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If a child is born a non-citizen in Australia and, at the time of birth, one the parents holds a visa of a given subclass and the other parent holds a visa of another subclass, does the child "inherit" any of those 2 visas? If so, does the child inherit the most beneficial visa? Can the child "inherit" and hold both visas at the same time? Are there circumstances where the child will "inherit" no visa at all and will be born an unlawful non-citizen, despite the fact that the parents hold a visa? The answers might be surprising.

The new Act makes several changes, including requiring the ART to make decisions relating to temporary visas on the papers, if ... Also, do the changes give the ART the discretion to make 'on the papers' decisions relating to permanent visas?

The purpose of this instrument is to remove the requirement for employers to provide a health workforce certificate for certain occupations for subclass 186 visa applications

The Minister has made an arrival control determination under the new s 84E of the Migration Act 1958 (Cth) The new Migration (Arrival Control) Determination...

"The purpose of the instrument is to amend the Migration Regulations in relation to visa applicants and visa holders who pose an unreasonable risk of unwanted critical technology knowledge transfer"

A new instrument that commences on 25 Feb 2020: "The instrument operates for the Minister to: specify the approved forms, place and manner for making a valid visa application for a Visitor (Class FA) visa; and specify for the Approved Destination Status stream in the Visitor (Class FA) visa, which includes the  Subclass 600 (Visitor) visa, the travel agents that may organise a tour of which an applicant must be intending to travel to Australia as a member of  that tour. As a response to the cancellation of visas as a direct consequence of the Covid-19 pandemic, the instrument creates arrangements for ...".

Among other things, the Bill "amends the Migration Act 1958 (the Migration Act) to strengthen the legislative framework relating to the removal from Australia of certain non-citizens who are on a removal pathway. The Bill amends the Migration Act to support ongoing effective management of holders of a Subclass 070 (Bridging (Removal Pending)) visa (BVR) in the community and facilitate arrangements for their removal to receiving countries"

The new regulations "introduce a requirement that to make a valid application for a Subclass 462 (Work and Holiday) visa, applicants who hold a passport issued by a specified foreign country must have been..."

One of the requirements for the grant of a prospective marriage visa (subclass 300) is that the applicant still intends to marry the Australian/PR/NZ citizen at the time of decision. But if they marry before the visa is granted, is that visa automatically "converted" into a partner visa application?

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