Extension of Public Interest Criterion 4020 Fraud Exclusion Period (Regulations 2017 Measures No. 4)

Policy effect

Amended Public Interest Criterion 4020 of the Migration Regulations 1994 to expand the lookback and exclusion period for providing false or misleading information from 12 months to 10 years, applying in relation to an application for a visa made on or after 18 November 2017.

Conditions and exceptions

Validated condition or limit: Amended Public Interest Criterion 4020 of the Migration Regulations 1994 to expand the lookback and exclusion period for providing false or misleading information from 12 months to 10 years, applying in relation to an application for a visa made on or after 18 November 2017.

Official source excerpt

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

111 Paragraph 4020(1)(b) of Schedule 4 Omit “in the period of 12 months”, substitute “, or applied for, in the period of 10 years”. … (1) The amendments of Schedules 1, 2 and 4 to these Regulations made by Schedule 2 to the Migration Legislation Amendment (2017 Measures No. 4) Regulations 2017 apply in relation to an application for a visa made on or after 18 November 2017.

Review method

Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite extraction with independent Gemini 3.8 Flash verification

Other Australia changes operative in 2017

• 2017-01-01Qualifying residence exemption narrowed to referred-stay visa holders
• 2017-03-21Proportional financial evidence for student and guardian stays under twelve months
• 2017-07-01Creation of Subclass 189 Skilled - Independent (New Zealand Stream) and Lowering Points-Tested Age Ceiling