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"The purpose of the instrument is to specify the qualifications that entitle certain graduates from Australian educational institutions to apply for an additional Subclass 485 Temporary Graduate visa in the Post-Study Work stream at no cost"

The new regulations amend the Migration Regulations 1994 (Cth) to "enable the ‘COVID-19 concession’ cohort to access the ... as part of meeting the criteria for grant of a Subclass 100 Partner visa or a Subclass 309 Partner (Provisional) visa"

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"The purpose of the instrument is to specify Australia and a number of foreign countries for paragraph 5.36(1)(a) of the Regulations and the associated currency, or currencies, in which a fee may be paid in that country for paragraph 5.36(1)(b) of the Regulations. The instrument also repeals ..."

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?

"The purpose of the instrument is to specify the kinds of passports, held by applicants for second or third Subclass 417 (Working Holiday) visas for the purposes of subitem 1225(3BA) of Schedule 1 to the Migration Regulations. This cohort will be exempt from the requirements for making a valid application for a second or third Subclass 417 (Working Holiday) visa..."

"Specifically, the instrument specifies forms 491D and 494V (Internet) as approved forms for Bridging A (Class WA) and Bridging C (Class WC) visa applications. This ensures that applicants who make an application for a substantive visa using approved forms 491D and 494V (Internet) will be able to make a combined application for a bridging visa with their application for a substantive visa".

"The instrument also amends IMMI 18/003 to reflect the fact that the Capstone Assessment examination must be passed before 1 January 2021. This is required because The College of Law Limited ceased to be a provider of the Capstone Assessment on 31 December 2020. However, as candidates have ..."

'Nominations would incur a charge of AUD 5000 or, for businesses with an annual turnover of less than AUD 10 million, a charge of AUD 3000'

The Bill that sought to "expand eligibility for migrants to access English tuition" passed both houses of Parliament on 10 December 2020 and received the Royal Assent on 17 Dec 2020, with the commencement to be set out by proclamation. A proclamation has been published and sets out the commencement as...