Effective from 1 October 2025, the Department of Home Affairs has brought into effect two important legislative instruments that introduce updated rules for Complying Investments and the Disclosure of Information to Prescribed Bodies, ensuring continuity, clarity, and consistency in visa assessment and information-sharing processes.
Complying Investments
The Migration (Complying Investments) Instrument 2025 repeals and replaces IMMI 15/100. This instrument is remade in substantially the same form and requirements as its predecessor, it ensures consistent assessment criteria for:
- Existing Subclass 188 (Business Innovation and Investment) visa applications
- Existing and future Subclass 888 (Business Innovation and Investment – Permanent) visa applications
No substantive changes have been made — only a continuation of existing rules to provide stability for current and future applicants.
Disclosure of Information to Prescribed Bodies
The Migration (Disclosure of Information to Prescribed Bodies) Instrument 2025 replaces IMMI 15/066. This updated instrument outlines the prescribed bodies to which authorised officers may disclose identifying information under regulation 5.34D of the Migration Regulations. While it introduces no major changes, it:
- Updates names of bodies that have been renamed
- Removes references to organisations that no longer exist
- Modernises drafting for clarity and readability
No new bodies have been added to the list of prescribed entities.
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LIN 25/066-Migration (Complying Investments) Instrument 2025
LIN 25/075-Migration (Disclosure of Information to Prescribed Bodies) Instrument 2025