Migration Regulations 1994 Specification of Student Visa Assessment Levels IMMI 07/014 (Cth)
Commonwealth of Australia
Migration Regulations 1994
STUDENT VISA ASSESSMENT LEVELS
(REGULATION 1.41)
I, KEVIN ANDREWS, Minister for Immigration and Citizenship, acting under regulations 1.17 and 1.41 of the Migration Regulations 1994 (‘the Regulations’):
1. REVOKE Instrument Number IMMI 05/063 signed on 12 October 2005 specifying an assessment level for a kind of eligible passport, in relation to each subclass of student visa, for the purposes of regulation 1.41 of the Regulations; AND
SPECIFY, in relation to an application for a student visa made on or after 14 May 2007, an assessment level for a kind of eligible passport, in relation to each subclass of student visa referred to in the Schedule to this Instrument, for the purposes of regulation 1.41 of the Regulations.
This Instrument, IMMI 07/014, commences on 14 May 2007.
Dated 13 April 2007
KEVIN ANDREWS
Minister for Immigration and Citizenship
[NOTE 1: Regulation 1.17 of the Migration Regulations 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: Subregulation 1.40(1) provides that for Division 1.8 of the Regulations, a passport is an eligible passport if it is a valid passport of a kind specified by Gazette Notice for this regulation; and the conditions (if any) specified by Gazette Notice for passports of that kind are satisfied.
NOTE 3: Subregulation 1.41(1) provides that the Minister must specify by Gazette Notice an assessment level for a kind of eligible passport, in relation to each subclass of student visa, to which an applicant for a student visa who seeks to satisfy the primary criteria will be subject, other than an applicant who is a person designated under regulation 2.07AO and applies for a Subclass 571 (Schools Sector) visa, a Subclass 572 (Vocational Education and Training Sector) visa, a Subclass 573 (Higher Education Sector) visa or a Subclass 574 (Postgraduate Research Sector) visa.
NOTE 4: Subregulation 1.41(4) provides that the assessment level specified for a kind of eligible passport must be a number from 1 to 5, with assessment level 1 specified for a passport, holders of which pose a very low risk and assessment level 5 specified for a passport, holders of which pose an extremely high risk, and is not required to be the same for each subclass of student visa.]
Schedule
| Subclass 570 Independent ELICOS Sector | ||||||
| Kind of eligible passport – Assessment level 1 | ||||||
| Andorra Austria Belgium Bahrain Brunei Canada Chile Denmark Estonia Finland France Germany Greece Hong Kong Special Administrative Regions of the People’s Republic of China Iceland | Italy Japan Kuwait Liechtenstein Luxembourg Macau Special Administrative Regions of the People’s Republic of China Malaysia Malta Mauritius Mexico Monaco Netherlands Norway Poland Portugal Republic of Ireland San Marino | Singapore Slovenia Spain Sweden Switzerland Taiwan United Kingdom [excluding British National (Overseas), British Dependent Territories Citizen, British Overseas Citizen, British Protected Person, British Subject] United Arab Emirates United States of America Vatican City State (Holy See) | ||||
| Kind of eligible passport – Assessment level 2 | ||||||
| Argentina | Hungary Indonesia Israel Latvia Lithuania New Caledonia New Zealand North Mariana Islands Oman Papua New Guinea | Paraguay Peru Puerto Rico Qatar Republic of Korea Romania Saudi Arabia Seychelles Slovak Republic South Africa St Kitts-Nevis St Lucia St Vincent and Grenadines Thailand Trinidad and Tobago Uruguay Venezuela | ||||
| Kind of eligible passport – Assessment level 3 | ||||||
| Bhutan Ecuador Fiji Ghana India Iran Jordan | Kenya | Solomon Islands Sri Lanka Tanzania Tonga Turkey Tuvalu Vietnam Western Samoa Zambia Zimbabwe All eligible passports not elsewhere specified | ||||
| Kind of eligible passport – Assessment level 4 | ||||||
| Bangladesh, Cambodia, Kingdom of | Lebanon | |||||
| Kind of eligible passport – Assessment level 5 | ||||||
| None specified | ||||||
Subclass 571 Schools Sector | ||||||
| Kind of eligible passport – Assessment level 1 | ||||||
