Legislative Updates

"The purpose of the instrument is to update the approved form, place and manner (“the arrangements”) for making an application for a Return (Residence) (Class BB) visa (Class BB visa).  The instrument follows recent amendments to the Regulations by the Migration Amendment (2022 Measures No. 1) Regulations 2022 (the amendment Regulations) (F2022L00255).  Previously, an applicant for a Class BB visa had to ..."

"The purpose of the instrument is to specify a new cohort of specified persons who, after 30 June 2022, will be eligible to meet requirements under regulation 5.19 of the Regulations for applications seeking approval for a nomination of a TRT visa.  It also exempts the new specified persons and an additional cohort of subclass 457 visa holders after 30 June 2022 from the operation of paragraph 5.19(5)(c) of the Regulations"

The new Regulations "extend certain temporary visas by six months from the date they would otherwise have ceased for Ukrainian passport holders who were in Australia on..."

"The purpose of the instrument is to expand the kind of work an applicant can be doing, or have an offer to do, to be eligible for grant of a Subclass 408 visa by..."

"The purpose of the instrument is to specify the approved form, place and manner (the arrangements) for making an application for a Permanent Residence (Skilled Regional) (Class PR) visa (Class PR visa), which commences on 5 March 2021"

"The purpose of the instrument is to specify the class of persons for whom the base application charge (payable at the time a visa application is made) for a subclass 417 visa or subclass 462 visa is nil, for subparagraph 1224A(2)(a)(i) and 1225(2)(a)(i) of Schedule 1 to the Regulations"

"The purpose of the instrument is to specify, under regulation 1.15FA of the Regulations, areas of Australia and kinds of work for the definition of specified Subclass 462 work in regulation 1.03 of the Regulations"

The new regulations "repeal the existing Seasonal Worker Program and Pacific Labour Scheme streams from the Subclass 403 (Temporary Work (International Relations)) visa and replace them with... The Regulations also raise the visa application charge for the Australian Agriculture Worker visa stream"

"The purpose of the instrument is to specify, under regulation 1.15FAA of the Regulations, areas of Australia and kinds of work for the definition of specified Subclass 417 work in regulation 1.03 of the Regulations"

"Schedule 1 amends visa conditions 8104 and 8105 to allow student visa holders and their dependants to work full-time before the student’s course of study commences, where they...". Changes are also made to subclasses 445, 155 and 157.