Legislative Updates

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'

'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

'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'

'[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