Aborted removal from Australia
Sch 1 of the Home Affairs Legislation Amendment (Miscellaneous Measures) Act 2019 commences on 2 Mar 2019: ‘when an unlawful non-citizen is in the process of being removed to another country and the removal is aborted… and as a direct result the person is returned to Australia, then that person has a lawful basis to return to Australia without a visa’
Transfer to Australia for medical treatment
The Home Affairs Legislation Amendment (Miscellaneous Measures) Act 2019 commences on 2 Mar 2019; Schedule 6 authorises the transfer of individuals to Australia for medical treatment
Character: direction No. 79 revokes direction No. 65
A new direction about visa refusal and cancellation under s 501 and revocation of mandatory visa cancellation under s 501CA of the Migration Act 1958 heightens the importance to be attached to serious crimes against women
TRA: updated assessment types and fees
The new Migration (LIN 19/034: Fees for Assessment of Qualifications and Experience) Instrument 2019 updates the assessment types and fees payable to TRA
Data matching: correction to Gazette Notice
A correction to a Gazette Notice about data matching between the Department and the ATO
Citizenship: concession codes and fee payment
The new Regulations 'allow citizenship application fees ... and refunds ... to be paid in foreign currencies and in foreign countries, and [align] the concession codes in Schedule 3 with the concession codes currently employed by the Department of Human Services'
Chest X‑ray Requirements Regulations
'The Migration Amendment (Chest X-ray Requirements) Regulations 2019 (the Regulations) relate to certain unauthorised maritime arrivals (UMAs)' and remove the requirement for age related chest x-rays
Migration Amendment (Working Holiday Maker) Regulations 2019
'The legislative instrument ... allows holders of a second Subclass 417 ... 462 ... visa to obtain a third visa of the same type if they have spent 6 months working in specified areas of regional Australia. This is in addition to the three months of work required to obtain the second visa'
Refugee Protection Bill 2019
'[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
LIN 19/046: medical treatment visa application
The new instrument changes the form, place and manner for making applications for Medical Treatment (Visitor) (Class UB) visas