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"The purpose of the instrument is to update the arrangements for making an application for a Protection (Class XA) visa, a Temporary Protection (Class XD) visa or a Safe Haven Enterprise (Class XE) visa"

"The purpose of the instrument is to specify: activities for subparagraph 22A(1)(a)(i) of the Act, organisations for paragraph 22A(1)(b) of the Act, and kinds of work for paragraph 22B(1)(a) of the [Citizenship] Act."

"Part 1 of Schedule 1 to the Regulations repeals five visa classes, and also repeals thirteen visa subclasses in which the criteria for visas of the repealed classes are prescribed"

It is commonly said that s 347 of the Migration Act 1958 (Cth) prescribes the deadline for application for merits review of decisions that are reviewable under s 338. Actually, the deadline is found somewhere else.

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 Certificate defers the sunsetting date of the following instruments by 24 months from..."

The new regulations "insert family violence provisions into Schedule 2 criteria for certain Skilled visas. This allows for the grant of a visa to a secondary applicant (and members of their family unit) for certain Skilled visas where the secondary applicant’s spouse or de facto relationship with a primary applicant has ended, and there was family violence committed by the primary applicant"

The purpose of the new instrument is "to reflect changes to the approved form, place and manner for making an application for a Special Eligibility (Class CB) visa application. Specifically, the instrument amends the..."

"This Direction provides an order of priorities for considering and disposing of offshore Subclass 500 (Student) visa​ applications in an orderly fashion that aligns with the national interest"

"The purpose of the instrument is to amend the table of the ADS approved travel agents in China..."