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 paragraph 1224A (3) (a), 1224A(3)(aa), 462.221(c) of the Migration Regulations 1994 (‘the Regulations’).
2. Paragraph 1224A (3) (a) of Schedule 1 to the Regulations provides that an applicant for a Work and Holiday (Temporary) (Class US) visa must hold a valid passport issued by a foreign country specified in a Gazette Notice.
Paragraph 462.221(c) of Schedule 2 to 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.
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.
Paragraph 1224A(3) (aa) of Schedule 1 to the Regulations provides that an application for a Work and Holiday (Temporary) (Class US) visa by a person who holds a valid passport mentioned in paragraph 1224A(3)(a) must be made at an address specified for the country of issue in a Gazette Notice.
Paragraph 462.221(c) of Schedule 2 to the Regulations provides that an applicant is the holder of an educational qualification specified in a Gazette Notice, in relation to the foreign country that issued the passport mentioned in paragraph 462.221(aa).
3. The purpose of the Instrument is to change the location of lodgement for applications from citizens of the Republic of Turkey from ACT and Regional Office to the Australian Embassy Ankara, Turkey.
4. The Instrument operates to list the foreign countries with which Australia has a reciprocal Work and Holiday Visa (462) arrangement and to specify the educational qualifications required and the addresses for applications for those applicants.
5. Consultation was undertaken before the instrument was made as follows:
- with key government agencies , including Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade and the Department of Immigration and Citizenship offices overseas in Ankara.
6. The instrument, IMMI 07/010, commences on 31 March 2007.