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The purpose of the new Regulations is to increase VACs for the majority of visas

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 this instrument is to specify eVisitor eligible passports for visa subclass 651 and any conditions that must be satisfied

The new instrument specifies the "English language test requirements that an applicant (or, if making a combined application with the applicant, the applicant’s spouse or de facto partner) may be required to satisfy for the grant of a Subclass 192 (Pacific Engagement) visa in the Pacific Engagement stream"

Number of invitations reduced drastically from 1,500 to 110; invitation threshold raised from to 75 to 80 points for visa subclass 189 and threshold for visa subclass 489 remained the same at 80 points

The visa application charges (VAC) for subclass 485 will go up soon

The new instrument amends the Migration Regulations 1994 (Cth) to prescribe additional visa subclasses that may be cancelled if the visa holder is in Australia, has not been immigration cleared and the Minister reasonably believes that the visa holder has contravened subsection 126(2), 128(2), 532(1) or 533(1) of the Biosecurity Act 2015 (Cth)

The new regulations "amend Division 1.6 in Part 1 of the Migration Regulations 1994  to prescribe the ‘relevant score’ as a matter that the Minister may have regard to when considering whether to issue a suspension certificate under section 97 of the [Education Services for Overseas Students Act 2000 (Cth)]"

"The purpose of this instrument is to specify the prescribed bodies to which authorised officers may disclose identifying information under regulation 5.34D of the Migration Regulations"

It is commonly said that the giving of immigration assistance by a person who is not an RMA makes that person liable for imprisonment, with exceptions. That is not an accurate statement. Unregistered assistance itself does not lead to imprisonment. What can lead to imprisonment is something else, as we explain.