Purpose

Section 85 of the Migration Act provides that the Minister may, by legislative instrument, determine the maximum number of visas of a specified class, or specified classes, (excluding temporary protection visas or safe haven enterprise visas) that may be granted in a specified financial year.

The purpose of this instrument is to determine the maximum number of visas that may be granted for certain classes of visas in the 2022-2023 financial year between 1 July 2022 and 30 June 2023 (inclusive). The instrument covers the following visa classes (with item numbers referring to items in Schedule 1 to the Migration Regulations 1994 (Migration Regulations).

Source: LIN23106.pdf and LIN23016-Explanatory-statement.pdf