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"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 new Regulations enhance the labour market mobility of temporary migrants under the following visa subclasses: 457, 482, 494

"The instrument, made for the purposes of subparagraph 1237(2)(a)(i) and subparagraph 1236(2)(a)(iv) of Schedule 1 to the Migration Regulations, specifies that certain applicants for...

"The instrument specifies five English language tests: the Cambridge English: Advanced test (the CAE), the International English Language Testing System (IELTS); the Occupational English Test (the OET); the Pearson Test of English Academic (the PTE); and the test of English as a Foreign Language internet-based Test (the TOEFL iBT). The instrument also specifies the required test scores for each of the specified tests..."

"This instrument operates to specify English language proficiency and related test scores which are used to establish this proficiency. It also specifies valid passports of citizens of listed countries that may be used as proof of English language proficiency."

"The purpose of this instrument is to specify the classes of persons who do not have to pay the visa application charge (VAC) when applying for a visa to enter Australia on the basis that they have ..."

The Bill "amends the Migration Act 1958 (the Migration Act) to allow the Minister to determine that a thing is a prohibited thing in relation to immigration detention facilities and detainees (whether or not they are in an immigration detention facility), if the Minister is satisfied that possession or use of that thing might be a risk to the health, safety or security of persons in the facility, or to the order of the facility"

"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 exemptions in relation to age, skills, employment history and English language requirements for visa subclasses 186, 187 and 494

The amendments expand the character test from a sentence-based approach to a test that also involves convictions, whether or not they are followed by sentences.