Who publishes 858visa.com.au?
858visa.com.au is an information publisher: a guide to the 858 visa for applicants and nominators. Its purpose is to explain the government’s rules and documents in plain language, rather than give advice about a particular person’s case.
The site carries no advertising, affiliate links or paid listings, and links externally only to government and education sources. Australian Migration Lawyers is the addressed recipient of the enquiry form; this guide does not rank or review firms.
This guide publishes under the 858visa.com.au name. Australian Migration Lawyers is the sole addressed recipient for questions submitted through the site form. The guide makes no claim about an ownership, payment or referral relationship with that practice.
How 858visa.com.au sources and dates every fact
858visa.com.au sources and dates facts using four rules:
- Every figure carries the date it applies from.
- A value that cannot be settled from a primary source is not stated, and the page says it is not published.
- A value calculated from primary figures is introduced as “on the Department’s figures, about …”.
- A legal source takes precedence over a web page or form, and the page names the source it follows.
The table sets out which sources are used and how their dates are recorded.
| Source type | Used for | How it is dated |
|---|---|---|
| Migration Act 1958 and Migration Regulations 1994 compilations on legislation.gov.au | Criteria, invitation rule, review rights, section 48 and family members | By compilation date: Regulations in force 1 July 2026; Act in force 4 June 2026. |
| Ministerial Direction 120, published as a Home Affairs PDF | Priority order, sectors and assessment indicators | By commencement: 25 July 2026; no Federal Register of Legislation entry was found as at 3 October 2026. |
| Home Affairs web pages | Eligibility, EOI, fees, processing times and invitation rounds | By each page’s own “Last updated” stamp. |
| Home Affairs forms | Form 1000, Form 956, Form 956A and other forms | By the printed design date: for example, Form 1000 11/24 and Form 956 08/22. |
| State and territory government pages | State nomination programs | By the page’s modified date; if automated access was refused, by the archived copy’s date, stated as “as published on [date]”. |
| Fair Work Commission | The high income threshold used as a Direction 120 indicator | By its 1 July effective date. |
| Commonwealth Gazette and Administrative Review Tribunal | The migration review fee | By its 1 July effective date; an archived announcement also carries its capture date. |
For example, a Home Affairs news item and the Regulations give different commencement dates for the National Innovation visa. This site follows the Migration Amendment (National Innovation Visa) Regulations 2024: 6 December 2024. The Migration Regulations 1994 on legislation.gov.au are the source used for the current visa criteria.
Scheduled re-checks cover 1 July fee and indexed-threshold changes, a new Ministerial Direction, and each quarterly invitation-data update from Home Affairs. The Fair Work Commission’s high income threshold page supplies the threshold’s annual effective date; invitation-data updates are distinct from the monthly invitation rounds described by Home Affairs.
Where 858visa.com.au enquiries go
The 858 enquiry explains what an applicant or nominator should prepare. Its form accepts a question addressed to Australian Migration Lawyers and shows a reference only after email acceptance and status recording.
Advice about a person’s own visa case is immigration assistance. Section 280 of the Migration Act 1958, in the compilation in force 4 June 2026, restricts that assistance; section 280(3) exempts Australian legal practitioners giving assistance in connection with legal practice.
A lawyer can check eligibility, evidence consistency, missing documents and applicable deadlines before lodgement. That is a review process, not a prediction of an invitation or grant.
Australian Migration Lawyers is the addressed receiving practice. The site accepts enquiries but does not quote a consultation fee or promise a free first reply. Home Affairs’ “Visa scams: what you need to know” page states that no one can guarantee a visa or outcome.
What 858visa.com.au is not
- It is not a law firm, a migration practice or a government site.
- It does not assess eligibility or prepare an EOI, Form 1000 or visa application.
- It carries no advertising, affiliate links or paid listings.
- It does not rank or review lawyers, firms or “EOI services”; naming the enquiry recipient is not an endorsement.
- It does not cover other countries’ talent visas, job listings or career advice.
- It does not host government forms; it links to the Home Affairs copy.
Corrections and the 858 change log
Report a page error to support@webassetbuilders.com with the page address, disputed wording and relevant government source if you have one. Check the linked primary source for current rules.
Corrections are dated on the page they change and recorded in the 858 change log, so readers can see what changed and when.
The privacy and terms of use explain the enquiry form and its data handling.