Australian Immigration Daily News

Purpose

The instrument is made under subregulation 2.07(5) of the Migration Regulations by a delegate of the Minister for Home Affairs.

The instrument, made for the purposes of subparagraph 1237(2)(a)(i) and subparagraph 1236(2)(a)(iv) of Schedule 1 to the Migration Regulations, specifies that certain applicants for Temporary Activity (Class GG) visas and Visitor (Class FA) visas who provide evidence of being invited to participate in the Virtus Oceania Asia Games — Brisbane 2022 (OA Games), have a visa application charge of nil.

The OA Games commence on 5 November 2022 and conclude by 11 November 2022. After the OA Games conclude, the instrument self-repeals on 12 November 2022.

Source: Migration-Temp-Activity-Instrument-Class-FA-Virtus-Oceania-Games-2022.pdf

and

The Australian Government is streamlining requirements for temporary visa applicants in Australia.  Temporary visa applicants in Australia will not be required to undertake medical examinations and chest x‐rays, based on their nationality, previous residence and proposed length of stay, in order to  meet the health requirement. 

Temporary visa applicants in Australia will still be required to undertake relevant medical  examinations and/or chest x‐rays if they: 

 have applied for a medical treatment, temporary protection or a provisional visa 

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Further information on the position and the requirements for the role can be found in the document below:

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Purpose

The instrument specifies the minimum number of points that an applicant for a Subclass 188 (Business Innovation and Investment (Provisional)) visa in the Business Innovation stream or the Investor stream must score on the business innovation and investment points test. Regulation 1.03 of the Regulations provides that the business innovation and investment points test means the test set out in Schedule 7A to the Regulations.

For subclause 188.222(1) of Schedule 2 to the Regulations, an applicant for a Subclass 188 visa in the Business Innovation stream must not score less than the number of points specified in the instrument.

For subclause 188.242(1) of Schedule 2 to the Regulations, an applicant for a Subclass 188 visa in the Investor stream must not score less than the number of points specified in the instrument.

The instrument also repeals IMMI 12/041.