# Limit does not prevent the grant of visas to certain people who are unable to meet health or character requirements before the limit applies because of circumstances beyond their control

> act-s87A — as in force on 2026-06-04 — C2026C00232 · Compilation No. 171 — https://www.legislation.gov.au/C2026C00232/latest/text

87A Limit does not prevent the grant of visas to certain people who
         are unable to meet health or character requirements
         before the limit applies because of circumstances beyond
         their control
               If:
                 (a) a person has applied, whether before or after the
                      commencement of this section, for the grant of a visa; and
                 (b) a time was or is reached when the grant of the visa to the
                      person in a particular financial year was or is prevented by
                      section 86; and
                 (c) the person was requested by the Minister after that time to
                      satisfy requirements for the grant of the visa that relate to
                      health or character; and
                 (d) after the making of the request referred to in paragraph (c)
                      the person satisfies the requirements referred to in that
                      paragraph in a financial year subsequent to the financial year
                      in which the time referred to in paragraph (b) occurred; and
                 (e) the grant of the visa to the person at the time when the
                      requirements referred to in paragraph (c) are satisfied would,
                      apart from this section, be prevented by section 86; and
                  (f) the person was unable to satisfy the requirements referred to
                      in paragraph (c) at a time when, apart from this section,
                      section 86 would not have prevented the grant of the visa to
                      the person; and
                 (g) the Minister is satisfied that the person’s inability to satisfy
                      the requirements referred to in paragraph (c) at a time
                      mentioned in paragraph (e) was due to circumstances beyond
                      the person’s control;
               section 86 does not prevent the grant of the visa to the person.