Australian Immigration Daily News

This instrument operates to set a pool and pass mark for General Skilled Migration Visas.
Item was registered on 31/10/2019

https://www.legislation.gov.au/Details/F2019L01400

The instrument operates to specify the approved form and the place and manner in which applications must be lodged for certain skilled and temporary graduate visas.
Item was registered on 31/10/2019

https://www.legislation.gov.au/Details/F2019L01401

This instrument operates to specify classes of temporary visas that a person must hold to be eligible for the provision of English courses according to Part 2 of the Immigration (Education) Act 1971.
Item was registered on 31/10/2019

https://www.legislation.gov.au/Details/F2019L01406

A common problem which has been on the boil since the decision in Berenguel

http://eresources.hcourt.gov.au/showCase/2010/HCA/8

A recent enquiry from a Colleague has generated the following draft which may be of assistance to my colleagues generally; the alternative is to simply concede and then throw yourself at the feet of the Minister under section 351 and beg for mercy..

In recent weeks I have noticed that the Invitation to a hearing at the AAT, apart from including details of the hearing date and time as well as the Member now appear, on a regular basis, to include an "Invitation to comment or respond".

The failure to respond to the "invitation to comment or respond" within the time frame specified, which may or may not be the date of the hearing,can lock your client out of a merits review at the AAT who, absent a reply can proceed to determine the Application "on the papers".

Previously it was the practice of the AAT to issue a standalone "Invitation to Comment or Respond" which very clearly set out what information was required and when.