Australian Immigration Daily News

The Joint Standing Committee on Migration is holding a public hearing as part of its inquiry into the efficacy of current regulation of Australian migration agents on:

DATE: Monday, 16 July 2018

TIME: 12.30 pm

The following information has just been received from the South Australian government:

To complete system updates for the new program year Immigration SA will be closing the state nomination 190/489 application system from 9am on Monday 25 June and will re-open in the first week of July (the date and time will be confirmed at the start of July).

If you have commenced a 190/489 application, you will need to submit & pay for the application prior to the system being closed.

From 9am on 25 June, incomplete applications will be deleted, this includes applications that have been “saved but not submitted” and applications that have been “submitted but are still awaiting payment”.  

Processing times for submitted applications are provided here.

On average, persons born in India are the largest group applying for Australian citizenship based on the information contained in the House of Reps transcript dated Monday 18 June, 2018.

Read the document below to see the steady rise of India as the number one source country, with the United Kingdom dropping into second place overall as a source nation for Australia's citizens.

Source: Citizenship-of-Australia-application-numbers.pdf

The purpose of the instrument is to remove a lodgement option that was present in the previous instrument, the in-person lodgement option for Parent visa applications and specify lodgement of those applications by post or courier to the specified addresses.

The instrument varies the requirements for making a valid application for the specified Parent visas, in line with amendments made to the Regulations, specified in the Home Affairs Legislation Amendment (2018 Measures No. 1) Regulations 2018. This allows the required application form and address for lodgement of a visa application to be specified in the instrument rather than directly in Schedule 1 to the Regulations.Providing for these matters to be specified in an instrument will allow more flexible and responsive legislative changes to the required forms and address for lodgement of specified visas to be made.

 Sources:

The newly created IMMI 18/103 is set to vary the requirements for making a valid application for the specified Partner visas, to address amendments made to the Regulations, specified in the Home Affairs Legislation Amendment (2018 Measures No. 1) Regulations 2018. The changes to the Regulations allow for the specification of the required application form and address for lodgement of a visa application to be specified in the instrument rather than directly in Schedule 1 to the Regulations. This decision is somewhat of significant shift in eligibility assessment of the below mentioned applications given that both practitioners and well as visa applicants have historically relied on Schedule 1 requirements to source this information.  

Relevant Points of Interest Include:

Schedule III of Immi 18/103 The instrument IMMI 18/103 operates to specify the approved form, place and manner for making an application for the following visas: