Legislative Updates

'[E]nables the establishment of a network of centres... where asylum seekers can go to be registered, have their immediate humanitarian needs met and lodge a preference for country of re-settlement... [It] does not allow mandatory detention'; applicants would have ample access to immigration assistance

The new instrument changes the form, place and manner for making applications for Medical Treatment (Visitor) (Class UB) visas

The new LIN 19/088 exempts Chilean applicants from need to provide evidence of government support and amends lodgement requirements for Malaysian applicants

The Home Affairs Legislation Amendment (Miscellaneous Measures) Bill 2018, which is about transfers to Australia of persons requiring medical treatment, passes Parliament and awaits Royal Assent

'This bill seeks to amend the Migration Act 1958 to require the temporary transfer to Australia of transitory persons on Manus Island or Nauru, and their families, if they are assessed by two or more treating doctors as requiring medical treatment'

'The purpose of LIN 19/093 is to amend section 10 of Part 3 and Column 3 of the table in Schedule 1 to LIN 18/029. The amendment is to ensure consistency of style and format throughout the instrument'

Direction No. 83 - Order for considering and disposing of visa applications under s91 of the Migration Act 1958

Direction 80 - order for considering and disposing of Family visa applications under s47 and 51 of the Migration Act 1958

'The instrument operates to determine the maximum number of visas that may be granted in the financial year commencing 1 July 2018 to 30 June 2019 for the specified classes of visas'

'This instrument... specifies the new names of the divisions, branches and sections of entrusted persons of the Department of Home Affairs'