EXPLANATORY STATEMENT
Migration Regulations 1994
ARRANGEMENTS FOR WORK AND HOLIDAY VISA APPLICANTS FROM THAILAND, AND IRAN AND CHILE
(REGULATIONS 1224A AND 462.221)
- This Instrument is made under Regulation 1.17 and of the Migration Regulations 1994 (‘the Regulations’) and subitem 1224A of Schedule 1 and clause 462.221 of Schedule 2 of the Regulations.
2. Regulation 1.17 is the general power to specify matters by way of Gazette Notice and subitem 1224A of Schedule 1 and clause 462.221 of Schedule 2 of the Regulations provide that for the purposes of a Work and Holiday Visa, the applicant must hold a valid passport issued by a specified foreign country, specifichold relevant educational qualifications required of applicants from the specifiedcertain foreign country and ries are to be specified in a Gazette Notice. be able to lodge their visa applications at an address specified for the foreign country.
3. The purpose of the Instrument is to specify the foreign countries able to apply for a Work and Holiday visa, the relevant , addresses for where applicants are to lodge their visa applications and the educational qualifications for applicants. required for the grant of the visa.
4. The instrument operates to allow applicants who hold a valid passport issued by the specified countriesIslamic Republic of Iran or the Kingdom of Thailand to make an application for a Work and Holiday (Temporary) (Class US) visa at the postal or street address specified in the Gazette Notice..
The instrument also operates to provide that an applicant must be the holder of an educational qualification specified in a Gazette Notice, in relation to the foreign country that issued the passport.
5. Consultation was undertaken, before the instrument was made to specify Chile and the relevant address and educational qualifications, with the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade Iranian Embassy in Australia and the Thai Embassy in Australia, and thethe Chilean Embassy in Canberra and the Department of Immigration and Multicultural Affairs offices in Bangkok in and SanSantiago. No changes have been made to the arrangements for the Islamic Republic of Iran or the Kingdom of Thailand..
6. This Instrument, IMMI06/009008, commences on the 31 March 2006registration on the Federal Register of Legislative Instruments.