| Andorra Austria Bahrain Belgium Brazil Brunei Canada Chile Czech Republic Denmark Estonia Finland France Germany Greece Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People’s Republic of China Hungary | Iceland Italy Japan Kuwait Liechtenstein Luxembourg Macau Special Administrative Region of the People’s Republic of China Malaysia Malta Mexico Monaco Netherlands Norway Peru Poland | Portugal Republic of Ireland Republic of Korea San Marino Singapore Slovak Republic Slovenia South Africa Spain Sweden Switzerland Taiwan United Arab Emirates United Kingdom [excluding British National (Overseas), British Dependent Territories Citizen, British Overseas Citizen, British Protected Person, British Subject] United States of America Vatican City State (Holy See) Venezuela | ||||
| Kind of eligible passport – Assessment level 2 | ||||||
| Afghanistan | India | Papua New Guinea | ||||
| Kind of eligible passport – Assessment level 3 | ||||||
| Bhutan Myanmar (Burma) Ecuador Fiji Ghana Iran Israel Jordan Kiribati | Laos Lebanon Mongolia Nauru Nepal Nigeria Pakistan Russian Federation Western Samoa Solomon Islands Sri Lanka Tanzania | Tonga Turkey Tuvalu Uruguay Vietnam All eligible passports not elsewhere specified | ||||
| Kind of eligible passport – Assessment level 4 | ||||||
| Cambodia, Kingdom of People’s Republic of China [excluding passports issued by the Special Administrative Regions of Hong Kong and Macau] | Bangladesh | |||||
| Kind of eligible passport – Assessment level 5 | ||||||
| None specified | ||||||
| Subclass 572 Vocational Education and Training Sector | ||||||
| Kind of eligible passport – Assessment level 1 | ||||||
| Andorra | Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People’s Republic of China Iceland Italy Japan Kuwait Liechtenstein Luxembourg Malaysia Malta Monaco Netherlands Norway Poland Portugal | Republic of Ireland San Marino Singapore Slovenia Spain Sweden Switzerland United Arab Emirates United Kingdom [excluding British National (Overseas), British Dependent Territories Citizen, British Overseas Citizen, British Protected Person, British Subject] United States of America Vatican City State (Holy See) | ||||
| Kind of eligible passport – Assessment level 2 | ||||||
| Argentina Bahamas Barbados Botswana Brazil Colombia Cyprus Czech Republic East Timor Egypt Grenada Guam Hungary Indonesia Israel | Latvia Lithuania Macau Special Administrative Region of the People’s Republic of China Maldives Mauritius Mexico New Caledonia New Zealand North Mariana Islands Oman Papua New Guinea Paraguay Peru | Puerto Rico Qatar Republic of Korea Romania Saudi Arabia Seychelles Slovak Republic South Africa St Kitts-Nevis St Lucia St Vincent & Grenadines Taiwan Thailand Trinidad and Tobago Uruguay Venezuela | ||||
| Kind of eligible passport – Assessment level 3 | ||||||
| Bhutan Ecuador Ghana Iran Jordan Kenya Kiribati | Laos Mongolia Myanmar (Burma) Nauru Nigeria Philippines Russian Federation Solomon Islands | Tanzania Tonga Turkey Tuvalu Vietnam Western Samoa Zambia Zimbabwe All eligible passports not elsewhere specified | ||||
| Kind of eligible passport – Assessment level 4 | ||||||
| Cambodia, Kingdom of People’s Republic of China [excluding passports issued by the Special Administrative Regions of Hong Kong and Macau] Fiji India | Bangladesh Lebanon Nepal Pakistan Sri Lanka | |||||
| Kind of eligible passport – Assessment level 5 | ||||||
| None specified | ||||||
| Subclass 573 Higher Education Sector | ||||||
| Kind of eligible passport – Assessment level 1 | ||||||
| Andorra Austria Bahamas Bahrain Barbados Belgium British National (Overseas) Brunei Canada Chile Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark Estonia Finland France Germany Greece | Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People’s Republic of China Hungary Iceland Italy Japan Kuwait Liechtenstein Luxembourg Macau Special Administrative Region of the People’s Republic of China Malaysia Malta Mauritius Mexico Monaco Netherlands Norway Peru | Poland Portugal Republic of Ireland San Marino Singapore Slovenia Spain Sweden Switzerland Taiwan United Arab Emirates United Kingdom [excluding British National (Overseas), British Dependent Territories Citizen, British Overseas Citizen, British Protected Person, British Subject] United States of America Vatican City State (Holy See) | ||||
