Specification for the purposes of regulation 1.41 — Student Visa Assessment Levels — July 2008
(IMMI 08/051)
as amended
made under regulation 1.41 of the
Migration Regulations 1994
This compilation was prepared on 1 September 2008
taking into account amendments up to IMMI 08/073
Prepared by the Office of Legislative Drafting and Publishing,
Attorney‑General’s Department, Canberra
Commonwealth of Australia
Migration Regulations 1994
STUDENT VISA ASSESSMENT LEVELS
(REGULATION 1.41)
I, CHRIS EVANS, Minister for Immigration and Citizenship, acting under regulation 1.41 of the Migration Regulations 1994 (‘the Regulations’):
1. REVOKE Instrument Number IMMI 07/014 signed on 13 April 2007 specifying an assessment level for a kind of eligible passport, in relation to each subclass of student visa, for the purposes of regulation 1.41 of the Regulations; AND
2. SPECIFY, in relation to an application for a student visa made on or after 1 September 2008, an assessment level for a kind of eligible passport, in relation to each subclass of student visa referred to in the Schedule to this Instrument, for the purposes of regulation 1.41 of the Regulations.
This Instrument, IMMI 08/051, commences on 1 September 2008.
Dated 28 July 2008
CHRIS EVANS
Minister for Immigration and Citizenship
[NOTE 1: Subregulation 1.40(1) provides that for Division 1.8 of the Regulations, a passport is an eligible passport if it is a valid passport of a kind specified by Gazette Notice for this regulation; and the conditions (if any) specified by Gazette Notice for passports of that kind are satisfied.
NOTE 2: Subregulation 1.41(1) provides that the Minister must specify by Gazette Notice an assessment level for a kind of eligible passport, in relation to each subclass of student visa, to which an applicant for a student visa who seeks to satisfy the primary criteria will be subject, other than an applicant who is a person designated under regulation 2.07AO and applies for a Subclass 571 (Schools Sector) visa, a Subclass 572 (Vocational Education and Training Sector) visa, a Subclass 573 (Higher Education Sector) visa or a Subclass 574 (Postgraduate Research Sector) visa.
NOTE 3: Subregulation 1.41(4) provides that the assessment level specified for a kind of eligible passport must be a number from 1 to 5, with assessment level 1 specified for a passport, holders of which pose a very low risk and assessment level 5 specified for a passport, holders of which pose an extremely high risk, and is not required to be the same for each subclass of student visa.]
Schedule
Subclass 570 Independent ELICOS Sector | ||
Kind of eligible passport – Assessment level 1 | ||
Andorra Austria Belgium Bahrain Brunei Canada Chile Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark Estonia Finland France Germany Greece Hong Kong Special Administrative Regions of the People’s Republic of China Iceland | Italy Ireland, Republic of Japan Kuwait Latvia Liechtenstein Lithuania Luxembourg Macau Special Administrative Regions of the People’s Republic of China Malaysia Malta Mauritius Mexico Monaco Netherlands, Kingdom of the New Caledonia Norway | Oman Poland Portugal Qatar San Marino Saudi Arabia Singapore Slovenia Spain Sweden Switzerland Taiwan United Kingdom [excluding British National (Overseas), British Dependent Territories Citizen, British Overseas Citizen, British Protected Person, British Subject] United Arab Emirates United States of America Vatican City State (Holy See) |
Kind of eligible passport – Assessment level 2 | ||
Argentina Bahamas Barbados Bhutan Botswana Brazil British National (Overseas) Bulgaria Colombia Costa Rica Cuba East Timor Grenada | Guam Hungary Indonesia Israel Korea, Republic of Lao People’s Democratic Republic New Zealand North Mariana Islands Papua New Guinea Paraguay Peru Puerto Rico | Seychelles Slovak Republic Solomon Islands South Africa St Kitts-Nevis St Lucia St Vincent & Grenadines Thailand Trinidad and Tobago Uruguay Vanuatu Venezuela |
Kind of eligible passport – Assessment level 3 | ||
