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This instrument is the Migration (Specification of Degrees) Instrument (LIN 24/048) 2024.
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Specifies which tertiary qualifications count for subclause 485.231(1) of the Migration Regulations: named bachelor, honours, graduate diploma, master's and doctoral awards when conferred at Australian Qualifications Framework level 7 or higher. It repeals the 2023 specification and confirms that amendments in LIN 24/086 apply only to visa applications made on or after that instrument’s commencement. Visa applicants must meet the clarified qualification test and visa decision-makers pick up the compliance and document‑checking burden (see ss5–7).
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This instrument is the Migration (Specification of Degrees) Instrument (LIN 24/048) 2024.
This instrument is made under subclause 485.231(1) of Schedule 2 to the Migration Regulations 1994.
In this instrument:
Australian Qualifications Framework has the same meaning as in the Higher Education Support Act 2003.
Regulations means the Migration Regulations 1994.
For the purposes of subclause 485.231(1) of Schedule 2 to the Regulations, each degree is specified as follows, where that degree is awarded as a qualification at level 7 or higher of the Australian Qualifications Framework: (a) bachelor degree; (b) bachelor honours degree; (d) graduate diploma; (e) masters degree (research); (f) masters degree (coursework); (g) masters degree (extended); (h) doctoral degree (research); (i) doctoral degree (professional); (j) higher doctoral degree.
Migration (Specification under clause 485.231—Qualifications) Instrument (LIN 23/023) 2023 (F2023L00335) is repealed
The amendments made by the Migration Legislation Amendment (Graduate Visas No. 2) Instrument (LIN 24/086) 2024 apply in relation to an application for a visa made on or after the commencement of that instrument.
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This instrument is the Migration (Specification of Degrees) Instrument (LIN 24/048) 2024.
This instrument is made under subclause 485.231(1) of Schedule 2 to the Migration Regulations 1994.
In this instrument:
Australian Qualifications Framework has the same meaning as in the Higher Education Support Act 2003.
Regulations means the Migration Regulations 1994.
For the purposes of subclause 485.231(1) of Schedule 2 to the Regulations, each degree is specified as follows, where that degree is awarded as a qualification at level 7 or higher of the Australian Qualifications Framework: (a) bachelor degree; (b) bachelor honours degree; (d) graduate diploma; (e) masters degree (research); (f) masters degree (coursework); (g) masters degree (extended); (h) doctoral degree (research); (i) doctoral degree (professional); (j) higher doctoral degree.
Migration (Specification under clause 485.231—Qualifications) Instrument (LIN 23/023) 2023 (F2023L00335) is repealed
The amendments made by the Migration Legislation Amendment (Graduate Visas No. 2) Instrument (LIN 24/086) 2024 apply in relation to an application for a visa made on or after the commencement of that instrument.