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The new instrument specifies the approved form and the place and manner in which applications must be lodged for the following visa subclasses: 189, 190, 485, 476, 489, 491 and 887.

The new instruments raises the financial capacity requirements for students visas from 24 October 2019.

"The purpose of the instrument is to ... reflect changes to the manner in which a Bridging E (Class WE) application on paper forms 1005 and 1008 is lodged... In addition, the instrument amends the approved forms for bridging visa applications under the Migration Regulations to include references to..."

The purpose of the new instrument is to specify: the prescribed Commonwealth, State and Territory legislation for the purposes of which an officer may be authorised to access the movement records; the prescribed agencies and employees of the Commonwealth, a State or Territory and the purpose for which those employees may access the movement records

The new Bill seeks to amend the Migration Act 1958 (Cth) to "introduce new offences and related civil penalty provisions for employers, labour hire intermediaries and other persons in the employment chain who coerce or exert undue influence or undue pressure on a non-citizen to accept or agree to an arrangement in relation to work"

"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 purpose of the instrument is to specify the exchange rates and foreign currencies used to make payments of certain fees, for paragraph 5.36(1A)(a) of the Regulations, from 1 July 2022.  The instrument also repeals..."

"The purpose of this instrument is to ... expand the class of persons specified in subsection 8(3) to capture people who are ...; and amend the class of persons specified in subsection 8(1) to allow for an application for a Subclass 408 visa to be made if the person holds a ..."

"This instrument provides an updated table of ADS-approved travel agents in China.  The travel agents listed in the table are authorised under the ADS stream to organise tours to Australia for eligible citizens from the People’s Republic of China."

The purpose of the new instrument is to "specify the requirements for making an application for a MATES stream visa" for Indian nationals under visa subclass 403