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"The effect of the amendment is that a person who holds a valid passport issued by ... will be in a class of persons who are exempt from the requirement to provide a letter of support from their government to apply for a Subclass 462 (Work and Holiday) visa"

"The instrument operates to specify the requirements for making an application for a Subclass 494 visa. For the purposes of subitem 1242(1) of Schedule 1 to the Regulations, the instrument specifies the approved form for making a valid application. For the purposes of paragraph 1242(3)(a) of Schedule 1 to the Regulations, the instrument also specifies the manner in which an application must be made".

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...

"The purpose of the instrument is to make a determination to specify eligibility and other rules in relation to conducting visa pre-application processes for the random selection of registered participants seeking to apply for a permanent Subclass 192 (Pacific Engagement) visa in the Pacific Engagement stream..."

"The purpose of the instrument is to determine New Zealand citizens who hold or have held a special category visa (SCV) and have satisfied specific requirements to be permanent residents for the purposes of the Act. The instrument removes the requirement for an SCV holder to also be ..."

"The purpose of this instrument is to amend Migration (IMMI 18/033: Specification of Income Threshold and Annual Earnings and Methodology of Annual Market Salary Rate) Instrument 2018 (IMMI 18/033) to address changes to the Regulations as a result of amendments to the Regulations by the Migration Amendment (New Skilled Regional Visas) Regulations 2019 (the amending Regulations)".

"The purpose of the instrument is to specify the approved form and manner (the arrangements) for making an application for an Electronic Travel Authority (Class UD) visa"

"The amendments in the [new legislation on RMA application charges] ensure that a [registered migration agent] who paid the non-commercial application charge in relation to their current period of registration, but gives immigration assistance otherwise than on a non-commercial basis, is liable to pay an adjusted charge". The date of commencement of the new legislation is...

A summary of the changes to the points test that will come into effect on 16 November 2019 for subclasses 189, 190 and 491.

On 4 Nov 2019, the federal government announced it will increase the number of annual places available under the Work & Holiday visa program from 500 to 2,000 for a particular country.