Visitors: nil VAC for some applicants due to covid
The intent of the new instrument "is to provide a concession where subclass 600 visa holders’ intended travel has not been completed due to the COVID-19 pandemic"
Nil VAC for certain 482/TSS applicants
"Former holders of a Subclass 482 (Temporary Skill Shortage) visa (Subclass 482 visa) or Subclass 457 (Temporary Work (Skilled)) visa (Subclass 457 visa) will be able to apply for a Temporary Skill Shortage (Class GK) visa (Class GK visa) with a nil visa application charge (VAC) where they are within the circumstances specified in the instrument"
Giving immigration assistance without registration
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.
Increased flexibility for international students to support supermarkets
The Federal government has recently announced as follows: "Today the Morrison Government has announced that supermarkets in States and Territories subject to COVID-19 lockdowns...
Legislation purity sacrificed to avoid tortuous route?
Federal Court. Do 476A of the Migration Act 1958 (Cth) and s 24(1)(d) of the Federal Court of Australia Act 1976 (Cth) favour a finding...
Partner visa: new rules for secondary applicants
The new regulations enable a cohort of secondary applicants for Subclass 309 (Partner (Provisional)) and Subclass 100 (Partner) visas who no longer meet the age requirement for the visa, to be eligible for the grant of the visa
Class of persons who may receive a pledge of commitment
"The purpose of the instrument is to retrospectively authorise a class of persons to receive a pledge of commitment for 20 March 2022, namely ..."
Subclass 191: time spent on either 491 or 494 counts?
Applications for the new subclass 191 visa will be open from 16 November 2022. One of the Schedule 1 requirements for that visa is that the applicant has held a 491 visa for 3 years or a 494 visa for 3 years. But if, for instance, a person has held a 491 visa for 2 years and a 494 visa for 1 year, will that person be eligible for visa 191?
Specified work & areas for subclass 462 visas
"The purpose of the instrument is to specify, under regulation 1.15FA of the Regulations, areas of Australia and kinds of work for the definition of specified Subclass 462 work in regulation 1.03 of the Regulations"
Workplace justice visa: specified matters
The new instrument specifies the following matters for the purpose of the new workplace justice visa: "the persons, bodies or government entities that may issue a certificate as to a matter of workplace exploitation; the kind of matters relating to workplace exploitation that may be set out in the certificate; and the class of persons who may apply for the workplace justice visa"