Migration Amendment (Training Visas—Application Requirements) Regulations 2026
I, the Honourable Sam Mostyn AC, Governor‑General of the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, make the following regulations.
Dated 29 October
Sam Mostyn AC
Governor‑General
By Her Excellency’s Command
Tony Burke
Minister for Home Affairs
Contents
1 Name 1
2 Commencement 1
3 Authority 1
4 Schedules 1
Schedule 1—Amendments 2
Migration Regulations 1994 2
This instrument is the Migration Amendment (Training Visas—Application Requirements) Regulations 2026.
(1) Each provision of this instrument specified in column 1 of the table commences, or is taken to have commenced, in accordance with column 2 of the table. Any other statement in column 2 has effect according to its terms.
Commencement information |
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Provisions |
Commencement |
Date/Details |
1. The whole of this instrument |
12 November 2026. |
12 November 2026 |
Note: This table relates only to the provisions of this instrument as originally made. It will not be amended to deal with any later amendments of this instrument.
(2) Any information in column 3 of the table is not part of this instrument. Information may be inserted in this column, or information in it may be edited, in any published version of this instrument.
This instrument is made under the Migration Act 1958.
Each instrument that is specified in a Schedule to this instrument is amended or repealed as set out in the applicable items in the Schedule concerned, and any other item in a Schedule to this instrument has effect according to its terms.
1 Subitem 1238(3) of Schedule 1 (table item 2)
Repeal the item, substitute:
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An applicant: (a) unless paragraph (b) applies—must be outside Australia; or (b) if the applicant is in a class of persons specified by the Minister in a legislative instrument made for the purposes of this paragraph under subregulation 2.07(5)—may be in or outside Australia, but not in immigration clearance |
2 Clause 407.411 of Schedule 2
Repeal the clause, substitute:
(1) Unless subclause (2) applies, the applicant must be outside Australia at the time of grant.
(2) The applicant may be in or outside Australia at the time of grant, but not in immigration clearance, if the applicant was in a class of persons specified in an instrument mentioned in item 2 of the table in subitem 1238(3) of Schedule 1 at the time of application.
3 In the appropriate position in Schedule 13
Insert:
Part 167—Amendments made by the Migration Amendment (Training Visas—Application Requirements) Regulations 2026
The amendments made by Schedule 1 to the Migration Amendment (Training Visas—Application Requirements) Regulations 2026 apply in relation to an application for a visa made on or after the commencement of that Schedule.
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