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The instrument amends LIN 20/262 to ... The new Migration (Arrangements for Certain Skilled and Temporary Graduate Visa Applications) Amendment Instrument (LIN 20/297) 2020 commences...

Tip Series - Common mistakes: many RMAs say that a person cannot hold 2 substantive visas at once. One of the reasons would be s 82 of the Migration Act. The other reason would be the fact that one visa could allow the person to work while the other could prohibit work, thus resulting in a deadlock. With respect, those assertions are wrong ...

The "Amendment Regulations also establish the need for National Innovation (Class BX) applicants to be ..., and require the visa applicant to produce equivalent record of ..."

The regulations "amend the Migration Regulations 1994 (the Migration Regulations) to allow for persons affected by the High Court’s decision in Love v Commonwealth; Thoms v Commonwealth (2020) 270 CLR 152 (Love) who have accepted an offer of permanent stay in Australia made by the Australian Government to be granted a permanent visa, the Subclass 851 (Resolution of Status) (RoS) visa..."

"The purpose of the instrument is to clarify the types of former Subclass 600 (Visitor) visa (Subclass 600 visa) holders who can apply for a new Subclass 600 visa with a nil visa application charge (VAC) where their travel to Australia has been affected by the COVID-19 pandemic"

The new Migration Amendment (New Skilled Regional Visas) Regulations 2019: add visa subclasses 491 (Skilled Work Regional (Provisional)), 494 (Skilled Employer Sponsored Regional (Provisional)) and 191 (Permanent Residence (Skilled Regional)); and repeal subclasses 489 and 187

The new Regulations apply the Consumer Price Index (CPI) to Australian citizenship application fees from ...

"The Regulations specify the Federal Circuit Court application fee for migration litigants is increased from $690 to..."

"... the amendments provide concessions to exempt New Zealand citizens from the requirements to meet certain residence and income thresholds as well as the health criterion ..."

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