The Migration Amendment (Hong Kong Passport Holders) Regulations 2020 (the Hong Kong Passport Holders Regulations) amend the Migration Regulations 1994 (the Migration Regulations) to implement policy changes relating to visas for Hong Kong passport holders, as jointly announced by the Prime Minister and the Acting Minister for Immigration, Citizenship, Migrant Services and Multicultural Affairs on 9 July 2020.
The amendments extend temporary skilled and temporary graduate visas, for five years from 9 July 2020, to provide a new end date of 8 July 2025, if the primary visa holder held a Hong Kong passport when the visa was granted. Hong Kong passport is defined to mean a Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People’s Republic of China passport. These passports are available to citizens of the People’s Republic of China who are permanently resident in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region. The visas of family members, who satisfied the secondary visa criteria, are also extended to 8 July 2025, regardless of the passport they hold.
Further information can be found here: https://www.legislation.gov.au/Details/F2020L01047/Download
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