Attachment B
EXPLANATORY STATEMENT
Migration Regulations 1994
ARRANGEMENTS FOR WORK AND HOLIDAY VISA APPLICANTS FROM THAILAND, IRAN, CHILE AND TURKEY (REGULATIONS 1224A AND 462.221)
- This Instrument is made under 1224A (3) (a) of the Migration Regulations 1994 (‘the Regulations’).
2. 1224A (3) (a) and 462.221 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.
3. The purpose of the Instrument is to bring the arrangement with the Republic of Turkey into effect.
4. The instrument operates to list the foreign countries with which Australia has a reciprocal Work and Holiday Visa (462) arrangement. This Gazette Notice adds the Republic of Turkey to this list which currently includes Thailand, Chile and Iran. Persons from the Republic of Turkey are required to hold tertiary qualifications, or have successfully completed at least two years of undergraduate university study to apply for this visa.
5. Consultation was undertaken before the instrument was made as follows:
- with key government agencies , including DFAT and the DIMA Post in Ankara.
6. The instrument commences on 30 November 2006.