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The new regulations "commence a pilot to allow family members of certain long-term workers participating in the PALM scheme to travel to and live in Australia on a temporary basis"

The purpose of the instrument is to amend the areas of Australia and the kinds of work that are specified in another instrument for the definitions of specified Subclass 417 work and specified Subclass 462 work

The new regulations "repeal the existing Seasonal Worker Program and Pacific Labour Scheme streams from the Subclass 403 (Temporary Work (International Relations)) visa and replace them with... The Regulations also raise the visa application charge for the Australian Agriculture Worker visa stream"

The new instrument specifies the following matters for the purpose of the new workplace justice visa: "the persons, bodies or government entities that may issue a certificate as to a matter of workplace exploitation; the kind of matters relating to workplace exploitation that may be set out in the certificate; and the class of persons who may apply for the workplace justice visa"

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 purpose of the instrument is to make a determination to specify eligibility and other rules in relation to conducting visa pre-application processes for the random selection of registered participants seeking to apply for a permanent Subclass 192 (Pacific Engagement) visa in the Pacific Engagement stream..."

The purpose of this instrument is to determine the maximum number of visas that may be granted for certain parent visas and other family visas between 1 July 2022 and 30 June 2023

The Instrument specifies the approved forms for making a valid application for the following visa subclasses: 188 (temporary business innovation and investment); 888 (permanent business innovation and investment); 132 (business talent); 124/858 (distinguished talent)

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..."