ATO and Immigration Data Matching for Salary
Check
1 December 2017 – Data Matching Introduced - DIBP will start
collecting Tax File Numbers (TFN) for existing 457
visa holders for the purpose of cross checking salary against
earnings declared on a recent 457 nomination.
Migration (IMMI 17/101): Arrangements for Partner
and Prospective Marriage Visa Applications) Instrument
2017
17/11/2017 - This instrument provides for the use of specified
online forms for visa applications and removes the in-person
lodgement option for specified Partner visas, with paper
applications accepted only in compelling circumstances. This is in
line with the proposed amendments to the Migration Regulations,
which allows the required application form and address for
lodgement of a visa application to be specified in the instrument.
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Migration (IMMI 17/100): Arrangements for Parent
Visa Applications) Instrument 2017
17/11/2017 - This instrument removes the in-person lodgement option
for parent visa applications and specifies lodgement of those
applications by post or courier to the specified addresses. This
correlates with the proposed amendments to the Migration
Regulations, which vary the requirements for making a valid
application for certain Parent visas to allow the required
application form and address for lodgement of a visa to be
specified in an instrument. More...