Ecuador Egypt Fiji Ghana Iran, Islamic Republic of Kenya Kiribati Maldives Mongolia Myanmar (Burma) | Nauru Nepal Nigeria People’s Republic of China, excluding passports issued by the Special Administrative Regions of Hong Kong and Macau Philippines Romania Russian Federation | Tanzania Tonga Turkey Tuvalu Vietnam Western Samoa Zambia Zimbabwe All eligible passports not elsewhere specified |
Kind of eligible passport – Assessment level 4 | ||
Bangladesh Cambodia, Kingdom of India Jordan | Lebanon Pakistan Sri Lanka
| |
Kind of eligible passport – Assessment level 5 | ||
None specified | ||
Subclass 571 Schools Sector | |||
Kind of eligible passport – Assessment level 1 | |||
Argentina Andorra Austria Bahrain Belgium Brazil Brunei Canada Chile Czech Republic Denmark Estonia Finland France Germany Greece Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People’s Republic of China Hungary Iceland Ireland, Republic of | Italy Japan Korea, Republic of Kuwait Latvia Liechtenstein Lithuania Luxembourg Macau Special Administrative Region of the People’s Republic of China Malaysia Malta Mexico Monaco Netherlands, Kingdom of the New Caledonia Norway Oman Peru Poland
| Portugal Qatar San Marino Saudi Arabia Singapore Slovak Republic Slovenia South Africa Spain Sweden Switzerland Taiwan Thailand United Arab Emirates United Kingdom [excluding British National (Overseas), British Dependent Territories Citizen, British Overseas Citizen, British Protected Person, British Subject] United States of America Vatican City State (Holy See) Venezuela | |
Kind of eligible passport – Assessment level 2 | |||
Afghanistan Bahamas Barbados Bhutan Botswana British National (Overseas) Bulgaria Colombia Costa Rica Cyprus East Timor Grenada Guam | India Indonesia Kenya Lao People’s Democratic Republic Maldives Mauritius Nepal New Zealand North Mariana Islands Paraguay Papua New Guinea Philippines | Puerto Rico Romania Russian Federation Seychelles Solomon Islands St Kitts-Nevis St Lucia St Vincent & Grenadines Trinidad and Tobago Vanuatu Vietnam Zimbabwe Zambia | |
Kind of eligible passport – Assessment level 3 | |||
Myanmar (Burma) Ecuador Egypt Fiji Ghana Iran, Islamic Republic of Israel Jordan | Kiribati Lebanon Mongolia Nauru Nigeria Pakistan Western Samoa | Sri Lanka Tanzania Tonga Turkey Tuvalu Uruguay All eligible passports not elsewhere specified | |
Kind of eligible passport – Assessment level 4 | |||
Bangladesh Cambodia, Kingdom of | People’s Republic of China [excluding passports issued by the Special Administrative Regions of Hong Kong and Macau] | ||
Kind of eligible passport – Assessment level 5 | |||
None specified | |||
Subclass 572 Vocational Education and Training Sector | ||
Kind of eligible passport – Assessment level 1 | ||
Andorra Austria Bahrain Belgium British National (Overseas) Brunei Canada Chile Cyprus Denmark Estonia Finland France Germany Greece Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People’s Republic of China | Iceland Ireland, Republic of Italy Japan Kuwait Liechtenstein Lithuania Luxembourg Macau Special Administrative Region of the People’s Republic of China Malaysia Malta Monaco Netherlands, Kingdom of the New Caledonia Norway Oman | Poland Portugal Qatar San Marino Singapore Slovenia Spain Sweden Switzerland United Arab Emirates United Kingdom [excluding British National (Overseas), British Dependent Territories Citizen, British Overseas Citizen, British Protected Person, British Subject] United States of America Vatican City State (Holy See) |
Kind of eligible passport – Assessment level 2 | ||
Argentina Bahamas Barbados Bhutan Botswana Brazil Bulgaria Costa Rica Czech Republic East Timor Grenada Guam Hungary Lao People’s Democratic Republic | Latvia Maldives Mauritius Mexico New Zealand North Mariana Islands Papua New Guinea Paraguay Indonesia Israel Korea, Republic of Peru Puerto Rico Saudi Arabia | Seychelles Slovak Republic Solomon Islands South Africa St Kitts-Nevis St Lucia St Vincent & Grenadines Taiwan Thailand Trinidad and Tobago Uruguay Vanuatu Venezuela |
Kind of eligible passport – Assessment level 3 | |||
