Migration Amendment (Visa Application Charges) Regulations 2019: https://www.legislation.gov.au/Details/F2019L00932

To make changes to visa application charges (VACs) for certain visas.

Increased AAT application fee in the Migration and Refugee division  from $1764 to $1787 from 1 July 2019.

The Gazette also increases the filing fees for the AAT General Division, Federal Circuit Court, Federal Court and the High Court from 1 July 2019.

Migration (LIN 19/185: Arrangements for Family (Temporary) (Class GH) Visa) Instrument 2019: https://www.legislation.gov.au/Details/F2019L00887

Specifies an application form, and time limits for making an 870 visa application

Migration (LIN 19/186: Arrangements for Applications for Bridging Visas) Instrument 2019: https://www.legislation.gov.au/Details/F2019L00883

The purpose of this instrument is to include the internet application form, Form 1502 (Internet), as an application for a Bridging A (Class WA) visa, Bridging C (Class WC) visa and Bridging E (Class WE) visa. This ensures visa applicants lawfully stay in Australia if they have been permitted to apply for a Temporary Sponsored Parent visa in Australia.

Migration (LIN 19/184: Arrangements for Work and Holiday Visa Applications) Instrument 2019: https://www.legislation.gov.au/Details/F2019L00918

-  adds Ecuador and Greece to 462 program
- exempts Austrian, Portuguese and Spanish applicants from providing evidence of government support for the grant of their visa

Migration (LIN 19/183: Arrangements for Working Holiday Visa Applications) Instrument 2019: https://www.legislation.gov.au/Details/F2019L00903

- to increase the eligible age for French applicants for the Subclass 417 (Working Holiday) visa to the maximum of 35

Migration (LIN 19/042: Places and Currencies for Paying of Fees) Instrument 2019: https://www.legislation.gov.au/Details/F2019L00886

Migration (LIN 19/041: Payment of Visa Application Charges and Fees in Foreign Currencies) Instrument 2019: https://www.legislation.gov.au/Details/F2019L00885

Migration Amendment (Strengthening the Character Test) Bill 2019: https://www.legislation.gov.au/Details/C2019B00100 

To create an additional discretionary, objective ground for visa refusal or cancellation under the character framework in section 501 of the Migration Act 1958 where a person has been convicted of a serious violent crime, regardless of the length of sentence that has been imposed

Migration Amendment (Streamlining Visa Processing) Bill 2019: https://www.legislation.gov.au/Details/C2019B00099

To streamline the visa application process by requiring the provision of a biometric at the time of application lodgement, rather than after a written request.

Migration Amendment (Repairing Medical Transfers) Bill 2019: https://www.legislation.gov.au/Details/C2019B00098

To repeal the amendments made to the Migration Act 1958 by Schedule 6 to the Home Affairs Legislation Amendment (Miscellaneous Measures) Act 2019 and extend existing return and removal mechanisms to transitory persons brought to Australia from a regional processing country under s198C of the Migration Act 1958.

Migration Legislation Amendment (Regional Processing Cohort) Bill 2019: https://www.legislation.gov.au/Details/C2019B00101

To prevent any unauthorised maritime arrival taken to a regional processing country after 19 July 2013 from ever settling in Australia.