On 2 April 2024, the Migration Amendment (Dependent Secondary Partner Visa Applicants) Regulations 2024 was registered, and it commences operation on 3 April 2024.
These changes allow a limited cohort of secondary visa applicants for Partner (subclass 309) (Provisional) and Partner (subclass 100) visas who, due to the impact of the now revoked Ministerial Direction 80 (which provided the lowest processing priority to certain visa applications where the sponsor had arrived in Australia as an unauthorised maritime arrival), no longer meet the age requirement for the visa, to be eligible for the grant of the visa.
These changes apply to visa applications made before 9 February 2023 but not yet finally determined.
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