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"The purpose of the instrument is to amend the areas of Australia and kinds of work specified in LIN 22/012 and LIN 22/013 for the definition of specified Subclass 417 work and specified Subclass 462 work in regulation 1.03 of the Regulations, respectively"

New Direction No 82 replaces Direction No 77: 'the Government considers that [Sponsors awarded Accredited Status] should be able to access streamlined processing arrangements and their applications should be allocated to a decision-maker for initial assessment as a priority'

"The purpose of this instrument is to specify the English language proficiency requirements that an applicant may be required to meet to satisfy the criterion for the grant of a Subclass 500 visa..."

The new instrument commences on 23 September 2025

"The purpose of this instrument is to specify that the visa application charge is nil for applicants for a ..."

The new regulations insert family violence provisions into Schedule 2 criteria for certain permanent visas and amends the Schedule 1 criteria for a primary applicant for certain visas

"The instrument operates to amend LIN 19/047 and LIN 19/049 to change the definition of Health Workforce Certificate" for the purpose of subclasses 186 and 187

Additional questions and answers have been incorporated into to the South Australian DAMA's FAQ

The new instrument "repeals the Migration (LIN 21/001: Payment of Visa Application Charges and Fees in Foreign Currencies) Instrument 2021 as in force on 1 January 2021 and operates to specify the currency applicable and the exchange rate for the currency specified for the purpose of subregulation 5.36(1A) as at 1 July 2021"

"The amendment removes the Jobactive website ... as the mandatory manner for advertisement, and replaces it with the ..."