- Permanent parent visa applications heading online from 22 April 2026
- Employer sponsorship goes public: Legal and practical consequences of the new register
- Temporary travel ban for Iranian subclass 600 - Visitor visa holders effective from 26 March 2026
- Annual Market Salary Rate (AMSR) changes avoid the pitfalls of awards
- Subclass 482 – Skills in Demand nomination refusal for genuineness at the High Court
- Training visa crackdown: sponsor and nomination approvals required before lodging visa applications
- Graduates visa application charges doubled for most on 1 March 2026
- “On the papers” assessments for student visa refusals coming
- Hate crimes and association with prohibited hate groups as grounds for refusing and cancelling migration and citizenship
- Work experience loophole closed for 186 visas under the Temporary Residence Transition stream on 29 November 2025
- Student visa processing shuffle – Ministerial Direction 115 commences 14 November 2025
- Permanent migration places unchanged at 185,000 for 2025-26
- New English requirements for subclass 482 – Skills in Demand visas from 13 September 2025
- New English language tests approved for student and skilled visas and amendments to minimum scores from 7 August 2025
- Permanent parent visas go online…but only after lodging
