Legislative Updates

"The instrument updates the class of persons specified in LIN 20/122 to ensure that an applicant must either hold a substantive temporary visa that is 28 days... The instrument also specifies an additional class of persons who are eligible to apply for a Subclass 408 visa in relation to the COVID-19 pandemic..."

"The purpose of the instrument is to update the class of persons listed in Schedule 1 of the instrument, who are authorised to receive a pledge of commitment [for Australian citizenship]. In particular, to remove the distinction between..."

The new instrument requires for nominated positions for visa subclasses 482 and 494 to be advertised on the Government’s Jobactive website as part of the Labour Market Testing (LMT) requirements

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

The purpose of the instrument is to specify critical COVID-19 work in the healthcare and medical sectors carried out after after a certain date for the purposes of the definition of specified Subclass 462 work in regulation 1.03 of the Regulations.

The purpose of the instrument is to specify critical COVID-19 work in the healthcare and medical sectors carried out after after a certain date for the definition of specified work in subitem 1225(5) of Schedule 1 to the Regulations.

The effect of the new legislation is that the period during which an RMA can allow their registration to lapse without having to complete the Graduate Diploma and pass the Capstone exam will be extended from 1 to 3 years, subject to the deregulation legislation.

"The purpose of the instrument is to update LIN 20/099 to specify an additional class of persons applying for a Subclass 500 visa to whom the nil VAC amount applies. As a result of the coronavirus known as COVID-19 and the consequential pandemic, some Subclass 500 visa holders will be unable to complete their studies within the validity period of their Subclass 500 visa..."

The purpose of the new instrument is to amend a drafting error

The explanatory statement to LIN 20/029 reads: "The purpose of this instrument is to give domestic effect to Australia’s obligations under international trade agreements, to which it is a party, for the purposes of applying the labour market testing condition". Parts of LIN 20/029 commenced on 17 Jan 2020 and 11 Feb 2020. The remaining part of LIN 20/029, which concerns the Indonesia-Australia Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (IACEPA), commenced on 5 July 2020. Understand why.