| Kind of eligible passport – Assessment level 2 | ||||||
| Argentina Botswana Brazil Colombia East Timor Ecuador Egypt Grenada Guam Indonesia Israel Latvia | Lithuania Maldives New Caledonia New Zealand North Mariana Islands Oman Papua New Guinea Paraguay Philippines Puerto Rico Qatar | Republic of Korea Romania Saudi Arabia Seychelles Slovak Republic South Africa St Kitts-Nevis St Lucia St Vincent & Grenadines Thailand Trinidad and Tobago Uruguay Venezuela Vietnam Zimbabwe | ||||
| Kind of eligible passport – Assessment level 3 | ||||||
| Bhutan Fiji Ghana India Iran Jordan Kenya Kiribati | Laos Mongolia Myanmar (Burma) Nauru Nepal Nigeria Russian Federation Solomon Islands | Sri Lanka Tanzania Tonga Turkey Tuvalu Western Samoa Zambia All eligible passports not elsewhere specified | ||||
| Kind of eligible passport – Assessment level 4 | ||||||
| Cambodia, Kingdom of People’s Republic of China [excluding passports issued by the Special Administrative Regions of Hong Kong and Macau] | Bangladesh Lebanon Pakistan | |||||
| Kind of eligible passport – Assessment level 5 | ||||||
| None specified | ||||||
| Subclass 574 Postgraduate Research Sector | ||||||
| Kind of eligible passport – Assessment level 1 | ||||||
| Andorra | Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People’s Republic of China Hungary Iceland Italy Japan Kuwait Liechtenstein Luxembourg Malaysia Malta Mexico Monaco Netherlands Norway Peru Poland | Portugal | ||||
| Kind of eligible passport – Assessment level 2 | ||||||
| Colombia Cyprus Czech Republic East Timor Egypt Grenada Guam Indonesia Israel Lithuania | Latvia | Qatar Romania Russian Federation Saudi Arabia Seychelles St Kitts-Nevis St Lucia St Vincent & Grenadines Trinidad and Tobago Uruguay Zambia Zimbabwe | ||||
| Kind of eligible passport – Assessment level 3 | ||||||
| Bangladesh Bhutan Ecuador Fiji Ghana India Iran Jordan Kenya | Kiribati | Solomon Islands Sri Lanka Tanzania Tonga Turkey Tuvalu Western Samoa All eligible passports not elsewhere specified | ||||
| Kind of eligible passport – Assessment level 4 | ||||||
| Cambodia, Kingdom of People’s Republic of China [excluding passports issued by the Special Administrative Regions of Hong Kong and Macau] | ||||||
| Kind of eligible passport – Assessment level 5 | ||||||
| None specified | ||||||
| Subclass 575 Non-Award Sector | ||||||
| Kind of eligible passport – Assessment level 1 | ||||||
| Andorra | Italy Japan Kuwait Liechtenstein Luxembourg Malaysia Malta Mexico Monaco Netherlands Norway Peru Poland Portugal Republic of Ireland San Marino Singapore Slovenia South Africa | Spain Sweden Switzerland Taiwan United Kingdom [excluding British National (Overseas), British Dependent Territories Citizen, British Overseas Citizen, British Protected Person, British Subject] United Arab Emirates United States of America Vatican City State (Holy See) | ||||
| Kind of eligible passport – Assessment level 2 | ||||||
| Bahamas | Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People’s Republic of China Indonesia Israel Latvia Lithuania Macau Special Administrative Region of the People’s Republic of China Mauritius New Caledonia New Zealand North Mariana Islands Oman Papua New Guinea Paraguay | Philippines | ||||
| Kind of eligible passport – Assessment level 3 | ||||||
| Bangladesh | Kenya | Solomon Islands Sri Lanka Tanzania Tonga Turkey Tuvalu Uruguay Vietnam Western Samoa Zambia Zimbabwe All eligible passports not elsewhere specified | ||||
| Kind of eligible passport – Assessment level 4 | ||||||
| Cambodia, Kingdom of People’s Republic of China [excluding passports issued by the Special Administrative Regions of Hong Kong and Macau] | Laos | |||||
| Kind of eligible passport – Assessment level 5 | ||||||
| None specified | ||||||
| Subclass 576 AusAID or Defence Sector | ||||||
| Kind of eligible passport | Assessment level | |||||
| None specified | Assessment level 1 | |||||
| All eligible passports | Assessment level 2 | |||||
| None specified | Assessment level 3 | |||||
| None specified | Assessment level 4 | |||||
| None specified | Assessment level 5 | |||||
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