Legislation Updates
Migration Legislation Tracker
A single source about the status of pieces of legislation, Bills, commencement dates, disallowances, etc
Nil VAC for some subclass 408 visas
"The purpose of the instrument is to specify the ... as an AGEE under paragraph 408.229(b) of Schedule 2 to the Migration Regulations"
Changes to BVRs and more
Among other things, the new regulations "make amendments in relation to the BVR to strengthen the legislative framework that supports effective management of members of the NZYQ cohort on BVRs in the Australian community"
Case Law Updates
AAT’s apprehended bias?
Federal Court. Can it be said that "the Tribunal’s most scathing criticisms of the applicant’s lawyers’ conduct were quite unjustified"? Would a fair-minded observer "reasonably regard the Tribunal as having launched an unjustified attack on the applicant’s lawyers"? Did the Tribunal effectively take the role of a contradictor?
Subclass 186: repeated nominations allowed?
Federal Court. Did visa subclass 186 "contemplate that an employer can file repeated nomination applications in relation to the same visa application and the same visa applicant"? Can an employer correct an erroneous nomination withdrawal?
Change from visitor to student visa enough to fail cl 500.212(a)?
Federal Court. In the context of cl 500.212(a) of Schedule 2 to the Migration Regulations 1994 (Cth), can it be said that, since the grant of a student visa would allow the appellants to stay in Australia for only a specified period, a mere change of plans from a visitor visa to make an application for a student visa could not provide evidence of an intention to stay permanently or indefinitely in Australia?









