(1) Despite anything in Schedule 2 to these Regulations, a visa to which subregulation (2), (3) or (4) of this regulation applies is a temporary visa permitting the holder to travel to, enter and remain in Australia until 6 months after the original end date of the visa.
(2) This subregulation applies to a visa, at and after the end of 23 February 2022, if:
(a) the visa is any of the following visas:
(i) a Subclass 400 (Temporary Work (Short Stay Specialist)) visa;
(ii) a Subclass 408 (Temporary Activity) visa;
(iii) a Subclass 457 (Temporary Work (Skilled)) visa;
(iv) a Subclass 482 (Temporary Skill Shortage) visa;
(v) a Subclass 485 (Temporary Graduate) visa;
(vi) a Subclass 500 (Student) visa; and
(b) on the date of grant of the visa, the person to whom the visa was granted held a valid passport issued by Ukraine; and
(c) the original end date of the visa is:
(i) on or after 23 February 2022; and
(i) the person is in Australia; and
(3) This subregulation applies to a visa held by a person if:
(a) the visa was granted to the person on or before 23 February 2022 on the basis that the person satisfied the secondary criteria for the grant of the visa as a member of the family unit of a person who holds a visa (the primary visa ) of the same subclass granted on the basis of satisfying the primary criteria for the grant of the visa; and
(b) subregulation (2) or (4) applies to the primary visa.
(a) a visa (the secondary visa ) was granted to a person on or before 23 February 2022 on the basis that the person satisfied the secondary criteria for the grant of the visa as a member of the family unit of the person who holds a visa (the primary visa ) of the same subclass granted on the basis of satisfying the primary criteria for the grant of the visa; and
(b) subregulation (2) applies to the secondary visa;
then this subregulation applies to the primary visa.
(5) For the purposes of this regulation, the original end date of a visa mentioned in column 1 of an item of the following table is the day mentioned in column 2 of the item.
Original end dates | ||
Item | Column 1 Visa | Column 2 Original end date |
1 | a visa not covered by another item of this table | the last day on which, disregarding this regulation, the holder of the visa can travel to, enter and remain in Australia under the visa |
2 | Subclass 400 (Temporary Work (Short Stay Specialist)) visa | the last day of the period mentioned in paragraph 400.511(b) of Schedule 2 in relation to the visa |
3 | Subclass 408 (Temporary Activity) visa | the day that, disregarding this regulation, is the last day of the relevant period of stay mentioned in clause 408.511 of Schedule 2 |