2004 Notices of Legislation Changes
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Legislation change, by implementation date:
23 December 2004
1 September 2004
27 August 2004
22 July 2004
1 July 2004
1 March 2004
11 February 2004
1 January 2004
Effective 23 December 2004
- Allowing persons who have had a visa cancellation decision set aside by the Migration Review Tribunal (MRT), but whose visa period would have already ceased, to apply for certain visas onshore within 28 days of being notified of the MRT decision.
- Amendments to allow payment of Visa Application Charge for an Internet application in Australian dollars by either credit card or funds transfer
Effective 1 September 2004
- Access to the Adult Migrant English Program (AMEP) by holders of the Skilled - Independent Regional (Provisional) Class UK visa
- Applications for Class XB visas accompanied by a Proposer form (681), from applicants residing in specified countries to be lodged at NSW Offshore Humanitarian Processing Centre
Effective 27 August 2004
- New Measures for TPV and THV holders
- Amendment of sections 40, 46, 166, 170, 172, 175, 188, 191, 192 and addition of new division 13AA to provide a framework for the collection of personal identifiers from certain non-citizens at key points in the immigration process
Effective 22 July 2004
Effective 1 July 2004
- Amendment of public interest criterion 4013
- Amendments to Resident Return visa eligibility for Business Skills Category Migrants
- Seafarer eligibility for a Special Purpose visa
- Addition of newborn children to Contributory Parent visa applications
- Amendments to allow for nomination under an Invest Australia Supported Skills Agreement
- Renewal of the People's Republic of China (PRC) as a Safe Third Country (STC)
- Entry to Australia of certain subclass 420 (Entertainment) visa holders without a visa label
- Technical amendment - omit a redundant note referring to models and mannequins
- Applications for subclass 416 (Special Program) visas to be lodged at Hobart Special Program Processing Centre
- Temporary Business (Long Stay) (subclass 457) visa
- Changes to Student visa regulations to extend offshore Internet lodgement access
- Amendments relating to Assurance of Support requirements
- Skilled - Independent Regional visa
- Amendment relating to Professional Development sponsorship
- Student visa changes - various
- Student visa changes for Masters by Coursework students
- Amendment to the Migration Agents Regulations 1998
- Amendment to the Migration Agents Registration Application Charge Amendment Regulations 1998
- Annual Indexation of Visa Application Fees and Charges effective 1 July 2004
- Liberia - United Nations Security Council Resolution No. 1478 Amendment Regulations 2004
Effective 1 March 2004
- Temporary Medical Practitioner visa (subclass 422) - onshore application and visa label-free travel
- Sponsored Business Visitor visa (subclass 459)
- Foreign Government Agency visa (subclass 415)
Effective 11 February 2004
Effective 1 January 2004
- Advance Passenger Processing for International Passenger Cruise Ships
- Subclass 457 (Business (Long Stay))
- Amendment relating to subclass 173 Contributory Parent (Temporary) visa requiring, at time of application, the withdrawal or finalisation of any other parent visa application
- Introduction of Student Guardian visa
- New visas for witnesses in trafficking cases
- Subclass 462 - Work and Holiday visa
- Introduction of Bridging F visa
- Correcting unintended consequences from July 2003 round for General Skilled Migration
- Changes to the subclass 410 temporary Retirement visa regulations to update the financial thresholds for first time subclass 410 visa temporary Retirement visa applicants.