LIN 24/086

Migration Legislation Amendment (Graduate Visas No. 2) Instrument (LIN 24/086) 2024

I, Julian Hill, Assistant Minister for Citizenship and Multicultural Affairs, make the following instrument.

Dated  13 December 2024

Julian Hill

Assistant Minister for Citizenship and Multicultural Affairs

Contents

1  Name...................................................1

2  Commencement............................................1

3  Authority................................................1

4  Schedules................................................1

Schedule 1—Amendments 2

Migration (Specification of Degrees) Instrument (LIN 24/048) 2024 2

Schedule 2—Amendments 3

Migration (Specification under clause 485.231 – Educational Institutions) Instrument (LIN 23/021) 2023 3

1  Name

  This instrument is the Migration Legislation Amendment (Graduate Visas No. 2) Instrument (LIN 24/086) 2024.

2  Commencement

  This instrument commences immediately after the Migration Amendment (Graduate Visas No. 2) Regulations 2024 commence.

3  Authority

  This instrument is made under the following provisions of the Migration Regulations 1994:

 (a) subclause 485.231(1) of Schedule 2; and

 (b) subclause 485.231(2) of Schedule 2.

4  Schedules

  Each instrument that is specified in a Schedule to this instrument is amended or repealed as set out in the applicable items in the Schedule concerned, and any other item in a Schedule to this instrument has effect according to its terms.

Schedule 1—Amendments

Migration (Specification of Degrees) Instrument (LIN 24/048) 2024

1  Section 5 (heading)

Omit “degrees”, substitute “degree”.

2  Section 5

Omit “each of the following degrees that are awarded as a qualification at level 7 or higher of the Australian Qualifications Framework is specified”, substitute “each degree is specified as follows, where that degree is awarded as a qualification at level 7 or higher of the Australian Qualifications Framework:”

3  Section 5

Repeal paragraph 5(c).

4  After section 6

Insert:

7  Application of amendments made by LIN 24/086

  The amendments made by the Migration Legislation Amendment (Graduate Visas No. 2) Instrument (LIN 24/086) 2024 apply in relation to an application for a visa made on or after the commencement of that instrument.

Schedule 2—Amendments

Migration (Specification under clause 485.231 – Educational Institutions) Instrument (LIN 23/021) 2023

1  Paragraph (a)(ii)

Omit “and”, substitute “or”.