Legislative Updates

The new regulations "clarify the circumstances in which the Minister may grant a Bridging R (Class WR) visa (BVR) without application to certain eligible non-citizens who may be unlawful non-citizens at the time of grant, or who already hold a visa other than a substantive visa, a criminal justice visa or an enforcement visa"

Part 2 of the Migration and Other Legislation Amendment (Enhanced Integrity) Act 2018 brings changes to the circumstances in which a subclass 482 visa refusal is reviewable by the AAT. If s 57 of the Migration Act is not enlivened and the TSS application is refused, the visa applicant might not be eligible for merits review.

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 a class of persons for paragraph 1402(3B)(b) of Schedule 1 to the Regulations.  The instrument specifies as a class of persons, persons who were granted Subclass 449 visas due to the ..."

"The purpose of the instrument is to determine the maximum number of visas for [parent and other family] visas for the financial year commencing 1 July 2019 to 30 June 2020".

The instruments increases the temporary skilled migration income threshold (TSMIT) from $70,000 to ...

"The amendment removes the Jobactive website ... as the mandatory manner for advertisement, and replaces it with the ..."

"Amends the: Australian Citizenship Act 2007 to: replace the current arrangements, whereby a person’s Australian citizenship automatically ceases through certain conduct, with a discretion for the Minister for Home Affairs to determine that a person who is a national or citizen of a country other than Australia ceases to be an Australian citizen if they have: engaged in specified terrorism-related conduct; fought for, or been in the service of, a declared terrorist organisation outside Australia; or engaged in conduct that results in a conviction for a specified terrorism offence..."

"The purpose of the instrument is to specify the kinds of passports, held by applicants for second or third Subclass 417 (Working Holiday) visas for the purposes of subitem 1225(3BA) of Schedule 1 to the Migration Regulations. This cohort will be exempt from the requirements for making a valid application for a second or third Subclass 417 (Working Holiday) visa..."

"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 ..."