This amendment includes ‘step child’ in the definition of ‘dependent child’
Sets an upper age limit of 23 years for children or step-children who are dependent, unless they are incapacitated for work. This is to bring consistency to the provisions on who can accompany a visa holder as a family member in line with those on who can be sponsored by an existing permanent resident or citizen as a family member – this amendment applies to an application for a visa made on or after 19 November 2016 or a visa granted as a result of such an application. Read more →
This Schedule permits holders (or former holders) of Subclass 462 (Work and Holiday) visas to apply for a second Subclass 462 (Work and Holiday)visa, if they have carried out work in areas of Australia and of a kind specified by the Minister, for at least three months as the holder of the first Subclass 462 (Work and Holiday) visa.
In line with the Government’s White Paper on Developing Northern Australia, the specified work is intended to be work undertaken in the agriculture, forestry, fisheries, tourism and hospitality industries in the Northern Territory and northern parts of Western Australia and Queensland;
This amendment applies to applications for visas made on or after 19 November 2016
This Schedule reduces the time period that a Subclass 457 (Temporary Work (Skilled) visa holder can remain in Australia after ceasing employment with their current sponsor from 90 days to 60 days.
If 457 holder has not found a new sponsor within 60 days of ceasing that employment, they will be in breach of their visa condition 8107 and their visa may be cancelled.
This amendment applies to 457 visas granted on or after 19 November 2016