Migration (Age exemption for subclass 186 (Employer Nomination Scheme) visa) Amendment Instrument (LIN 22/047) 2022 (Cth)

LIN 22/047

Migration (Age exemption for subclass 186 (Employer Nomination Scheme) visa) Amendment Instrument (LIN 22/047) 2022

I, Alex Hawke, Minister for Immigration, Citizenship, Migrant Services and Multicultural Affairs, make this instrument under paragraph 186.221(b) of Schedule 2 to the Migration Regulations 1994 (the Regulations).

Dated 31 March 2022

The Hon Alex Hawke MP
Minister for Immigration, Citizenship, Migrant Services and Multicultural Affairs

1Name

                 This instrument is the Migration (Age exemption for subclass 186 (Employer Nomination Scheme) visa) Amendment Instrument (LIN 22/047) 2022.

2          Commencement

                 This instrument commences on 1 July 2022.

3Amendment

                 Schedule 1 amends Migration (LIN 19/216: Exemptions from Skill, Age and English Language Requirements for Subclass 186, 187 and 494 Visas) Instrument 2019 (F2020C01075). 

Schedule 1Amendment

(section 3)

[1]       Section 5, after definition of ‘high income threshold’

insert

legacy 457 worker, for a subclass 186 visa application, means a person who:

(a)   held a subclass 457 visa on or after 18 April 2017; and

(b)   was in Australia for at least 12 months between 1 February 2020 and 14 December 2021. 

[2]       After paragraph 6(1)(a)

insert

(aa)  legacy 457 workers;