Legislative Updates

"This regulation provides that in considering whether to give an Immigration Minister’s certificate to a registered provider under section 97 of the Education Services for Overseas Students Act 2000 (ESOS Act), the Minister may have regard to ..."

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Among other things, the new instrument specifies 2 new countries as eligible for visa subclass 462

"Fees for Australian citizenship will be increased to keep pace with the cost of processing applications for Australian citizenship and delivering the Australian citizenship program"

The instrument amends LIN 20/262 to ... The new Migration (Arrangements for Certain Skilled and Temporary Graduate Visa Applications) Amendment Instrument (LIN 20/297) 2020 commences...

"The main purpose of this Bill is to update specific references to short titles of regulations in the statute law of the Commonwealth that have become out of date due to the remaking or renaming of the regulations or that are at risk of becoming out of date in future due to remaking or renaming".

"The purpose of the instrument is to set out the eligibility requirements for registration and other rules that apply to the conduct of a visa pre-application process for a Subclass 462 (Work and Holiday) visa in relation to each country specified for the purposes of paragraph 1224A(3A)(b).  Other aspects of the visa pre-application process will be managed..."

"The Amendment Regulations amend provisions which enable the Minister to grant a BVR visa without application to an individual, including in circumstances where the non-citizen" and "provide for a range of new and amended conditions for BVR visa holders"

"The instrument specifies bodies as Regional Certifying Bodies, who can give advice to the Minister about the matters set out in subregulation 2.72C(18) of the Regulations, in relation to applications for approval of an nomination for a subclass 494 (Skilled Employer Sponsored Regional (Provisional)) visa".

The amendments extend some subclass 457, 482 and 485 visas for Hong Kong passport holders and family members to a period of 5 years.