Arrangements for ETA visa applications

"The purpose of the instrument is to specify the approved form and manner (the arrangements) for making an application for an Electronic Travel Authority (Class UD) visa"

Occupations for subclass 494 visas

The new instrument specifies the occupations for subclass 494 (Skilled Employer Sponsored Regional (Provisional)) visas. Special requirements apply to some of the occupations, as we explain in this article.

Ending the COVID-19 concession 

This instrument specifies the date for the purposes of paragraph 1.15N(1)(b) of the Migration Regulations 1994 (Cth), as the day on which the COVID-19 concession period ends

Student visas: English tests & evidence exemptions

The new instrument amends "the definition of eligible pathway program and to specify by way of a Schedule, the list of registered courses that are an eligible pathway program"

Credit card surcharge for ballot registration

"This instrument will ensure that when an applicant registers to participate in the ballot and makes payment for registration in the ballot by credit card, the applicant will be liable to pay the credit card surcharge..."

New occupations for visa subclass 482 (TSS)

2 occupations added to MLTSSL; 6 moved from STSOL to MLTSSL; 16 moved from STSOL to ROL; 5 removed from STSOL; new caveats for some occupations; error in explanatory statement

Labour Market Testing: new agreement

The new instrument includes an agreement "alongside the other agreements determined as an international trade obligation of Australia for the purposes of labour market testing requirements"

New TRA fees

"The purpose of the instrument is to specify under subregulation 5.40(1) of the Migration Regulations: the fees payable to TRA for an application of assessment of...

Sub 403: removal of reference to a stream

The purpose of the instrument is to remove references in another instrument to one of the streams in the Subclass 403 (Temporary Work (International Relations))...

Exempt occupations

The new instrument specifies exempt occupations for the following visa subclasses: 482 (TSS), 457, 186, 187 and 494