Australian Immigration Daily News

Below is the latest newsletter by Lewis & Bollard and it makes interesting reading:

Migration_Newsletter_740.01.pdf

The purpose of the instrument is to ensure that:

- persons  who currently hold,or  have ever held,  a  Subclass  786  Humanitarian Concern  visa for  whom  the  Minister  has  lifted  the  bar  in  section  91K  of  the  Act and  who  have  made  an  application  for  a  Protection  (Class  XA)  visa  within 7 working  days  of  being  given  notice  that  the  Minister  has  lifted  the  bar  under section  91L  of  the  Act,  are  exempt from  satisfying  the  Minister  that  there  is  an acceptable reason for the delay in applying for a Protection (Class XA) visa under subparagraph 050.212(8)(c)(i) of Schedule 2 to the Regulations; and 

- persons who currently hold, or have ever held a Subclass 785 Temporary Protection visa and who make an application for a Protection (Class XA) visa are specified,for the purposes of section 91K of the Act,as a class of persons,under subparagraph 050.232(8)(c)(ii) of Schedule 2 to the Regulations,who are exempt from satisfying the Minister of an acceptable reason for a delay in applying for that visa.This ensures continuity in permission and therefore the ability to work for persons who are both Protection (Class XA) visa applicants and Resolution of Status (Class CD) visa applicants and are transitioning to a Subclass 851 (Resolution of Status) visa.

Source: LIN19061.pdf and LIN19061-Explanatory-Statement.pdf

Many migrants feel there is little government support for them in the first year of their settlement; and, they feel they are not made aware of the challenges of finding work in Australia before their arrival, the study found.

Titled ‘The Experience of Skilled Professional Migrants’ and compiled by migrant and refugee settlement agency AMES Australia, the study surveyed more than 150 skilled migrants on their experiences of coming to Australia.

It found a perception among the group that there are too few orientation programs and little support in the first twelve months of settlement.

Source: Getting-skilled-migrants-into-work.pdf

The instrument operates to specify all visas that are both substantive and temporary (a substantive temporary visa) as a class of substantive visa.

The purpose of the instrument is to remove the reference to special purpose visas granted to a person on the grounds that they are a member of the crew on a non-military ship, or a spouse, de-facto partner or dependant of a member of the crew.

This reference has been removed as it is now redundant.

The Department of Home Affairs has announced transitional arrangements for replacing the Subclass 489 with Subclass 491.

10th September 2019 - The last day to issues invitations on the submitted EOIs by any State and Territory Authority.

15th November 2019 - The last day for any invited applicant to lodge their visa. After 15th September 11:59 PM, Subclass 489 will ceases and no further lodgements can be made via the Immi Portal.