- Letters of offer no longer accepted for student visa applications from 1 January 2025
- Ministerial Direction 111 sets speed limits for student visa processing
- Graduate certificates ditched for subclass 485 – Temporary Graduate visas from 14 December 2024
- Subclass 482 – Skills in Demand visa regulations and instruments released
- Skills in Demand Visa and National Innovation visa commences 7 December 2024; Core Skills Occupation List released
- Lottery for MATES: 3000 places for recent Indian graduates
- Children born and ordinarily resident in Australia no longer required to pass visa medicals
- Permanent skilled visas add family violence provisions for secondary visa applicants
- Work and Holiday visa ballot available from 16 September 2024 for India, China, and Vietnam
- 188 visas: Business skills visa applications closed on 31 July 2024
- 408 visas: Workplace Justice stream added from 1 July 2024
- 462 visas: Philippines added from 1 July 2024, ballot introduced for China, Vietnam, India
- 457/482/494 visas: 180 days with work rights to find a new employer from 1 July 2024
- Visitor and Graduate visa holders barred from onshore student visa applications from 1 July 2024
- Subclass 417 - Working Holiday visas: UK nationals exempt from regional work from 1 July 2024