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"The amendment removes the Jobactive website ... as the mandatory manner for advertisement, and replaces it with the ..."

The purpose of the new instrument is to "gradually close the COVID-19 pandemic event 408 visa to new applications from ..."

The main Bill says: "A Bill for an Act to establish an Administrative Review Tribunal and an Administrative Review Council and provide for matters relating to information about administrative decisions, and for related purposes"

The purpose of the new instrument is to "assist certain temporary and provisional visa holders, including individuals who are on a pathway to permanent residence, who have been disadvantaged by the consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic, such as border closures, restrictions imposed on businesses and the general economic downturn". The new measures include allowing individuals to apply for visa subclass 485 while overseas during the concession period and to be granted the visa while overseas.

Several amendments are coming, including assessing authorities and caveats

The time of making an application has implications for visas and other matters. We discuss what the time of application when using ImmiAccount is, given that the applicant might be making the application from any time zone.

"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 "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 instrument specifies the minimum number of points that an applicant for a Subclass 188 (Business Innovation and Investment (Provisional)) visa in the Business...

Among other things, the new instrument specifies 2 new countries as eligible for visa subclass 462