2010 Notices of Legislation Changes
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Legislation changes, by implementation date:
Effective 21 August 2010
- Subclass 417 (Working Holiday) and Subclass 462 (Work and Holiday) visas
- Condition 8205
- Amendment to correct two minor punctuation errors in relation to the Skilled (Provisional) (Class VF) visa and the Skilled (Provisional) (Class VC) visa
Effective 1 July 2010
- Offshore Collection of Biometric Personal Identifiers
- Amendments to prevent primary applicants from making a valid Subclass 422 (Medical Practitioner) visa
- Amendments to the Australian Citizenship Regulations 2007 relating to the payment of fees in foreign currencies and foreign countries
- Annual Adjustment of Fees and Charges
- Amendments to transition from the use of the Australian Standard Classification of Occupations (ASCO) to the Australian and New Zealand Standard Classification of Occupations (ANZSCO) in certain skilled migration programs
- Amendments to enable a more targeted skilled occupation list to be specified by the Minister under the definition of "skilled occupation"
Effective 1 June 2010
Effective 8 May 2010
Effective 19 April 2010
- Amendments to Certain Business Skills Visas
- Amendments to reinstate certain time of decision Student visa criteria
Effective 27 March 2010
- Amendments to the definitions of 'Australian Child Order' and 'Step-Child' and to reduce the relationship period for some applicants to qualify for a Partner (Migrant) (Class BC) Visa or a Partner (Residence) (Class BS) Visa
- Amendments relating to Child (Residence) (Class BT) visa applications
- Technical amendments to Migration Regulations 1994 following implementation of the worker protection reforms
- Amendments to various Parent Category Visas
- Amendments to the nomination criteria and visa criteria for the Occupational Trainee (Subclass 442) visa
- Amendment to specify where applicants need to be located to lodge a valid Cultural/Social (Temporary) (Class TE) visa application
- Amendments to Subclass 801 – Partner and Subclass 820 – Partner visas
- Protection of Children – amendments to the Migration Regulations 1994 providing for character requirements for sponsors
- Amendments to Student visa assessment level requirements and insertion of new Student visa cancellation provisions
Effective 1 January 2010
- Changes to requirements for Skilled (Residence) (Class VB), Skilled (Provisional) (Class VC), Skilled (Residence) (Class VE) and Skilled (Provisional) (Class VF) visas relating to evidence of skills
- Nil visa application charge for students affected by college closures
- Amendments to student visa living costs and financial requirements
- Australian Citizenship Regulations 2007 - foreign currency amendments
- General Skilled Migration English language changes
- Amendments to preserve the base rate of pay for people who were granted a Subclass 457 visa to perform an Information and Communication Technology activity