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"The amendments of the Skilling Australians Fund Regulations are necessary to ensure that the nomination training contribution charge that currently applies to the Temporary Skill Shortage visa will apply to..."

The new Subclass 494 (Skilled Employer Sponsored Regional (Provisional)) visa will "replace" subclass 187. However, r 5.19 of the Migration Regulations 1994 will not apply to the new subclass. Instead, nomination applications will need to satisfy the requirements in the newly introduced r 2.72C, which is very different to r 5.19. For instance, nomination applicants will need to be Standard Business Sponsors (or a party to a work agreement) for the new visa, which is not a requirement for subclass 187.

The new instrument specifies "the English language test requirements for an applicant for a Subclass 482 visa in the Specialist Skills and Core Skills streams"

"The Regulations now operate to specify the VAC in four separate tiers to implement the increased VAC amounts for ..."

"The instrument also amends IMMI 18/003 to reflect the fact that the Capstone Assessment examination must be passed before 1 January 2021. This is required because The College of Law Limited ceased to be a provider of the Capstone Assessment on 31 December 2020. However, as candidates have ..."

"The purpose of the instrument is to specify English language proficiency requirements to satisfy the criterion for the grant of a Subclass 500 (Student) visa in subclause 500.213(1)"

"The proposed amendments enable visa grants to some Parent visa applicants who are located in Australia, but who would be otherwise required to be outside Australia at the time of visa grant... The proposed amendments also enable visa grants to some Parent visa applicants who are located outside Australia, but who would otherwise be required to be in Australia at the time of visa grant".

The new instrument specifies an industry association and the categories of membership of that association for the purposes of cl 132.232(3)(a) and (b) of Schedule 2 to the Migration Regulations 1994 (Cth)

"This Bill will compel the Government to offer transfer to Australia to all persons subject to offshore processing still in PNG or Nauru who are not..."

The 190-page "Callinan Report" on the review of the AAT could bring about profound changes to clients' eligibility for bridging visas and the way we run Tribunal matters. This article summarises the recommendations and observations that will be of most interest to practitioners.