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Subclass 189 (New Zealand Stream) Income Threshold & Exemptions

Validated finding · five-country-2010-20260922-v118-evidence-presentation-fix

CountryAustralia
Operative dateDecember 11, 2020
CategoryPermanent residence
Policy toolIncome threshold & exemption specification
Affected groupSubclass 189 (skilled-independent) (new zealand stream) visa applicants

Policy effect

Specified minimum taxable income amounts for the Subclass 189 (Skilled – Independent) New Zealand stream for the 2019-20 income year and prior years, and specified classes of exempt applicants along with required evidence.

Conditions and exceptions

Validated condition or limit: Specified minimum taxable income amounts for the Subclass 189 (Skilled – Independent) New Zealand stream for the 2019-20 income year and prior years, and specified classes of exempt applicants along with required evidence.

Official source excerpt

Quoted verbatim from the official source below. Ellipses indicate omitted text.

For paragraph 189.233(1)(a) of Schedule 2 to the Regulations, the minimum amount of income for an income year mentioned in column 1 for an item of the following table, is specified in column 2 for that item. … For subparagraph 189.233(1)(b)(i) of Schedule 2 to the Regulations, an applicant is a member of a class of exempt applicants if the applicant: (a) could not meet the income requirement for any period in the 5 years immediately before the date of application; and (b) is of a kind mentioned in an item in column 1 of the table in Schedule 1.
Australian Federal Register of LegislationOpen official source
Retrieved from https://www.legislation.gov.au/F2020L01553/asmade/2020-12-01/text/original/pdf

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