# Application for registration

> act-s288 — as in force on 2026-06-04 — C2026C00232 · Compilation No. 171 — https://www.legislation.gov.au/C2026C00232/latest/text

288 Application for registration
          (1) An individual may apply to the Migration Agents Registration
              Authority to be registered as a registered migration agent.

               Publishing requirement
          (2) The individual must satisfy 1 of 2 publishing options set out in
              section 288A, unless the individual has been registered at some
              time within the period, immediately before making the application,
              that is prescribed for the purposes of this subsection.

               Form of application
          (3) A registration application is to be in a form approved in writing by
              the Authority and contain such information relevant to the
              application as is required by the form.
               Note:      The applicant may be required to make a statutory declaration, or to
                          answer questions, in relation to the application: see section 288B.










               Time of application
          (4) The day on which a registration application is taken to have been
              made is the day worked out in accordance with the regulations.

               Registration application fee
          (5) The Authority must not consider a registration application unless
              the applicant has paid the registration application fee (if any) on
              the application.

               Evidence of publication
          (6) If the applicant is required under this section to satisfy 1 of 2
              publishing options, the Authority must not consider the application
              unless the applicant has:
                (a) satisfied one of those options; and
                (b) given the Authority evidence of the publication concerned.

               Proceedings finalised about previous registration
        (6A) If:
               (a) the applicant has been registered at some time before making
                   the application; and
               (b) the Authority made a decision to suspend or cancel the
                   applicant’s registration; and
               (c) the applicant made an application (the review application)
                   for review of the decision under the ART Act or for judicial
                   review of the decision;
             then the Authority must not consider the registration application
             unless it is satisfied that all proceedings (including any appeals)
             resulting from the review application have been finalised.

               Withdrawal of application
          (7) The applicant may withdraw an application by giving notice in
              writing to the Authority. However, the applicant is not entitled to a
              refund of the registration application fee paid in relation to the
              application.