New occupations for visa subclass 407
6 occupations moved from STSOL to MLTSSL; 16 moved from STSOL to ROL; 5 removed from STSOL; 2 occupations added to ROL
Citizenship repudiation
The new Bill "would amend the Citizenship Act and other Commonwealth Acts to repeal the invalid provisions and establish a revised citizenship cessation regime that appropriately addresses the implications of the High Court’s judgements in Alexander and Benbrika..."
New rules for partner and prospective marriage visas
The new Regulations make many changes to the criteria for the grant of visa subclasses 820, 801, 309, 100 and 300, including new family violence requirements
New VACs from 1 July 2024
The new regulations implement new VACs. The increase for student visas is significant, from $710 for primary applicants to...
Parent visas: application arrangements
New arrangements for the making of parent visa applications will commence soon
The new Migration (Arrangements for Parent Visa Applications) Instrument 2026 commences on 22...
New event for subclass 408
The instrument specifies a new event for the purpose of paragraph cl 408.229(b) of Schedule 2 to the Migration Regulations 1994 (Cth)
Subclass 870: obligation to notify when events occur
Sponsors' obligations and liabilities are a serious matter and practitioners should ensure that clients are made aware of them. For instance, sponsors are required to notify Immigration (not via email) when certain events occur, such as a change to any information provided in the sponsorship application. Lack of notification can result in the following sanctions against the sponsor: a bar; sponsorship cancellation; civil penalty order; and others. Further, the visa's expiry date is brought forward if the sponsorship is cancelled.
Arrangements for certain business skills visas
The purpose of the new instrument "is to ensure that Australia continues to attract the best and brightest global talents and to drive growth in sectors of national importance as specified under paragraph 858.212(2)(a) of Schedule 2 to the Migration Regulations"
Definition of “Employment Minister” amended
The definition of "Employment Minister" under r 1.03 of the Migration Regulations 1994 will change on 29 June 2019, but with retrospective effect from 29 May 2019
ART to make some decisions “on the papers”
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?