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The ATO will acquire visa data from the Department of Home Affairs for 2020-21 through to 2022-23.  The data items include...

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.

The purpose of the new instrument is to "gradually close the COVID-19 pandemic event 408 visa to new applications from ..."

"This Bill will amend the Migration Act 1958 to require the Minister to replace the current Maritime Crew Visa with two new categories of Maritime Crew Visas under Schedule 2 of the Migration Regulations 1994"

"The purpose of the instrument is to determine New Zealand citizens who hold or have held a special category visa (SCV) and have satisfied specific requirements to be permanent residents for the purposes of the Act. The instrument removes the requirement for an SCV holder to also be ..."

"The purpose of this instrument is to determine that the maximum number of Subclass 476 visas that may be granted in the 2023/2024 financial year is..."

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

A summary of the changes to the points test that will come into effect on 16 November 2019 for subclasses 189, 190 and 491.

The new regulations "provide the Minister with a discretion to cancel the same specified visas in Australia in circumstances where it is reasonably believed that there has been an attempt to..."