Notices of Legislation Changes
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Legislation changes, by implementation date:
Effective 27 October 2008
- Amendments to the Merits Review and Authorised Recipient Provisions and Section 193 of the Migration Act 1958
- Amendments to Create the New eVisitor
- Amendments to Create the New Superyacht Crew Visa
- Amendments to Adjust Certain Fees and Charges in Schedule 1 to the Migration Regulations 1994
- Evidence of Language Ability for Subclass 485 Visas
- Changes to Maritime Crew (Subclass 988) Visa to Enhance the Integrity of the Visa
- Amendments to Clarify Requirements for Working Holiday (Subclass 417) and Work and Holiday (Subclass 462) visas
Effective 19 September 2008
- Changes to Subclass 416 (Special Program) visa to allow entry of seasonal workers to Australia
- Amendments to allow for the cancellation of transitional (temporary) visas and transitional (permanent) visas in response to Moore v Minister for Immigration and Citizenship
Made on 18 September, effective 9 August 2008
Effective 15 September 2008
Effective 9 August 2008
- Business Skills Visas – Regulation Changes
- Changes to Sponsorship Regulations for Certain Temporary Residence Visas
- Removal of the discretionary requirement for the Minister to require an Assurance of Support for a number of specified subclasses of visa
- Amendments to the Migration Regulations 1994 relating to foreign dignitaries and immigration clearance
- Abolition of Temporary Protection visas (TPVs) and Temporary Humanitarian visas (THVs)
Amendment of Resolution of Status (ROS) visas for current TPV holders
Effective 1 July 2008
- Annual Adjustment of Fees and Charges Effective 1 July 2008
- Migration Regulation Amendments to the Working Holiday visa
- Australian Citizenship Amendment Regulations 2008 (No.1)
- Migration Regulation Amendments to the Subclass 050 – Bridging (General) visa
Effective 26 April 2008
- Amendments in relation to vulnerable children and the Subclass 802 (Child) visa
- Amendment of Migration Regulations 1994 to include work rights on all initial student visa grants
- General Skilled Migration Amendments
Effective 9 April 2008
Effective 1 January 2008
- Removal of the requirement for an Assurance of Support for Carer visas (subclasses 116 and 836)
- Removal of the requirement for an Assurance of Support for General Skilled Migration visas (subclasses 136, 137, 138, 139, 861, 862, 863, 880, 881, 882 and 883) and Skill Matching visa (subclass 134)
Past years
The legislation changes from past years are also available:
- 2007 Notices of Legislation Changes
- 2006 Notices of Legislation Changes
- 2005 Notices of Legislation Changes
- 2004 Notices of Legislation Changes
- 2003 Notices of Legislation Changes