- Permanent parent visas go online…but only after lodging
- Income thresholds increasing 4.6% on 1 July 2025; Permanent planning levels now multiyear
- New Northern Territory DAMA for 5 years, over twice as many occupations and nominations
- 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
