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The new Regulations "extend certain temporary visas by six months from the date they would otherwise have ceased for Ukrainian passport holders who were in Australia on..."

"The purpose of the instrument is to update the approved form, place and manner (“the arrangements”) for making an application for a Return (Residence) (Class BB) visa (Class BB visa).  The instrument follows recent amendments to the Regulations by the Migration Amendment (2022 Measures No. 1) Regulations 2022 (the amendment Regulations) (F2022L00255).  Previously, an applicant for a Class BB visa had to ..."

The new instrument specifies the Australian Government Endorsed Event (AGEE) and classes of persons for the purposes of a Subclass 408 visa.

The new instrument approves the values statement for the subclasses of visas specified in the instrument, for the purpose of PIC 4019

The new instrument specifies "an additional class of persons, who are eligible to apply for a Subclass 408 visa in relation to the COVID-19 pandemic, with a nil VAC"

According to the explanatory memorandum to the Bill introduced on 19 September 2019, "a person who is a national or citizen of a country other than Australia ceases to be an Australian citizen if the person acts inconsistently with their allegiance to Australia by" engaging in certain type of conduct. Is this Bill a further erosion of the "sacred" concept of citizenship? Could it become a "slippery slope" towards citizenship cancellation on less serious, more subjective grounds?

Applications for the new subclass 191 visa will be open from 16 November 2022. One of the Schedule 1 requirements for that visa is that the applicant has held a 491 visa for 3 years or a 494 visa for 3 years. But if, for instance, a person has held a 491 visa for 2 years and a 494 visa for 1 year, will that person be eligible for visa 191?

The changes give the Minister "powers to more effectively regulate travel into Australia by specified classes of non-citizens who hold a temporary visa in circumstances where this is necessary to protect the integrity and sustainability of Australia’s migration system, including during periods of international conflict or in response to other events or circumstances outside Australia".

"The purpose of the instrument is to specify the approved form and manner (the arrangements) for making an application for an Electronic Travel Authority (Class UD) visa"

A new direction about visa refusal and cancellation under s 501 and revocation of mandatory visa cancellation under s 501CA of the Migration Act 1958 heightens the importance to be attached to serious crimes against women