Amendment (subclass 462 visa) Regulations
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..."
Nil VAC for Pacific Australia Card holders
The purpose of the new instrument is to specify a nil VAC for Pacific Australia Card holders who ...
Sub 417: specified areas of Australia & kinds of work
The new instrument commences on 5 Mar 2020: "One of the purposes of the instrument is to specify... areas of Australia affected by bushfires occurring after 31 July 2019 and before 1 March 2020 as regional Australia. Another purpose of the instrument is to specify ... bushfire recovery work carried out after 31 July 2019 in an area specified [in the instrument] either as paid employment or voluntary work, as specified work. Bushfire recovery work is defined in ... the instrument".
Pool & pass marks for subclasses 491, 189 and 190
The new instrument specifies the pool and pass marks for the following visa subclasses: 491, 189 and 190
AAT recommendations
The 190-page "Callinan Report" on the review of the AAT could bring about profound changes to clients' eligibility for bridging visas and the way we run Tribunal matters. This article summarises the recommendations and observations that will be of most interest to practitioners.
Payment of VACs and fees in foreign currencies
"The purpose of the instrument is to undertake a biannual update of the foreign currency exchange rates"
Subclass 407: refusals not reviewable by the AAT
Understand why more and more subclass 407 visa application refusals are not reviewable by the AAT under s 338(2) of the Migration Act 1958. Can anything be done about it? Maybe...
Health waiver for participating states & territories
"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the States and Territories which have agreed to participate in the health waiver scheme for the purposes of the now repealed clauses 846.111, 855.111, 856.111 and 857.111 of Schedule 2 to the Regulations (as they existed before 1 July 2013)"
New VACs from 1 July 2019
'[The new] Regulations amend the Migration Regulations to increase first instalment VACs for a number of visas. The Regulations increase the majority of VACs'. The VAC for some visas will increase on 1 July 2019 and the VAC for other visas will only increase on 16 November 2019.
Section 48: leaving and re-entering resets the bar?
Under s 48(3) of the Migration Act 1958 (Cth), a person who leaves and re-enters Australia while holding a BVB is taken to have been continuously in the MZ for the purposes of s 48. Thus, if a person leaves Australia, re-enters and applies for a visa, they are still s 48 barred. But does s 48(3) also apply to a person who leaves Australia on a BVB, applies for a visa and then re-enters Australia?