{"id":16309,"date":"2025-09-09T18:40:33","date_gmt":"2025-09-09T18:40:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/educli.com\/resources\/?p=16309"},"modified":"2026-03-02T03:01:42","modified_gmt":"2026-03-02T03:01:42","slug":"review-tribunal-a-big-change-is-coming","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.educli.com\/resources\/review-tribunal-a-big-change-is-coming\/","title":{"rendered":"Review Tribunal: A big change is coming!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The <em>Administrative Review Tribunal and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2025 <\/em>&nbsp;<strong>introduced on<\/strong> 3 September 2025 (House of Reps) proposes a significant shift in how certain <strong>temporary visa<\/strong> reviews will be handled.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Proposed changes for student visas<\/strong> (and potentially other temporary visas like visitor visas) are that applications for review will be decided <strong>\u201con the papers provided\u201d<\/strong>, which means without an in-person or 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