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'This Bill amends the Australian Passports Act 2005 ... to provide a legal basis for ensuring that the Minister is able to make Australian travel document data available for all the purposes of, and by the automated means intrinsic to, the identity-matching services to which the Commonwealth and the States and Territories agreed in the Intergovernmental Agreement on Identity Matching Services'

"The purpose of the instrument is to determine the maximum number of visas that may be granted for certain classes of visas in the 2021‑2022 financial year between 1 July 2021 and 30 June 2022 (inclusive)"

The new instrument increases the maximum age for certain applicants for a Subclass 417 visa from 30 to 35 years

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"

A new instrument that commences on 25 Feb 2020: "As a response to the cancellation of visas as a direct consequence of the Covid-19 pandemic, the instrument creates arrangements for applicants who are in Australia and who are former Visitor (Class FA) visa holders and whose visas were cancelled due to the risk of a Public Health Emergency of International Concern designated by the World Health Organisation, to the health, safety or good order the Australian community, or a segment of that community".

"The purpose of the instrument is to ... reflect changes to the approved forms and the place and manner in which a Bridging A...

"The purpose of the instrument is to set out the eligibility requirements for registration and other rules that apply to the conduct of a visa pre-application process for a Subclass 462 (Work and Holiday) visa in relation to each country specified for the purposes of paragraph 1224A(3A)(b).  Other aspects of the visa pre-application process will be managed..."

"The purpose of the instrument is to determine Australia’s obligations under international trade agreements under subsection 140GBA(2) of the Act, to give domestic effect to...

The purpose of the new instrument "is to ensure that Australia continues to attract the best and brightest global talents and to drive growth in sectors of national importance as specified under paragraph 858.212(2)(a) of Schedule 2 to the Migration Regulations"

Common mistake: "An unlawful non-citizen is necessarily barred under s 48 of the Migration Act 1958 (Cth) from making an application for most visa classes while in the migration zone". With respect, we explain why that assertion is wrong.