent visa is assessed, that is, a period commencing when the application is made (rather than the period for which the Minister intends to grant the visa)"