Section 48 of the Australian Migration Act has long been the bane of many a visa hopeful's dreams. Essentially, the section says that if your visa application is refused, you are barred from applying for any other prescribed visa until you have left Australia (with a few exceptions). Typically, refused applicants would have simply left Australia and applied for another visa, but Covid has made such trips difficult if not dangerous. In response to this predicament, the Australian Government has amended section 48 (s48) to allow onshore applicants to lodge applications for three popular skilled visas, even if they have already been refused another application.
The visas that can now be applied for after refusal are:
- 491 Visa - Skilled Work Regional (Provisional) visa
- 494 visa - Skilled Employer Sponsored Regional (Provisional) visa
- 190 Visa Skilled Nominated visa
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