- 2020-21 program year exceeds planning level, 72,376 partner visas granted
- Citizenship special residency requirements relaxed for distinguished talent and athletes
- Senate Select Committee on Temporary Migration hits and misses
- Pharmacists added to the PMSOL; No specified work from excluded employers for WHMs; Temporary parent visa extension
- COVID-19: Over half of inbound travel exemptions for 457/482 visa holders refused
- 457/482/494 visa sponsor obligations: Beware the mandatory increase to superannuation on 1 July 2021
- Visa and citizenship application fee increases, AAT application fee up 70% to $3000 on 1 July 2021
- PMSOL expands to 41 occupations; WHMs can count regional hospitality work for 2nd and 3rd WHM visas
- UK FTA: WHM cap increase to 35; LMT likely exempt; agricultural visa coming
- Access to movement records adds online applications from 1 June 2021
- COVID-19: Concessions and exemptions for 189 visa for New Zealanders
- 188 visas: Investor stream to increase to $2.5 million; complying investments mix to change
- 2021-22 Budget: Planning levels to remain at 160,000; backlog of partner visas processing
- Hospitality and tourism to be added to 408 “Pandemic” Visa and work caps lifted for student visa holders
- Myanmar nationals to be allowed to extend their stay in Australia
