Migration Regulations 1994 Specification of Transit Passengers Who Are Eligible For A Special Purpose Visa 2015 IMMI 15/057 (Cth)
Commonwealth of Australia
Migration Regulations 1994
TRANSIT PASSENGERS WHO ARE ELIGIBLE FOR A SPECIAL PURPOSE VISA 2015
(Paragraph 2.40(1)(n))
I, PETER DUTTON, Minister for Immigration and Border Protection, acting under paragraph 2.40(l)(n) of the Migration Regulations 1994 (the Regulations):
REVOKE Instrument number IMMI 14/090 (F2014L01322) signed on 2 October 2014, specifying transit passengers who are eligible for a Special Purpose Visa; AND
SPECIFY each class of persons, specified in clauses (a) to (d) of the Schedule to this Instrument, as a class of persons for the purposes of paragraph 2.40(1)(n) of the Regulations.
This Instrument, IMMI 15/057, commences on 18 April 2015.
Dated: 18 May 2015
Peter Dutton
Minister for Immigration and Border Protection
SCHEDULE
(a)Citizens of the following foreign countries:
| Andorra | Japan | Romania |
| Argentina | Kiribati | Samoa |
| Austria | Latvia | San Marino |
| Belgium | Liechtenstein | Singapore |
| Brunei | Lithuania | Slovakia |
| Canada | Luxembourg | Slovenia |
| Chile | Malaysia | Solomon Islands |
| Croatia | Malta | South Africa |
| Cyprus | Marshall Islands | South Korea |
| Czech Republic | Mexico | Spain |
| Denmark | Monaco | Sweden |
| Estonia | Nauru | Switzerland |
| Federated States of Micronesia | Netherlands | Thailand |
| Fiji | New Zealand | Tonga |
| Finland | Norway | Tuvalu |
| France | Palau | United Arab Emirates |
| Germany | Oman | United Kingdom (including its colonies) |
| Greece | Papua New Guinea | United States of America |
| Hungary | Philippines | Uruguay |
| Iceland | Poland | Vanuatu |
| Indonesia | Portugal | Vatican |
| Ireland | Qatar | |
| Italy | Republic of Bulgaria |
(b) Residents of Hong Kong holding Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) passports or British National Overseas (BNO) passports.
(c) Residents of Taiwan holding a passport issued by the authorities of Taiwan (other than passports purported to be official or diplomatic passports).
(d) Diplomatic passport holders, excluding holders of:
i.Arab Non-National Passports; and
ii.Diplomatic passports from the following foreign countries:
| Afghanistan | Jordan | Russian Federation |
| Algeria | Kuwait | Saudi Arabia |
| Angola | Lebanon | Sierra Leone |
| Bahrain | Libya | Somalia |
| Comoros | Madagascar | Sudan |
| Democratic People’s Republic of Korea | Mauritania | Syria |
| Egypt | Morocco | Tunisia |
| Iran | Pakistan | Zimbabwe |
| Iraq | Republic of Yemen |
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