EXPLANATORY STATEMENT
Migration Regulations 1994
POST OFFICE BOX AND COURIER ADDRESSES
(VARIOUS PROVISIONS OF SCHEDULES 1 AND 2 TO THE REGULATIONS)
- This Instrument is made under regulation 1.17 and various provisions of Schedule 1 and Schedule 2 of the Migration Regulations 1994 (“the Regulations”).
- Regulation 1.17 provides that the Minister may by notice in the Gazette, specify matters required by individual provisions of the Regulations to be specified for the purposes of those provisions.
3. The Schedule 1 provisions for this Instrument provide that an application (which is not an electronic application) for a General Skilled Migration (GSM) visa category available pre or post 1 September 2007, must be sent either to the post office box address as specified in this notice or if using a courier service to the courier delivery address as specified in this notice.
4. The Schedule 2 provisions for this Instrument provide that a Sponsorship Form required as part of an application (which is not an electronic application) for a GSM sponsored visa be sent either to the post office box address as specified in this notice or if using a courier service to the courier delivery address as specified in this notice.
5. The purpose of the Instrument is to specify the postal and courier delivery addresses for lodging a GSM skilled visa application and, when required, Sponsorship Forms.
6. The Instrument operates to specify the addresses for lodging a GSM visa application by post or courier service if the application is not an electronic application.
7. Consultation was undertaken before the Instrument was made with key industry bodies, professional organisations, educational institutions and State and Territory Governments. These consultations were undertaken following the 2005 Evaluation of the GSM categories and informed a wide range of reforms to improve GSM programme outcomes, including the introduction of a new GSM visa structure with fewer visa categories.
8. This Instrument, IMMI 07/057, commences on 1 September 2007.