Subclass 870 (parent): 90 days overseas before new application?
It is commonly said that a subclass 870 visa holder who is overseas must stay overseas for 90 days before they can make a further 870 visa application. With respect, that is wrong.
New Ministerial Direction: national innovation visas
Order of consideration and assessing exceptional and outstanding achievement for the Subclass 858 visa
Arrangements for others visas
The instrument provides that an application for a Resolution of Status visa must be made by completing the relevant...
The new Migration (Arrangements for Other...
Strengthening the character test
The new Bill seeks to amend the Migration Act 1958 (Cth) to strengthen the character test in section 501 by "providing a new specific and objective ground to consider visa refusal or cancellation where a non-citizen has been convicted of certain serious offences against Australian or foreign laws involving violence against a person (including murder, kidnapping and aggravated burglary), non-consensual sexual acts, breaching of an apprehended violence order (or similar) or weapons"
Subclass 403: form, place & manner of application
"The purpose of the instrument is to specify the approved form, place and manner (the arrangements) for making an application for a Temporary Work (International Relations) (Class GD) visa (Class GD visa)"
VACs and fees in foreign currencies
"The purpose of the instrument is to specify the exchange rates and foreign currencies used to make payments of certain fees, for paragraph 5.36(1A)(a) of the Regulations, from 1 July 2022. The instrument also repeals..."
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..."
When client taken to have received document from DHA
In order to avoid situations where applicants, sponsors or visa holders can claim they have never in fact received a document from the Department, the Migration Act 1958 (Cth) contains provisions that deem receipt of that document. The time when the person is deemed to have received a document will depend on whether the document was given by hand, by handing it to a person at the recipient's last residential or business address, dispatched by post or email.
Assisting visa applicants & holders affected by covid-19
This instrument makes various amendments to the Migration Regulations 1994 (Cth), including to assist certain visa applicants and holders adversely affected by covid-19
Increased Tribunal fees
Tribunal application fees will increase from 1 July 2024 as follows...