Australian Immigration Daily News

The purpose of this instrument is to amend the application of the repeal provision in Part 2 of Schedule 2 to the instrument.

The amendment is to clarify that, despite its repeal, IMMI 16/019 applies to all applications for a Subclass 500 (Student) visa made, but not finally determined, before 6 June 2018, the date of commencement of IMMI 18/015.

This is consistent with Part 3 of IMMI 18/015, which provides that the instrument applies to applications made on or after commencement. The amended savings provision still covers applicants who took the TOEFL-PBT and submitted their application before 6 June 2018.

The purpose of the instrument is to clarify that Somali passports are a class of passport that an applicant cannot hold in order to satisfy Public Interest Criterion 4021 when applying for a visa.

This is a clarification of the previous determination (IMMI 14/073) which specified that “Somali travel documents” are a class of passport that cannot be held to satisfy Public Interest Criterion 4021, and “travel documents” includes “passports”.

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Below is a transcript of from this morning's radio interview with Neil Mitchell on 3AW:

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