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The new Class PS, Subclass 491 visa will "replace" visa subclass 489 (regional points-tested GSM) on 16 November 2019. But will the visa validity period, which is 4 years for subclass 489 visa holders in most circumstances, be the same for subclass 491?

The temporary graduate skills assessment pathway offered by the Australian Computer Society (ACS) requires that applicants have completed an Australian Bachelor Degree or higher. We explain how it is possible, in some circumstances, for a person who obtained an AQF Diploma and Advanced Diploma in IT to apply for a subclass 485 visa, despite the above rule.

'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'

The new regulations "provide appropriate flexibility for the Schedules to the SOFA Regulations to commence when the Agreements covered by the SOFA Regulations come into force for Australia"

"The purpose of the instrument is to clarify the types of former Subclass 600 (Visitor) visa (Subclass 600 visa) holders who can apply for a new Subclass 600 visa with a nil visa application charge (VAC) where their travel to Australia has been affected by the COVID-19 pandemic"

The new Regulations will replace the Migration Agents Regulations 1998

Part 2 of the Migration and Other Legislation Amendment (Enhanced Integrity) Act 2018 brings changes to the circumstances in which a subclass 482 visa refusal is reviewable by the AAT. If s 57 of the Migration Act is not enlivened and the TSS application is refused, the visa applicant might not be eligible for merits review.

"The purpose of the instrument is to specify the organisation ... for the purposes of the definition of independent expert in regulation 1.21 of the Migration Regulations..."

"The instrument also operates to specify appropriate regional authorities for the purpose of the definition of appropriate regional authority in regulation 1.03 of the Regulations. Specifically to reflect the correct names for the appropriate regional authorities who are able to sign sponsorship forms required to be lodged with an application for one of five legacy classes of visa".

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