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New Zealand citizens who reside in Australia on subclass 444 – Special Category visas (SCVs) for at least 4 years among other things, will be able to apply for Australian citizenship from 1 July 2023 without the need to be granted a permanent visa. This has important implications not just for them, but their relatives.
Read MoreThe Federal Budget handed down last night reinstated the pre-eminence of skilled migration, boosting permanent migration numbers to pre-pandemic levels. Despite the number of places remaining at 160,000, partner visas will no longer be subject to a ceiling.
Read MoreA new instrument heralds the coming of the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement, which will add a few Southeast Asian countries to the list of nations exempt from labour market testing for a 482 visa. Subclass 300 – Prospective Marriage visa holders who held this visa on 15 September 2021, will have it extended to 31 December 2022 to afford them time to enter Australia and get married.
Read MoreFor the first time in many years three skilled visas have been added to the small list of visas for those affected by the infamous section 48 bar from 13 November 2021. New streams for the 189 and 191 permanent visas have been registered for Hong Kong and British National (Overseas) passport holders to apply from 5 March 2022.
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