Objectionable goods
The new Migration Amendment (Biosecurity Contraventions and Importation of Objectionable Goods) Regulations 2019 commences on 17 April 2019
SAF for new Subclass 494 (Skilled Employer Sponsored Regional (Provisional)) visa
'Nominations would incur a charge of AUD 5000 or, for businesses with an annual turnover of less than AUD 10 million, a charge of AUD 3000'
Subclass 870 (Sponsored Parent (Temporary)) visa
The rules for the new Subclass 870 (Sponsored Parent (Temporary)) visa are contained in the new Migration Amendment (Temporary Sponsored Parent Visa and Other Measures) Regulations 2019, to commence on 17 April 2019
Proclamation: Family Violence & Other Measures Act
According to the Migration Amendment (Family Violence and Other Measures) Commencement Proclamation 2019, the new Migration Amendment (Family Violence and Other Measures) Act 2018 will commence on 17 April 2019
New Temporary Sponsored Parent Visa: notification of events
New LIN 19/149: 'For the purposes of paragraph 2.87CD(1)(b) [of the Migration Regulations 1994], the specified manner in which an approved family sponsor is to give details to Immigration of events mentioned in subregulation 2.87CD(2), is through the sponsor’s online ImmiAccount'
Temporary Sponsored Parent visa: minimum income
It is expected that applications for the new Temporary Sponsored Parent visa subclass will be available on 17 April 2019; sponsors will need to have a taxable income of at least $83,454.80
LIN 19/035: INAS 2019 Global Games
The Migration (LIN 19/035: Class of Persons and Specified Events for Class GG visa and Subclass 408 (Temporary Activity) visa) Instrument 2019 specifies the INAS 2019 Global Games as an Australian endorsed event for the purposes of a Subclass 408 (Temporary Activity) visa application
New definition of ‘academic year’
'The intention [of the new instrument] is to remove any uncertainty as to the number of weeks a course must be registered on the Commonwealth Register of Institutions and Courses for Overseas Students'
Fast Track Applicants under s 5(1AA)(b)
'The instrument ensures that a person cannot be included in the definition of “fast track applicant” if their application for a protection visa was made before the commencement of the instrument (2 April 2019)'
Independent Health Advice Panel
The new instrument adds 3 entities to the list of professional bodies who may nominate a person to be appointed by the Minister as a member of the Independent Health Advice Panel for the purposes of assessing the physical and mental health of transitory persons who are in regional processing countries