Citizenship: instrument on pledge of commitment
The purpose of the new instrument is to authorise classes of authorised persons to receive a pledge of commitment by persons who want to become Australian citizens
Australian citizenship (translation requirements)
The new regulations remove a duplicated requirement to provide English language translations as part of citizenship applications
Citizenship: permanent resident determination
"The instrument operates to determine that certain New Zealand citizens are permanent residents, including those ..."
Amendments to subclass 189 visas
"... the amendments provide concessions to exempt New Zealand citizens from the requirements to meet certain residence and income thresholds as well as the health criterion ..."
New Labour Market Testing exemption to commence soon
"The purpose of the instrument is to determine Australia’s obligations under international trade agreements under subsection 140GBA(2) of the Act, to give domestic effect to those obligations for the purposes of applying the labour market testing condition". The new instrument commences on ...
New LMT exemption
"The purpose of the instrument is to determine Australia’s obligations under international trade agreements under subsection 140GBA(2) of the Act, to give domestic effect to...
Subclass 191: supporting family unit
The new regulations amend the Migration Regulations 1994 (Cth) to support family unity for skilled workers by...
Sub 403: removal of reference to a stream
The purpose of the instrument is to remove references in another instrument to one of the streams in the Subclass 403 (Temporary Work (International Relations))...
New defence forces added for special purpose visa
The new regulations prescribe members and civilian component members of the foreign defence forces of a new country for the purposes of being taken to be granted a special purpose visa. The new instrument commenced on...
Changes to subclass 408 and visitor visas
"The instrument, made for the purposes of subparagraph 1237(2)(a)(i) and subparagraph 1236(2)(a)(iv) of Schedule 1 to the Migration Regulations, specifies that certain applicants for...