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The new instrument increases the age limit to 35 for another country for subclass 417 visa applicants, effective 1 July 2019

"The instrument, made for the purposes of subparagraph 1237(2)(a)(i) and subparagraph 1236(2)(a)(iv) of Schedule 1 to the Migration Regulations, specifies that certain applicants for...

The new regulations "ensure the Subclass 485 visa criteria operate as intended following the 1 July 2024 changes to the Subclass 485 visa’s Post Higher Education Work (PHEW) stream, including by establishing an"

"The purpose of the instrument is to update the approved form, place and manner (“the arrangements”) requirements for making an application for a Visitor (Class FA) visa (Class FA visa)..."

'The [Bill] will facilitate the secure, automated and accountable exchange of identity information between the Commonwealth and state and territory governments, pursuant to the objectives of the Intergovernmental Agreement on Identity Matching Services (IGA), agreed by COAG in October 2017. The Bill will achieve this by providing explicit legal authority for the Department of Home Affairs ... to collect, use and disclose identification information'

"The purpose of the instrument is to specify ... as the health service provider for the purposes of subregulation 1.15AA(2)" of the Migration Regulations 1994 (Cth)

"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 Pacific Engagement stream..."

Among the new considerations to determine whether an applicant is a genuine applicant for entry and stay as a student, one of the two new Direction requires decision-makers to consider whether visa applicants "participated in assessment activities for the course"

"The purpose of the instrument is to specify the class of persons for whom the amount of the first instalment of VAC is nil, under subparagraph 1236(2)(a)(iv) of Schedule 1 to the Migration Regulations"

The new Act makes several changes, including requiring the ART to make decisions relating to temporary visas on the papers, if ... Also, do the changes give the ART the discretion to make 'on the papers' decisions relating to permanent visas?