EXPLANATORY STATEMENT
Migration Regulations 1994
- This Notice is made under regulation 1.17 and sub paragraph 1222(1)(a)(ii) of Schedule 1 of the Migration Regulations 1994 (‘the Regulations’).
2. Regulation 1.17 of the Regulations provides that the Minister may, by notice published in the Gazette, specify matters required by individual provisions of the Regulations to be specified for the purposes of those provisions. Subparagraph 1222(1)(a)(ii) specifies a class of persons outside Australia eligible to make an application for a student visa on either Forms 157A or 157E.
3. The Instrument made under subparagraph 1222(1)(a)(ii) supports the continuing expansion of eVisa services for student visa applicants outside Australia.
4. The purpose of the Instrument is to include citizens of Indonesia in the class of persons eligible to apply for a student visa online, where they make their application through the services of an agent who is party to an agreement with Immigration to use an Internet facility for offshore student visa applications.
5. The Instrument also makes clear the expectation that applicants of China, Thailand, India or Indonesia citizenship are eligible to apply online only if they are in their home country.
6. Other than including citizens of Indonesia in the class of persons, the Instrument maintains the existing level of access for the nationalities already specified.
7. Pursuant to section 18 of the Legislative Instruments Act 2003 consultation was not necessary. The Instrument is of a minor or machinery nature and does not substantially alter existing arrangements.
8. The Instrument commences on 15 August 2005.