Member of the Family Unit changes from 19 November

[George Lombard]

See http://www.border.gov.au/News/Pages/member-of-the-family-unit-changes.aspx . These changes won't affect people whose applications are lodged before 19 November or those in a transitional process already:

 

Member of the family unit of applicant for a new visa on the basis of earlier status as member of the family unit

(5) In addition to subregulation (2), a person is a member of the family unit, of an applicant for a visa (the new visa) described in column 1 of an item of the following table who seeks to satisfy the primary criteria for the new visa, if, at the time of the application for the new visa, the person:

(a) is included in the application for the new visa; and

(b) holds a visa (the old visa) described in column 2 of the item granted on the basis that the person was a member of the family unit of a person who held a visa of the same kind as the old visa.

 

[TABLE]

[TR]

[TH=colspan: 3]Members of the family units of applicants for new visas

[/TH]

[/TR]

[TR]

[TH]

[/TH]

[TH]Column 1

New visa applied for

[/TH]

[TH]Column 2

Old visa person holds at time of application for new visa

[/TH]

[/TR]

[TR]

[TD]1

[/TD]

[TD]Contributory Parent (Migrant) (Class CA) visa

[/TD]

[TD]Contributory Parent (Temporary) (Class UT) visa

[/TD]

[/TR]

[TR]

[TD]2

[/TD]

[TD]Contributory Aged Parent (Residence) (Class DG) visa

[/TD]

[TD]Contributory Aged Parent (Temporary) (Class UU) visa

[/TD]

[/TR]

[TR]

[TD]3

[/TD]

[TD]Business Skills (Residence) (Class DF) visa

[/TD]

[TD]Business Skills (Provisional) (Class UR) visa

[/TD]

[/TR]

[TR]

[TD]4

[/TD]

[TD]Business Skills (Permanent) (Class EC) visa

[/TD]

[TD]Business Skills (Provisional) (Class EB) visa

[/TD]

[/TR]

[TR]

[TD]5

[/TD]

[TD]Employer Nomination (Permanent) (Class EN) visa

[/TD]

[TD]Subclass 457 (Temporary Work (Skilled)) visa

[/TD]

[/TR]

[TR]

[TD]6

[/TD]

[TD]Regional Employer Nomination (Permanent) (Class RN) visa

[/TD]

[TD]Subclass 457 (Temporary Work (Skilled)) visa

[/TD]

[/TR]

[TR]

[TD]7

[/TD]

[TD]Skilled (Residence) (Class VB) visa

[/TD]

[TD]Any of the following visas:

(a) Skilled—Independent Regional (Provisional) (Class UX) visa;

(b) Bridging A (Class WA) visa or Bridging B (Class WB) visa granted on the basis of a valid application for:

(i) a Skilled—Independent Regional (Provisional) (Class UX) visa; or

(ii) a Skilled (Provisional) (Class VC) visa; or

(iii) a Skilled—Regional Sponsored (Provisional) (Class SP) visa;

© Skilled—Designated Area‑sponsored (Provisional) (Class UZ) visa;

(d) Subclass 475 (Skilled—Regional Sponsored) visa;

(e) Subclass 487 (Skilled—Regional Sponsored) visa;

(f) Skilled—Regional Sponsored (Provisional) (Class SP) visa

[/TD]

[/TR]

[TR]

[TD]8

[/TD]

[TD]Subclass 457 (Temporary Work (Skilled)) visa

[/TD]

[TD]Subclass 457 (Temporary Work (Skilled)) visa

[/TD]

[/TR]

[/TABLE]

 

 

Cheers,

 

George Lombard