Australian Immigration Daily News

Each case is decided on its individual merits according to law.

ABF officers welcome thousands of travellers from around the world every week who come to Australia on various visas.

We remind non-citizens who travel to Australia with the intention to work that they need to ensure they are travelling on the appropriate visa.

Every traveller who enters Australia and undertakes a border clearance interview is offered the service of an interpreter if they are not confident communicating in English.

Source: Statement-in-response-to-media-reporting.pdf

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 

NSW RDA network are contracted by the NSW Government to administer the 491 Visa process.

RDA Sydney is seeking to employ a Regional Migration Contract Manager to support the NSW RDA Network in successfully delivering this very important contract.

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

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