Migration Regulations 1994 Specification under paragraph 2.25A(1)(b) Specification of Countries October 2011 (Cth)

Commonwealth of Australia

Migration Regulations 1994

SPECIFICATION OF COUNTRIES

(PARAGRAPH 2.25A(1)(b))

I, CHRIS BOWEN, Minister for Immigration and Citizenship, acting under paragraph 2.25A(1)(b) of the Migration Regulations 1994 (‘the Regulations) hereby

1.         REVOKE Instrument number IMMI 08/013 signed on 26 May 2008; and

1. SPECIFY the countries listed in the attached Schedule A for the purposes of regulation 2.25A(1)(b) of the Regulations.

This instrument, IMMI 11/072 commences on 5 November 2011.

Dated 31 October  2011

Chris Bowen

Minister for Immigration and Citizenship

[NOTE 1:            Regulation 2.25A(1)(b) provides that in determining whether an applicant satisfies the criteria for the grant of a visa, the Minister must seek the opinion of a Medical Officer of the Commonwealth on whether a person meets certain requirements of Schedule 4 unless the application is for a permanent visa that is made from a country (whether Australia or a foreign country) that is a country specified by Gazette Notice for the purposes of this paragraph and there is no information known to Immigration (either through the application or otherwise) to the effect that the person may not meet any of those requirements.

NOTE 2:             Regulation 1.03 provides that Hong Kong means Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People’s Republic of China.]

SCHEDULE A

Argentina	Iran	Paraguay
Australia	Ireland	People’s Republic of China
Austria	Israel	Philippines
Bahrain	Italy	Poland
Belgium	Japan	Portugal
Brazil	Jordan	Russian Federation
Brunei	Korea	Saudi Arabia
Cambodia	Kuwait	Serbia
Canada	Latvia	Singapore
Costa Rica	Lebanon	Slovakia
Czech Republic	Liechtenstein	Slovenia
Denmark	Lithuania	South Africa
Estonia	Luxembourg	Spain
Finland	Macau	Sri Lanka
France	Malaysia	Sweden
French Guiana	Malta	Switzerland
Germany	Mauritius	Taiwan
Greece	Mexico	Thailand
Guatemala	Monaco	Tonga
Guyana	Namibia	Turkey
Honduras	Netherlands	Ukraine
Hong Kong	New Caledonia	United Arab Emirates
Hungary	New Zealand	United Kingdom
Iceland	Norway	United States of America
India	Panama	Uruguay