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This instrument updates the arrangements for lodging visa applications for these three visa classes: Protection (Class XA) visa; Temporary Protection (Class XD) visa; Safe Haven Enterprise (Class XE) visa

Sponsors "inherit" any outstanding public health debt incurred by visa applicants and the government can recover the debt from sponsors in court, which could add up to several thousands of dollars of out of pocket health expenses, not to mention legal costs. Practitioners might need to advise both visa applicants and sponsors about that liability. Otherwise, sponsors could seek compensation from, and/or complain against, practitioners on the basis that, had they been informed of the liability, they would not have applied for sponsorship.

The new instrument introduces a mandatory hepatitis B testing requirement for certain classes of persons

The instrument specifies a new event for the purpose of paragraph cl 408.229(b) of Schedule 2 to the Migration Regulations 1994 (Cth)

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

The purpose of the instrument is to remove references in another instrument to one of the streams in the Subclass 403 (Temporary Work (International Relations))...

A Bill that discourages practitioners to leave charities and work solely on a non-commercial basis.

The new Regulations "amend the Migration Regulations 1994 (the Migration Regulations) to expand access to the Temporary Residence Transition (TRT) stream of the Subclass 186 (Employer Nomination Scheme) visa (Subclass 186 visa). The changes also apply to the TRT stream of the Subclass 187 (Regional Sponsored Migration Scheme) visa (Subclass 187 visa)."

"The proposed amendments enable visa grants to some Parent visa applicants who are located in Australia, but who would be otherwise required to be outside Australia at the time of visa grant... The proposed amendments also enable visa grants to some Parent visa applicants who are located outside Australia, but who would otherwise be required to be in Australia at the time of visa grant".

The new instruments specifies the English language proficiency requirements that an applicant may be required to meet in order to satisfy clause 485.212 of Schedule 2 to the Regulations for the grant of a Subclass 485 (Temporary Graduate) visa (the Subclass 485 visa) in either of the Post-Vocational Education Work stream or the Post-Higher Education Work stream