Migration Regulations 1994 Specification of a Class of Persons IMMI 05/40 (Cth)

Commonwealth of Australia

Migration Act 1958

Migration Regulations 1994

SPECIFICATION OF CLASS OF PERSONS WHO MAY APPLY IN A SPECIFIED FOREIGN COUNTRY FOR A WORKING HOLIDAY VISA

I, AMANDA VANSTONE, Minister for Immigration and Multicultural and Indigenous Affairs, acting under regulation 1.17 and paragraph 417.211(3)(b) of Schedule 2 of the Migration Regulations 1994 (‘the Regulations’), hereby: 

1. REVOKE the Gazette Notice signed on 5 August 2004 specifying passports for the purposes of paragraph 417.211(3)(b) of Schedule 2 of the Regulations; AND

1. SPECIFY as a class of persons for the purposes of paragraph 417.211(3)(b) of Schedule 2 of the Regulations, each person holding the kind of passport specified in column 2 of Schedule A, subject to satisfying the conditions, if any, in column 3 of Schedule A for passports of that kind, and subject to the person lodging their application for a Subclass 417 (Working Holiday) visa in the foreign country specified in column 4 of Schedule A.

This notice has effect from 1 July 2005.

Dated               28  June           2005

AMANDA VANSTONE

Minister for Immigration and Multicultural and Indigenous Affairs

[NOTE 1:         Regulation 1.17 provides that the Minister may, by notice published in the Gazette, specify matters required by individual provisions of the Regulations to be specified for the purposes of those provisions.

NOTE 2: Paragraph 417.211(3)(b) of Schedule 2 of the Regulations, provides that to make an application for a Working Holiday visa the applicant is a member of a class of persons, specified by Gazette Notice, however the application may only be made in the foreign country specified in the Notice for that class of persons.]

SCHEDULE A

Column 1 Item	Column 2 Kind of Passport	Column 3 Conditions	Column 4 Foreign Country
1	Germany	Passport must indicate that the applicant is a national of Germany	Germany
2	Japan	Passport must indicate that the applicant is a national of Japan	Japan
3	Malta	Passport must indicate that the applicant is a national of Malta	Malta
4	Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, People’s Republic of China	Nil	Hong Kong
5	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	Passport must indicate that the applicant’s nationality is British National (Overseas)	Hong Kong
6	The Republic of Cyprus	Passport must indicate that the applicant is a national of the Republic of Cyprus	Cyprus
7	Passports issued by the authorities of Taiwan	Passport must not purport to be an official or diplomatic passport	Taiwan
8	The Republic of Korea	Passport must indicate that the applicant is a national of the Republic of Korea	Korea