Legislative Updates

The new Regulations apply the Consumer Price Index (CPI) to Australian citizenship application fees from ...

The new instrument provides for approved activities for the purposes of s 245AF(a) of the Migration Act 1958 (Cth)

The new instrument specifies additional categories of substantive temporary visas that preclude a person in Australia from making student visa applications

The new Regulations enhance the labour market mobility of temporary migrants under the following visa subclasses: 457, 482, 494

The new Regulations "simplify the Temporary Graduate visa program as outlined in the Migration Strategy released 11 December 2023 and combined with other policy measures, will help return migration to near pre-pandemic levels by next financial year. Specifically, this involves changes to the Subclass 485 (Temporary Graduate) visa, including the streams, and..."

Among other things, the new Regulations "provide for infringement notices in relation to alleged contraventions of new civil penalty provisions implemented in the Migration Act by the Strengthening Employer Compliance Act"

The new instrument adds a new country for Work and Holiday visas

The new Regulations make many changes to the criteria for the grant of visa subclasses 820, 801, 309, 100 and 300, including new family violence requirements

"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..."

The new instrument introduces a mandatory hepatitis B testing requirement for certain classes of persons