Immigration clearance exemption
"... the amending Regulations will allow ... to not be immigration cleared as required under section 166 of the Migration Act, so long as they do not leave the airport lounge except to continue their departure journey within 90 minutes of the arrival into Australia"
Arrangements for protection and other visas
"The purpose of the instrument is to update the eligibility for certain classes of applicants to make an application for Temporary Protection (Class XD)...
Updated ANZSCO
For "regulations 2.72 and 2.73 and subregulation 5.19(5) of the Migration Regulations, ANZSCO is defined as meaning the Australian and New Zealand Standard Classification of Occupations published by the Australian Bureau of Statistics, as in force on ..."
Deferral of sunsetting: class of persons
"The Amendment Certificate amends the principal certificate, extending the previously granted deferral of sunsetting for the ... by an additional 12 months, resulting in a deferral of 24 months in total..."
Several changes coming soon
The new Regulations make changes to the business innovation and investment program, working holiday maker visas, bridging visas, the manner of reporting on arriving overseas passengers and crew members and citizenship fees
COVID-19 event for subclass 408
"The purpose of the instrument is to expand the kind of work an applicant can be doing, or have an offer to do, to be eligible for grant of a Subclass 408 visa by..."
No VAC for sub 408: additional class of persons
The new instrument specifies "an additional class of persons, who are eligible to apply for a Subclass 408 visa in relation to the COVID-19 pandemic, with a nil VAC"
New instrument on values statement
'The purpose of the instrument is to update the language of the values statement for all visa subclasses specified to better reflect the values that are important to Australian society'
Changes to subclass 200 and 201 visas
The new Regulations "allow for the power to certify an applicant for a Subclass 200 (Refugee) visa or a Subclass 201 (In-country Special Humanitarian) visa as being a member of a class of persons specified by the Minister and as being at risk of harm as a result of the person’s membership of that class to be delegated by ‘relevant Ministers’ to senior executive-level staff within ..."
Specifying Australia and a number of foreign countries for r 5.36(1)(a)
"The purpose of the instrument is to specify Australia and a number of foreign countries for paragraph 5.36(1)(a) [of the Migration Regulations 1994 (Cth)] and the associated currency, or currencies, in which a fee may be paid in that country for paragraph 5.36(1)(b)... It is noted that the instrument has an additional purpose for the Australian Citizenship Act 2007 ..."

















