Migration Regulations 1994 Specification of Transit Passengers who are Eligible for a Special Purpose Visa IMMI 13/053 (Cth)
Commonwealth of Australia
Migration Regulations 1994
TRANSIT PASSENGERS WHO ARE ELIGIBLE FOR A SPECIAL PURPOSE VISA
(Paragraph 2.40(1)(n))
I, BRENDAN O’CONNOR, Minister for Immigration and Citizenship, acting under paragraph 2.40(l)(n) of the Migration Regulations 1994 (‘the Regulations’):
REVOKE Instrument number IMMI 12/072, signed on 7 June 2012 specifying transit passengers for the purposes of paragraph 2.40(1)(n) of the Regulations; 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 13/053, commences on 1 July 2013.
Dated May 24 2013
Brendan O’Connor
Minister for Immigration and Citizenship
SCHEDULE
(a) Citizens of the following foreign countries:
| Andorra | Japan | Republic of South Africa |
| Argentina | Kiribati | Republic of Marshall Islands |
| Austria | Latvia | Samoa |
| Belgium | Liechtenstein | San Marino |
| Brunei | Lithuania | Singapore |
| Canada | Luxembourg | Slovakia |
| Cyprus | Malaysia | Slovenia |
| Czech Republic | Malta | Solomon Islands |
| Denmark | Mexico | South Korea |
| Estonia | Monaco | Spain |
| Federated States of Micronesia | Nauru | Sweden |
| Fiji | Netherlands | Switzerland |
| Finland | New Zealand | Thailand |
| France | Norway | Tonga |
| Germany | Palau | Tuvalu |
| Greece | Oman | United Arab Emirates |
| Hungary | Papua New Guinea | United Kingdom (including its colonies) |
| Iceland | Philippines | United States of America |
| Indonesia | Poland | Vanuatu |
| Ireland | Portugal | Vatican |
| Italy | Qatar |
(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:
Arab Non-National Passports; and
Diplomatic passports from the following foreign countries:
| Afghanistan | Iraq | Republic of Yemen |
| Algeria | Jordan | Russian Federation |
| Angola | Kuwait | Saudi Arabia |
| Bahrain | Lebanon | Sierra Leone |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | Libya | Somalia |
| Comoros | Madagascar | Sudan |
| Democratic People’s Republic of Korea | Mauritania | Syria |
| Egypt | Morocco | Tunisia |
| Iran | Pakistan | Zimbabwe |
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