Migration Regulations 1994 Specification of Types of Courses for Student Visas IMMI 05/055 (Cth)

Commonwealth of Australia

Migration Act 1958

Migration Regulations 1994

SPECIFICATION OF TYPES OF COURSES FOR THE PURPOSES OF REGULATION 1.40A OF THE MIGRATION REGULATIONS 1994

I, AMANDA VANSTONE, Minister for Immigration and Multicultural and Indigenous Affairs, acting under regulation 1.17 and 1.40A of the Migration Regulations 1994 (‘the Regulations’) hereby:

1. REVOKE the notice signed on 31 August 2004 specifying types of courses for the purposes of regulation 1.40A of the Regulations; and

1. SPECIFY, for the purposes of regulation 1.40A, in relation to an application for a student visa made on or after 1 July 2005, the types of courses set out in Schedule 1 to this notice for the corresponding visa subclass set out in that Schedule.

This notice takes effect on and from 1 July 2005.

Dated 20 June 2005.

AMANDA VANSTONE

Minister for Immigration and Multicultural and Indigenous Affairs

[NOTE 1: Regulation 1.17 of the Regulations provides 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:   Regulation 1.40A provides the Minister must specify by Gazette Notice the types of courses for each subclass of student visa, except Subclass 576 (AusAID or Defence Sector).]

Schedule 1

Note: Schedule 1 applies to applications for a student visa made on or after 1 July 2005.

VISA SUBCLASS	TYPES OF COURSES
Subclass 570 Independent ELICOS Sector	Non-Award ELICOS Certificate I in ELICOS Certificate II in ELICOS Certificate III in ELICOS Certificate IV in ELICOS
Subclass 571 Schools Sector	Primary School Secondary School (including Junior Secondary and Senior Secondary) Secondary Exchange Programs
Subclass 572 Vocational Education and Training Sector	Certificate I, II, III and IV, other than ELICOS Diploma Advanced Diploma Certificate Advanced Certificate Associate Diploma Vocational Graduate Certificate Vocational Graduate Diploma
Subclass 573 Higher Education Sector	Bachelor Degree Graduate Certificate Graduate Diploma Associate Degree Masters by Coursework
Subclass 574 Postgraduate Research Sector	Masters by Research Doctoral Degree
Subclass 575 Non-Award Sector	Full time courses other than ELICOS not leading to an Australian award