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Schedule III Criteria can be confusing for agents as well as practitioners given the number of discretionary factors involved in assessing whether an applicant meets criteria applicable to waiver provisions.

To put it simply, visas such as partner visas require an applicant to be a holder of a substantive visa or at the time of application if the application is made inside Australia.  There may be situations where an applicant does not hold a substantive visa.  For example, an applicant might be holding a Bridging Visa, or they may in fact be an unlawful non-citizen.

If either of the two elements apply, in addition to meeting ordinary visa applicant criteria, an applicant will need to meet the following:

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DZG17 v Minister for Immigration and Border Protection [2019] FCA 8
Federal Court of Australia
Greenwood J
Migration law - interlocutory application - Minister's delegate refused to grant appellants protection visas - Tribunal affirmed delegate's decision - Federal Circuit Court dismissed judicial review application - appellants sought to adduce documents and 'oral evidence' on appeal's hearing - appellants also sought order that certain 'Freedom of Information' files be produced - relevance of documents to appeal grounds - held: interlocutory application dismissed.
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DFW18 v Minister for Home Affairs [2019] FCA 599
Federal Court of Australia
Steward J
Migration law - Minister's delegate cancelled applicant's Class BB Subclass 155 Five Year Resident Return Visa due to applicant's failure to pass 'character test' under s501(6) Migration Act 1958 (Cth) - another of Minister's delegate's declined to revoke 'cancellation decision' - Administrative Appeals Tribunal affirmed delegate's decision - applicant sought judicial review - whether Tribunal considered claims of applicant concerning risk issue - whether Tribunal considered remorse issue - challenge to findings concerning 'non-refoulement obligations' and impediments which could be faced by applicant 'if returned to Turkey' - held: review application allowed. 
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CAQ18 v Minister for Home Affairs [2019] FCA 603
Federal Court of Australia
Banks-Smith J
Migration law - Minister's delegate refused to grant appellant a Protection (Class XA) visa - Administrative Appeals Tribunal affirmed delegate's decision - Tribunal rejected claims of appellant on basis appellant was an 'unreliable witness' - primary judge found Tribunal's findings were open - appellant contended primary judge did not 'adequately consider' review grounds, as demonstrated by reasons' brevity and ex tempore delivery - appellant also contended Tribunal did not disclose existence of invalid s438 certificate - credibility - 'significant harm' - held: appeal dismissed.
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The following information appears on the TRA website:

The Department of Education and Training will be undertaking a period of routine maintenance on its IT infrastructure between 8 pm Friday 10 May 2019 to midnight Sunday 12 May 2019 Australian Eastern Standard Time (AEST).

During this time, TRA IT services including the TRA online portal, TRA website, and email enquiry services will be unavailable.

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Thank you to Migration Agents that have attended this week’s CPD on Subclass 491 Skilled Work Regional (Provisional) and Subclass 494 (Skilled Employer Sponsored Regional (Provisional) visas.

It was a group effort to work through the legislation which is due to commence on 16th November 2019 and 16th November 2022 respectively.

Introduction of three new visas also means that subclass 489 Regional Provisional as well as subclass 187 Regional Sponsored Migration visas will be abolished once the legislation is implemented.

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CANBERRA MATRIX - INVITATION ROUND: 8 MAY 2019

Invitation date: 8 May 2019

Number of invitations issued: 225
Matrix score range: 135 points to 65 points submitted up to 31 March 2019

Information about the round, including the matrix score invited, is available HERE

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