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The new instrument expands "the areas of Australia where recovery work can be undertaken for the purposes of satisfying ‘specified work’ requirements for a Working Holiday (Subclass 417) visa or Work and Holiday (Subclass 462) visa"

The new instrument specifies two circumstances in which a clearance officer may require a person who has provided an Australian Travel Declaration to provide a completed incoming passenger card

The purpose of the new instrument "is to ensure that Australia continues to attract the best and brightest global talents and to drive growth in sectors of national importance as specified under paragraph 858.212(2)(a) of Schedule 2 to the Migration Regulations"

"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 purpose of the new instrument is to specify a nil VAC for Pacific Australia Card holders who ...

Common mistake: "a no further stay condition must be waived for most visa applications and can only be waived if compelling or compassionate circumstances have developed". Actually: a waiver is not always required; in cases where it is required, compelling or compassionate circumstances are sometimes unnecessary; a waiver is even given by default by ImmiAccount in many cases where compelling or compassionate circumstances are unnecessary.

"The instrument operates to specify the States and Territories which have agreed to participate in the health waiver scheme for the purposes of the now repealed clauses 846.111, 855.111, 856.111 and 857.111 of Schedule 2 to the Regulations (as they existed before 1 July 2013)"

The purpose of the new instrument is to "provide that an application for a Bridging D (Class WD) visa (BVD) using paper form 1007 and an application for a Bridging E (Class WE) visa (BVE) using paper form 1008 must..."

The new legislation supports "the trial of the Australia Travel Declaration (ATD) as a digital version of the passenger card, also known as the ‘incoming passenger card’"

The new regulations amend the Migration Regulations 1994 (Cth) to "to cease certain bridging visas, held by a non-citizen if they have been determined by the Foreign Minister or their delegate, as a person whose presence in Australia may be directly or indirectly associated with ..."