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This instrument specifies a class of persons eligible to access certain existing requirements of the Temporary Residence Transition streams of the Subclass 186 (Employer Nomination Scheme) and Subclass 187 (Regional Sponsored Migration Scheme) visas. The instrument is consequential to changes to the Migration Regulations 1994 by the Migration Legislation Amendment (Temporary Skill Shortage Visa and Complementary Reforms) Regulations 2018.

Item was amended
https://www.legislation.gov.au/Details/F2018L00285

This instrument operates to specify exemptions in relation to age, skills, employment history or English language requirements for the Subclass 186 (Employer Nomination Scheme) visa, Subclass 187 (Regional Sponsored Migration Scheme) visa and Subclass 494 (Skilled Employer Sponsored Regional (Provisional)) visa.

Item was amended
https://www.legislation.gov.au/Details/F2019L01404

This instrument defines an appropriate regional authority for the purpose of regulation 1.03 of the Migration Regulations 1994 and repeals IMMI 10/041.

Item was registered on 23/11/2020
https://www.legislation.gov.au/Details/F2020L01456

This instrument repeals Migration Regulations 1994 - Specification under paragraphs 132.232(3)(a) and (b) of Schedule 2 - Industry Associations and Membership Levels - June 2012 and changes the name of the industry association from The Australian Private Equity and Venture Capital Association Limited to the Australian Investment Council Limited.

The instrument also changes the specified category of membership of the industry association as Corporate Venture Capital Membership and Venture Capital Fund Manager Membership.

Item was registered on 23/11/2020
https://www.legislation.gov.au/Details/F2020L01455

The purpose of the amending instrument, LIN 20/189, is to amend LIN 19/216 to ensure that LIN 19/216, amongst other things, exempts certain applicants of the Subclass 186 and Subclass 187 visas in the Temporary Residence Transition stream from having to satisfy the age requirement at the time of application. Currently, under regulation 186.221 or 187.221 of Schedule 2 to the Regulations, an applicant for these visas must not have turned 45 at the time of their application.

However, subsections 6(1) and 7(1) of LIN 19/216 provides that applicants are exempt from satisfying this age requirement if they fall in a specified class of persons. One such class is Subclass 457/482 workers, which is defined in section 5 of LIN 19/216. A Subclass 457/482 worker is defined as a person who, after having worked for the nominating employer for 3 years, has had earnings equal to, or greater than, the high income threshold for each of the three years prior to making their application for a visa that this instrument applies to.

Source: LIN-20189.pdf