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The new instrument specifies "the English language test requirements for an applicant for a Subclass 482 visa in the Specialist Skills and Core Skills streams"

The new regulations "provide the Minister with a discretion to cancel the same specified visas in Australia in circumstances where it is reasonably believed that there has been an attempt to..."

The new instrument specifies "an additional class of persons, who are eligible to apply for a Subclass 408 visa in relation to the COVID-19 pandemic, with a nil VAC"

The new regulations "introduce a requirement that to make a valid application for a Subclass 462 (Work and Holiday) visa, applicants who hold a passport issued by a specified foreign country must have been..."

The new legislation supports "the trial of the Australia Travel Declaration (ATD) as a digital version of the passenger card, also known as the ‘incoming passenger card’"

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.

The new regulations "prescribe an amount of charge for registration as a registered participant in a visa pre‑application process conducted under subsection 46C(1) of the Migration Act 1958 ... in relation to a Subclass 462 (Work and Holiday) visa"

"The purpose of the Instrument is to specify institutions for the purposes of paragraph 476.212(b) and disciplines for the purposes of clause 476.212 of Schedule 2 to the Migration Regulations. The Instrument operates to enable recent engineering graduates to live, work or study in Australia for up to 18 months, subject to satisfying the criteria for grant of a subclass 476 visa. Graduates must have completed a degree or higher qualification from a specified institution."

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.

"The purpose of the instrument is to amend the approved form, place and manner (the arrangements) for making an application for a Visitor (Class FA) visa in the Tourist stream (Tourist stream visa) in Australia"