EXPLANATORY STATEMENT
Migration Regulations 1994
eVISITOR - ELIGIBLE PASSPORTS
(REGULATION 1.11C)
- 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 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.
3. The purpose of the Instrument is to specify the kinds of passports that are eVisitor-eligible passports, in relation to an application made for an eVisitor visa by an applicant. In particular, this instrument restricts the category of United Kingdom passports to those held by citizens of the United Kingdom, that is it excludes British National (Overseas), British Dependent Territories Citizen, British Overseas Citizen, British Protected Person and British Subject passport holders.
4. The Instrument operates to inform applicants which kinds of passports are eVisitor-eligible passports in relation to an application for an eVisitor visa and to specify conditions in relation to those passports.
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 08/106, commences on the day after registration on the Federal Register of Legislative Instruments.