Colombia Ecuador Egypt Iran, Islamic Republic of Jordan Kenya Kiribati Mongolia | Myanmar (Burma) Nauru Nigeria Philippines Romania Russian Federation Tanzania Tonga | Turkey Tuvalu Vietnam Western Samoa Zambia Zimbabwe All eligible passports not elsewhere specified | |
Kind of eligible passport – Assessment level 4 | |||
Bangladesh Cambodia, Kingdom of Fiji Ghana India Lebanon | Nepal Pakistan People’s Republic of China [excluding passports issued by the Special Administrative Regions of Hong Kong and Macau] Sri Lanka | ||
Kind of eligible passport – Assessment level 5 | |||
None specified | |||
Subclass 573 Higher Education Sector | |||
Kind of eligible passport – Assessment level 1 | |||
Andorra Austria Bahamas Bahrain Barbados Belgium Botswana Brazil British National (Overseas) Brunei Canada Chile Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark Estonia Finland France Germany Greece Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People’s Republic of China | Hungary Iceland Ireland, Republic of Italy Japan Korea, Republic of Kuwait Latvia Liechtenstein Luxembourg Macau Special Administrative Region of the People’s Republic of China Malaysia Malta Mauritius Mexico Monaco Netherlands, Kingdom of the New Caledonia Norway Oman Peru | Poland Portugal Qatar San Marino Saudi Arabia Seychelles Singapore Slovak Republic Slovenia South Africa Spain Sweden Switzerland Taiwan Thailand United Arab Emirates United Kingdom [excluding British National (Overseas), British Dependent Territories Citizen, British Overseas Citizen, British Protected Person, British Subject] United States of America Vatican City State (Holy See) | |
Kind of eligible passport – Assessment level 2 | |||
Argentina Bhutan Bulgaria Colombia Costa Rica East Timor Ecuador Grenada Guam Indonesia Israel | Lao People’s Democratic Republic Lithuania Maldives Mozambique New Zealand North Mariana Islands Papua New Guinea Paraguay Philippines Puerto Rico | Romania Solomon Islands St Kitts-Nevis St Lucia St Vincent & Grenadines Trinidad and Tobago Turkey Uruguay Vanuatu Venezuela Vietnam Zambia | |
Kind of eligible passport – Assessment level 3 | |||
Egypt Fiji Iran, Islamic Republic of Jordan Kenya Kiribati Lebanon | Mongolia Myanmar (Burma) Nauru Nepal Nigeria Russian Federation Tanzania | Tonga Tuvalu Western Samoa All eligible passports not elsewhere specified | |
Kind of eligible passport – Assessment level 4 | |||
Bangladesh Cambodia, Kingdom of Ghana India Pakistan | People’s Republic of China [excluding passports issued by the Special Administrative Regions of Hong Kong and Macau] Sri Lanka Zimbabwe | ||
Kind of eligible passport – Assessment level 5 | |||
None specified | |||
Subclass 574 Postgraduate Research Sector | |||
Kind of eligible passport – Assessment level 1 | |||
Andorra Argentina Austria Bahamas Bahrain Barbados Belgium Botswana Brazil British National (Overseas) Brunei Canada Chile Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark Estonia Finland France Germany Greece Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People’s Republic of China Hungary Iceland | Ireland, Republic of Italy Japan Korea, Republic of Kuwait Latvia Liechtenstein Lithuania Luxembourg Macau Special Administrative Region of the People’s Republic of China Malaysia Malta Mauritius Mexico Monaco Netherlands, Kingdom of the New Caledonia Norway Oman Papua New Guinea Peru Philippines Poland Portugal | Qatar Romania Russian Federation San Marino Saudi Arabia Seychelles Singapore Slovak Republic Slovenia South Africa Spain Sweden Switzerland Taiwan Thailand United Arab Emirates United Kingdom [excluding British National (Overseas), British Dependent Territories Citizen, British Overseas Citizen, British Protected Person, British Subject] United States of America Vatican City State (Holy See) Venezuela Vietnam | |
Kind of eligible passport – Assessment level 2 | |||
