Migration Regulations 1994 Specification of ETA-Eligible Passports December 2003 (Cth)

Commonwealth of Australia

Migration Act 1958

Migration Regulations 1994

SPECIFICATION OF ETA-ELIGIBLE PASSPORTS

I, AMANDA VANSTONE, Minister for Immigration and Multicultural and Indigenous Affairs, acting under regulations 1.17 and 1.11B of the Migration Regulations 1994 ("the Regulations"):

1. REVOKE the Gazette Notice made for the purposes of regulation 1.11B signed on 10 June 2002;

1. SPECIFY for subregulation 1.11B(1) of the Regulations, each of the kinds of passport set out in column 2 in the Schedule as an ETA-eligible passport in relation to an application for a visa if the conditions (if any) set out in column 3 for passports of that kind are satisfied in relation to that application; and

1. SPECIFY for subregulation 1.11B(2) of the Regulations, each of the kinds of passport set out in column 2 in the schedule as an ETA-eligible passport in relation to each subclass of visa specified in column 4 in the schedule.

This notice has effect from 1 January 2004.

Dated 31 December 2003.

AMANDA VANSTONE

Minister for Immigration and Multicultural and Indigenous Affairs

[NOTE 1:      Subregulation 1.11B(1) provides that a passport is an ETA-eligible passport in relation to an application for a visa if it is a valid passport of a kind specified by Gazette Notice as an ETA-eligible passport and if the conditions (if any) specified by Gazette Notice for passports of that kind are satisfied in relation to that application.

NOTE 2:       Subregulation 1.11B(2) provides that a passport is an ETA-eligible passport in relation to a visa of a particular Subclass if it is an ETA-eligible passport in accordance with subregulation (1) and it is specified by Gazette Notice to be an ETA-eligible passport for that Subclass.]

SCHEDULE

Column 1	Column 2	Column 3	Column 4
Item	Kind of Passport	Conditions	Subclass
1.	Andorra	Passport must indicate that the applicant is a national of Andorra	457, 956, 976, 977
2.	Austria	Passport must indicate that the applicant is a national of Austria	457, 956, 976, 977
3.	Belgium	Passport must indicate that the applicant is a national of Belgium	457, 956, 976, 977
4.	Brunei	Passport must indicate that the applicant is a national of Brunei	457, 956, 976, 977
5.	Canada	Passport must indicate that the applicant is a national of Canada	457, 956, 976, 977
6.	Denmark	Passport must indicate that the applicant is a national of Denmark	457, 956, 976, 977
7.	Finland	Passport must indicate that the applicant is a national of Finland	457, 956, 976, 977
8.	France	Passport must indicate that the applicant is a national of France	457, 956, 976, 977
9.	Germany	Passport must indicate that the applicant is a national of Germany	457, 956, 976, 977
10.	Greece	Passport must indicate that the applicant is a national of Greece	457, 956, 976, 977
11.	Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, People’s Republic of China	Nil	457, 956, 976, 977
12.	Iceland	Passport must indicate that the applicant is a national of Iceland	457, 956, 976, 977
13.	Republic of Ireland	Passport must indicate that the applicant is a national of the Republic of Ireland	457, 956, 976, 977
14.	Italy	Passport must indicate that the applicant is a national of Italy	457, 956, 976, 977
15.	Japan	Passport must indicate that the applicant is a national of Japan	457, 956, 976, 977
16.	Republic of Korea	Passport must indicate that the applicant is a national of the Republic of Korea	457, 956, 976, 977

17.	Liechtenstein	Passport must indicate that the applicant is a national of Liechtenstein	457, 956, 976, 977
18.	Luxembourg	Passport must indicate that the applicant is a national of Luxembourg	457, 956, 976, 977
19.	Malaysia	Passport must indicate that the applicant is a national of Malaysia	457, 956, 976, 977
20.	Malta	Passport must indicate that the applicant is a national of Malta	457, 956, 976, 977
21.	Monaco	Passport must indicate that the applicant is a national of Monaco	457, 956, 976, 977
22.	The Netherlands	Passport must indicate that the applicant is a national of The Netherlands	457, 956, 976, 977
23.	Norway	Passport must indicate that the applicant is a national of Norway	457, 956, 976, 977
24.	Portugal	Passport must indicate that the applicant is a national of Portugal	457, 956, 976, 977
25.	Republic of San Marino	Passport must indicate that the applicant is a national of the Republic of San Marino	457, 956, 976, 977
26.	Singapore	Passport must indicate that the applicant is a national of Singapore	457, 956, 976, 977
27.	Spain	Passport must indicate that the applicant is a national of Spain	457, 956, 976, 977
28.	Switzerland	Passport must indicate that the applicant is a national of Switzerland	457, 956, 976, 977
29.	Sweden	Passport must indicate that the applicant is a national of Sweden	457, 956, 976, 977
30.	Passports issued by the authorities of Taiwan	Passports must not purport to be official passports or diplomatic passports.	457, 956, 976, 977
31.	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	Passports must indicate that the applicant’s nationality is British Citizen or British National (Overseas)	457, 956, 976, 977
32.	United States of America	Passport must indicate that the applicant is a national of the United States of America	457, 956, 976, 977
33.	Vatican City	Nil	457, 956, 976, 977