EXPLANATORY STATEMENT

Migration Regulations 1994

WORKING HOLIDAY MAKER VISA – POST OFFICE BOX ADDRESS

(REGULATION 1225(3)(a))

1. This Instrument is made under paragraph 1225(3)(a) of Schedule 1 to the Migration Regulations 1994 (‘the Regulations’).

2.                  Paragraph 1225(3)(a) provides that if an applicant has previously entered Australia on a Working Holiday Maker visa, the application for this visa, using form 1150, should be sent to an address specified in a Gazette Notice for that purpose.

3.                  The purpose of the Instrument is to specify the address to which applications for a Working Holiday Maker visa using form 1150 must be sent.

4.                  The Instrument operates to require all applications for this visa be sent for processing to the Hobart Global Processing Centre.

5.                   Pursuant to section 18 of the Legislative Instruments Act 2003 consultation was not necessary.  The Instrument is of a minor or machinery nature and does not substantially alter existing arrangements.

6. The instrument commences on 1 November 2005.