Australian Immigration Daily News

Dear Colleagues,

Best Wishes to you all for Christmas and the New Year.

All keep safe and relax.

This consultation process seeks views on whether:

 there are opportunities to streamline the Business Innovation and Investment program (BIIP) to maximise the value the program generates;

 increased investment thresholds and different investment types could provide better economic benefits to Australia compared to the current settings used for the Investor visa (IV) and Significant Investor visa (SIV).

These regulations amend the Migration Regulations 1994 relating to the Subclass 600 Visitor visa in the Frequent Traveller stream relating to a visa condition and the Subclass 870 Temporary Sponsored Parent visa relating to a visa condition and to merits review.
Item was registered on 18/12/2019
https://www.legislation.gov.au/Details/F2019L01653

Revised criteria for the following occupations will soon apply for all application types, effective as of 7 January 2020.

Any reviews and reassessments lodged from 7 January 2020 will be assessed based on new ANZSCO skill level and specialisations.

Download the list below for more information.

Revised_General_Occupation_List_Nov_2019_V2.pdf

VETASSESS Terms of Service for the Priority Processing Refund will change on 2 January 2020.

The updated terms in the VETASSESS Refund Policy will include an administration fee of $100 for applications that do not meet the eligibility criteria for Priority Processing.

For more information, please visit the Priority Processing page

Below is a copy of the AAT Bulletin for 16 December 2019.  Citizenship decisions are on page 4 and Migration decisions are on page 5.

AAT-Bulletin-16-December-2019.pdf