EXPLANATORY STATEMENT

Migration Regulations 1994

eVISITOR - ELIGIBLE PASSPORTS

(REGULATION 1.11C)

1. This Instrument is made under paragraph 1.11C of the Migration Regulations 1994 (‘the Regulations’).

2.                  Regulation 1.11C provides that a passport is an eVisitor-eligible passport.  A passport in relation to an application for a visa if it is a valid passport of a kind specified by the Minister in an instrument in writing as an eVisitor-eligible passport, and the conditions (if any) specified in the instrument are satisfied in relation to that application.

3.                  The purpose of the Instrument is to specify each of the kinds of passports that are eVisitor-eligible passports, in relation to the case of an application made for a eVisitor visa by an applicant.

4.                  The Instrument operates to inform applicants for a visa about which kinds of passports are eVisitor-eligible passports in relation to an application for a eVisitor visa.

5.                  Pursuant to subsection 17(2) of the Legislative Instruments Act 2003 consultation was undertaken with the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade and the Department of Resources, Energy and Tourism.

6. This Instrument, IMMI 08/100, commences on 27 October 2008.