Bhutan Bulgaria Colombia Costa Rica East Timor Egypt Fiji Grenada Guam Indonesia Israel Jordan | Kenya Lao People’s Democratic Republic Malawi Maldives Mongolia Mozambique Nepal New Zealand North Mariana Islands Pakistan Paraguay | Puerto Rico Solomon Islands St Kitts-Nevis St Lucia St Vincent & Grenadines Tonga Trinidad and Tobago Turkey Uruguay Vanuatu Zambia Zimbabwe | |
Kind of eligible passport – Assessment level 3 | |||
Bangladesh Cambodia, Kingdom of Ecuador Ghana Iran, Islamic Republic of Kiribati Lebanon | Myanmar (Burma) Nauru People’s Republic of China [excluding passports issued by the Special Administrative Regions of Hong Kong and Macau] | Sri Lanka Tanzania Tuvalu Western Samoa All eligible passports not elsewhere specified | |
Kind of eligible passport – Assessment level 4 | |||
India | Nigeria | ||
Kind of eligible passport – Assessment level 5 | |||
None specified | |||
Subclass 575 Non-Award Sector | |||
Kind of eligible passport – Assessment level 1 | |||
Andorra Argentina Austria Bahrain Belgium Brazil Brunei Canada Chile Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark Estonia Finland France Germany Greece Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People’s Republic of China Hungary | Iceland Ireland, Republic of Italy Japan Korea, Republic of Kuwait Latvia Liechtenstein Lithuania Luxembourg Macau Special Administrative Region of the People’s Republic of China Malaysia Malta Mexico Monaco Netherlands, Kingdom of the New Caledonia Norway Oman Peru | Poland Portugal Qatar San Marino Saudi Arabia Singapore Slovak Republic Slovenia South Africa Spain Sweden Switzerland Taiwan United Kingdom [excluding British National (Overseas), British Dependent Territories Citizen, British Overseas Citizen, British Protected Person, British Subject] United Arab Emirates United States of America Vatican City State (Holy See) | |
Kind of eligible passport – Assessment level 2 | |||
Bahamas Barbados Bhutan Botswana British National (Overseas) Bulgaria Colombia Costa Rica East Timor Grenada
| Guam Indonesia Israel Mauritius New Zealand North Mariana Islands Papua New Guinea Paraguay Philippines Puerto Rico
| Romania Seychelles Solomon Islands St Kitts-Nevis St Lucia St Vincent & Grenadines Thailand Trinidad and Tobago Turkey Vanuatu Venezuela | |
Kind of eligible passport – Assessment level 3 | |||
Bangladesh Ecuador Egypt Fiji Ghana India Iran, Islamic Republic of Jordan Kenya Kiribati Lao People’s Democratic Republic | Maldives Mongolia Myanmar (Burma) Nauru Nepal Nigeria People’s Republic of China [excluding passports issued by the Special Administrative Regions of Hong Kong and Macau] Russian Federation | Sri Lanka Tanzania Tonga Tuvalu Uruguay Vietnam Western Samoa Zambia Zimbabwe All eligible passports not elsewhere specified | |
Kind of eligible passport – Assessment level 4 | |||
Cambodia, Kingdom of Lebanon | Pakistan | ||
Kind of eligible passport – Assessment level 5 | |||
None specified | |||
Subclass 576 AusAID or Defence Sector | |
Kind of eligible passport | Assessment level |
None specified | Assessment level 1 |
All eligible passports | Assessment level 2 |
None specified | Assessment level 3 |
None specified | Assessment level 4 |
None specified | Assessment level 5 |
Notes to the Specification for the purposes of regulation 1.41 — Student Visa Assessment Levels — July 2008 (IMMI 08/051)
Note 1
The Specification for the purposes of regulation 1.41 — Student Visa Assessment Levels —July 2008 (IMMI 08/051) (in force under regulation 1.41 of the Migration Regulations 1994) as shown in this compilation is amended as indicated in the Tables below.
Table of Instruments
Title | Date of FRLI Registration | Date of | Application, saving or | ||||
IMMI 08/051 | 12 Aug 2008 (see F2008L03025) | 1 Sept 2008 |
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IMMI 08/073 | 21 Aug 2008 (see F2008L03164) | 22 Aug 2008 | — | ||||
Table of Amendments
ad. = added or inserted am. = amended rep. = repealed rs. = repealed and substituted | |
Provision affected | How affected |
Schedule |
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Subclass 571............ | am. IMMI 08/073 |
Subclass 573............ | am. IMMI 08/073 |