Migration (Language Test Requirements for Subclass 482 Visa) Instrument 2024 (Cth)

LIN 24/099

Migration (Language Test Requirements for Subclass 482 Visa) Instrument 2024

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

Dated 6 December 2024

Julian Hill Assistant Minister for Citizenship and Multicultural Affairs

Contents 1 Name 2 Commencement 3 Authority 4 Definitions 5 Schedules 6 Language test requirements 7 Application of this instrument 8 Continued application of IMMI 18/032 Schedule 1—Repeals Migration (IMMI 18/032: Language Test Requirements —Subclass 482 Visa) Instrument 2018

1 Name This instrument is the Migration (Language Test Requirements for Subclass 482 Visa) Instrument 2024.

2 Commencement This instrument commences on 7 December 2024.

3 Authority This instrument is made under subclauses 482.222(1) and 482.232(1) of Schedule 2 to the Migration Regulations 1994.

4 Definitions Note: A number of expressions used in this instrument are defined in the Migration Regulations 1994, including the following: (a) AUD; (b) standard business sponsor. In this instrument: approved English language test: see subsection 6(3). exempt applicant means: (a) an applicant who is a citizen of, and who holds a valid passport issued by, one of the following countries: (i) Canada; (ii) New Zealand; (iii) the Republic of Ireland; (iv) the United Kingdom; (v) the United States of America; or (b) an applicant who has completed at least 5 years of full‑time study in a secondary education institution or higher education institution where the instruction was delivered in English; or (c) an applicant who has been nominated by a standard business sponsor in relation to an occupation that will be performed at: (i) a diplomatic or consular mission of another country; or (ii) an Office of the Authorities of Taiwan located in Australia; or (d) an applicant: (i) who has been nominated in relation to an occupation that requires the applicant to hold a licence, registration or membership to perform the occupation; and (ii) who has been granted that license, registration or membership; and (iii) who, for the purposes of the grant of that license, registration or membership, was required to demonstrate a level of English language proficiency that is equivalent to, or better than, the level of English language proficiency that is required to achieve the required test scores for an approved English language test that the applicant would have been required to achieve but for this paragraph; or (e) an applicant who: (i) is employed by a company operating an established business overseas; and (ii) is nominated by a standard business sponsor who is that company or an associated entity of that company; and (iii) will receive annual earnings of at least AUD96,400. full‑time study means: (a) in relation to a secondary education institution in a particular country—the standard number of contact hours that a student would undertake in that country; or (b) in relation to a higher education institution—the completion of at least 3 subjects in each semester or trimester of study. Regulations means the Migration Regulations 1994. required test scores for an approved English language test: see subsection 6(4). test component: each of the following is a test component of an approved English language test: (a) listening; (b) reading; (c) speaking; (d) writing.