Temporary Sponsored Parent visa: minimum income
It is expected that applications for the new Temporary Sponsored Parent visa subclass will be available on 17 April 2019; sponsors will need to have a taxable income of at least $83,454.80
Instrument for the MATES scheme
The purpose of the new instrument is to "specify the requirements for making an application for a MATES stream visa" for Indian nationals under visa subclass 403
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?
Temporary visa subclass for the purpose of health requirement
"The instrument operates to specify temporary visa subclasses which may lead to permanent visas for subparagraphs 4005(2)(b)(ii) and 4007(1A)(b)(ii) of Schedule 4 to the Regulations"
AAT fees: sharp increase
The new instrument significantly increases the fees for applications to the Administrative Appeals Tribunal for the review of decisions relating to non-protection visas
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))...
Pacific Engagement Treaty Stream Determination
"The purpose of the instrument is to make a determination to specify eligibility and other rules in relation to conducting visa pre-application processes for the random selection of registered participants seeking to apply for a permanent Subclass 192 (Pacific Engagement) visa in the Treaty stream..."
Clarifying international obligations for removal
The Bill that passed both houses on 13 May 2021 to amend the Migration Act 1958 (Cth) to "modify the effect of section 197C to ensure it does not require or authorise the removal of an unlawful non-citizen who has been found to engage protection obligations through the protection visa process unless" has received the Royal Assent and will commence on...
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...
New instrument on bridging visas
"The instrument specifies the class of persons for the purposes of paragraphs 010.611(1)(c) and 020.611(1)(b) of Schedule 2 to the Migration Regulations"