EXPLANATORY STATEMENT
Migration Regulations 1994
- This Instrument is made under regulations 1.17 and 1224A 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 these Regulations to be specified for the purposes of those provisions.
3. Paragraph 1224A(3)(a) 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.
4. Paragraph 1224A(3)(aa) provides that an application for a Class US visa by a person who holds a valid passport specified in paragraph 1224A(3)(a) must be made at an address specified in a Gazette Notice.
5. The purpose of the Instrument is to specify the kind of passport an applicant must hold in order to be eligible to apply for a Working and Holiday (Temporary) (Class US) visa.
6. The instrument operates to allow applicants who hold a valid passport issued by the Islamic 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.
7. Consultation was undertaken with the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade and with representatives of the Thai government.
8. The instrument commences on 31 August 2005.