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The new regulations "provide appropriate flexibility for the Schedules to the SOFA Regulations to commence when the Agreements covered by the SOFA Regulations come into force for Australia"

"The purpose of the instrument is to update the approved form, place and manner (“the arrangements”) requirements for making an application for a Visitor (Class FA) visa (Class FA visa)..."

"The purpose of this Instrument is to allow for the use of computerised decision-making in certain circumstances"

"The Bill strengthens the BVR framework for the NZYQ-affected cohort and targets those with a serious history of offending in relation to the most vulnerable people in our society, including children..."

The new Regulations "implement a new workplace justice visa that enables a temporary migrant to remain in Australia for a period of time to undertake a workplace justice activity... The Workplace Justice Visa is one component of a range of measures that the Government is introducing to address migrant worker exploitation..."

The new regulations commence on 1 July 2022 with important changes to the Graduate Work stream

"The purpose of the instrument is to set out the eligibility requirements for registration and other rules that apply to the conduct of a visa pre-application process for a Pacific Engagement visa..."

The new instrument specifies the assessing authorities for the new subclass 494 (regional) visa. For some occupations, the assessing authorities will depend on the date of the assessment, as we explain in this article.

The new regulations amend the Migration Regulations 1994 (Cth) to "enhance the operation of the Community Support Program (CSP), which allows community groups and individuals to propose and support applicants for entry to Australia under the Humanitarian Program"

"The purpose of this instrument is to ... expand the class of persons specified in subsection 8(3) to capture people who are ...; and amend the class of persons specified in subsection 8(1) to allow for an application for a Subclass 408 visa to be made if the person holds a ..."