Labour Market Testing: Jobactive replaced
"The amendment removes the Jobactive website ... as the mandatory manner for advertisement, and replaces it with the ..."
Australia travel declaration
The new legislation supports "the trial of the Australia Travel Declaration (ATD) as a digital version of the passenger card, also known as the ‘incoming passenger card’"
CPD Requirements Regulations 2019
'The Migration Agents Amendment (CPD Requirements) Regulations 2019 (the Regulations) amend the Migration Agents Regulations 1998 (the Migration Agents Regulations) to exempt lawyers who hold practising certificates from continuing professional development (CPD) requirements for migration agents when applying for repeat registration as a migration agent'
New VACs from 1 July 2025
The new instrument increases Visa Application Charges (VACs) starting on 1 July 2025.
The new Migration Amendment (Visa Application Charges) Regulations 2025 commences on 1...
Health workforce certificate: new exemption
"The instrument amends LIN 19/048 and LIN 19/219 to introduce ... a certificate exempting sponsors who are hospital employers from the requirement of obtaining a Health Workforce Certificate (HWC) each time the sponsor nominates a hospital-based position in one of the following medical occupations ..."
ETA changes for Taiwan passport holders
"The purpose of the instrument is to include an additional condition for passports issued by the authorities of Taiwan"
Subclass 186: occupations & assessing authorities
"The purpose of the instrument is to update the specified assessing authorities in relation to the following occupations..."
New arrangements for protection visa applications
This instrument updates the arrangements for lodging visa applications for these three visa classes: Protection (Class XA) visa; Temporary Protection (Class XD) visa; Safe Haven Enterprise (Class XE) visa
Exempt occupations
The new instrument specifies exempt occupations for the following visa subclasses: 482 (TSS), 457, 186, 187 and 494
Biosecurity contraventions: visa cancellation
The new instrument amends the Migration Regulations 1994 (Cth) to prescribe additional visa subclasses that may be cancelled if the visa holder is in Australia, has not been immigration cleared and the Minister reasonably believes that the visa holder has contravened subsection 126(2), 128(2), 532(1) or 533(1) of the Biosecurity Act 2015 (Cth)