EXPLANATORY STATEMENT
Migration Regulations 1994
Persons who may apply for a working holiday maker visa (REGULATION 1225(3)(b))
- This Instrument is made under paragraph 1225(3)(b) of Schedule 1 to the Migration Regulations 1994 (‘the Regulations’).
2. Subparagraph 1225(3)(b)(i) provides that persons who hold a passport from a particular foreign country are eligible to apply in any foreign country for a Working Holiday Maker Visa.
3. Subparagraph 1225(3)(b)(ii) provides that persons who hold a passport from a particular foreign country are only eligible to apply for a Working Holiday Maker Visa in a specified foreign country.
4. The purpose of the Instrument is to list the countries that are considered to be working holiday maker eligible countries.
5. The Instrument operates to merge two existing Instruments specifying as a class of persons the holders of particular passports, the conditions that they must meet in order to be eligible to apply for the visa, including the location in which they must lodge their application.
6. The Instrument also reflects a change to the conditions that must be met by German passport holders. The change will allow German passport holders to apply for their first working holiday maker visa from any country outside of Australia. Previously German passport holders had to be in Germany to apply for a working holiday visa.
7. Consultation was undertaken before the instrument was made as follows:
- Consultations with the German government were undertaken regarding where German citizens must be when they apply for a working holiday visa.
8. The instrument commences on 1 November 2005.