Migration Regulations 1994 Specification under regulation 2.40(1)(n) Transit Passengers who are eligible for a Special Purpose Visa February 2010 (Cth)

Commonwealth of Australia

Migration Act 1958

Migration Regulations 1994

TRANSIT PASSENGERS WHO ARE ELIGIBLE FOR A SPECIAL PURPOSE VISA)

I, CHRIS EVANS, Minister for Immigration and Citizenship, acting under paragraph 2.40(l)(n) of the Migration Regulations 1994 (‘the Regulations’);

1. REVOKE the Instrument signed on 13 October 2005 specifying transit passengers for the purposes of paragraph 2.40(1)(n) of the Regulations; AND

1. 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 09/064, commences on the day after registration on the Federal Register of Legislative Instruments. 

Dated 4 February 2010

CHRIS EVANS

Minister for Immigration and Citizenship

[NOTE 1: Regulation 2.40(1)(n) of the Regulations provides that transit passengers who belong to a class of persons specified by Gazette Notice are prescribed as having a Special Purpose Visa for the purposes of section 33(2)(a) of the Migration Act1958.]

SCHEDULE

(a)       Citizens of the following foreign countries:

Andorra	Italy	Republic of South Africa
Argentina	Japan	Republic of Marshall Islands
Austria	Kiribati	Samoa
Belgium	Latvia	San Marino
Brunei	Liechtenstein	Singapore
Canada	Lithuania	Slovakia
Cyprus	Luxembourg	Slovenia
Czech Republic	Malaysia	Solomon Islands
Denmark	Malta	South Korea
Estonia	Mexico	Spain
Federated States of Micronesia	Monaco	Sweden
Fiji	Nauru	Switzerland
Finland	Netherlands	Thailand
France	New Zealand	Tonga
Germany	Norway	Tuvalu
Greece	Palau	United Arab Emirates
Hungary	Papua New Guinea	United Kingdom (including its colonies)
Iceland	Philippines	United States of America
Indonesia	Poland	Vanuatu
Ireland	Portugal	Vatican

(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	Jordan	Republic of Yemen
Algeria	Kuwait	Russian Federation
Angola	Lebanon	Saudi Arabia
Bahrain	Libya	Sierra Leone
Bosnia and Herzegovina	Madagascar	Somalia
Comoros	Mauritania	Sudan
Democratic People’s Republic of Korea	Morocco	Syria
Egypt	Oman	Tunisia
Iran	Pakistan	Zimbabwe
Iraq	Qatar