Asylum seekers arriving by boat will be banned from ever applying for Australian visas under harsh new immigration measures.

The new laws will block any adults who has been sent to Manus Island or Nauru since July 19, 2013, from obtaining a visa of any kind, even as a tourist or genuine refugees.

The ban, which excludes children, is reportedly set to be introduced into parliament next week, reports Herald Sun.

Asylum seekers sent to Manus Island (pictured) or Nauru since July 19, 2013, will be banned from ever applying for Australian visas

Immigration Minister Peter Dutton said the new laws send a stronger message than former Prime Minister Kevin Rudd's 2013 ruling that asylum seekers arriving without visas will never be resettled.

'The government has consistently said no one who attempts to enter Australia illegally by boat will ever settle here. This puts into law that crucial aspect which has been central to stopping the boats and stopping deaths at sea.

'It sends a further clear and consistent message to people smugglers that the government's resolve on protecting Australia's borders is as strong as it has ever been.'

The government is hoping the visa ban will help negotiations with other countries to resettle hundreds of refugees held on Manus Island, which is set to be shut down.

The laws will overrule the 1958 Migration Act to prevent illegal boat arrivals taken to a regional processing country from ever making a applying for Australian visas.

The laws come after Asylum seekers Australia sent to Papua New Guinea had a Supreme Court application to have them returned to Australia and compensated for being illegally detained rejected on technical grounds.