The Arrangements for Child Visa Applications 2016/051 is amended vide the Migration (LIN 20/179: Arrangements for child visa applications) Amendment Instrument 2020 dated 15 July 2020 (“the Instrument”) registered on 16 July 2020.
The Instrument amends a drafting error, where the option for an application for visa Subclass 445, for a dependent child outside Australia to be made outside Australia, was removed vide the Migration (LIN 20/049: Arrangements for child visa
applications) Amendment Instrument 2020. Accordingly, an application by a dependent child of a visa holder of Subclass 309, 310, 445, 820 or 826 visa outside Australia can be made through Form 918.
The Instrument has commenced from the day after it is registered on the Federal Register of Legislation and is now in effect. To access the full Instrument, click here.