# Migration Regulations 1994 - Specification under subregulation 1.41(1) - Student Visa Assessment Levels - March 2012 > F2012L00669 — as made — Status: Repealed — Made/registered 2012-03-23 — https://www.legislation.gov.au/F2012L00669/latest/text > _As-made (original) text, reproduced from the Federal Register of Legislation (legislation.gov.au) under CC BY 4.0. For amended instruments the current compilation may differ; confirm against the official source._ I, CHRIS BOWEN, Minister for Immigration and Citizenship, acting under subregulation 1.41(1) of the Migration Regulations 1994 (‘the Regulations’): • REVOKE Instrument Number IMMI 11/011 signed on 7 March 2011 specifying an assessment level for a kind of eligible passport, in relation to each subclass of student visa, for the purposes of regulation 1.41 of the Regulations; AND 2.                SPECIFY, in relation to an application for a student visa made on or after 24 March 2012, an assessment level for a kind of eligible passport, in relation to each subclass of student visa referred to in the Schedule to this Instrument, for the purposes of subregulation 1.41(1) of the Regulations. This Instrument, IMMI 12/005, commences on 24 March 2012, immediately after the commencement of Migration Legislation Amendment Regulation 2012 (No. 1) Dated  21 March 2012 Chris Bowen Minister for Immigration and Citizenship [NOTE 1: Subregulation 1.40(1) provides that for Division 1.8 of the Regulations, a passport is an eligible passport if it is a valid passport of a kind specified by Gazette Notice for this regulation; and the conditions (if any) specified by Gazette Notice for passports of that kind are satisfied. NOTE 2: Subregulation 1.41(1) provides that the Minister must specify by an instrument in writing an assessment level for a kind of eligible passport, in relation to each subclass of student visa, to which an applicant for a student visa who seeks to satisfy the primary criteria will be subject. NOTE 3: Subregulation 1.41(4) provides that the assessment level specified for a kind of eligible passport must be a number from 1 to 5, with assessment level 1 specified for a passport, holders of which pose a very low risk and assessment level 5 specified for a passport, holders of which pose an extremely high risk, and is not required to be the same for each subclass of student visa.] Schedule SUBCLASS 570 (INDEPENDENT ELICOS SECTOR) Kind of eligible passport – Assessment level 1 Andorra Ireland, Republic of Norway Austria Italy Oman Bahrain Japan Poland Belgium Korea, Republic of Portugal Bulgaria Kuwait Qatar Brunei Latvia San Marino Canada Liechtenstein Saudi Arabia Chile Lithuania Singapore Cyprus Luxembourg Slovenia Czech Republic Macau Special Administrative Regions of the People’s Republic of China Spain Denmark Malaysia Sweden Estonia Malta Switzerland Finland Mauritius Taiwan France Mexico United Arab Emirates Germany Monaco United Kingdom [excluding British National (Overseas), British Dependent Territories Citizen, British Overseas Citizen, British Protected Person, British Subject] Greece Netherlands, Kingdom of the United States of America Hong Kong Special Administrative Regions of the People's Republic of China New Caledonia Vatican City State (Holy See) Iceland Kind of eligible passport – Assessment level 2 Argentina Guatemala Puerto Rico Bahamas Honduras Seychelles Barbados Hungary Slovak Republic Bhutan Indonesia Solomon Islands Botswana Israel South Africa Brazil Lao People's Democratic Republic  St Kitts-Nevis British National (Overseas) Maldives St Lucia Colombia Montenegro, Republic of St Vincent & Grenadines Costa Rica New Zealand  Thailand Croatia Nicaragua Trinidad and Tobago  Cuba North Mariana Islands Ukraine East Timor (Timor Leste) Papua New Guinea Uruguay El Salvador Paraguay Vanuatu Grenada Peru Venezuela Guam Kind of eligible passport – Assessment level 3 Ecuador Nauru Tonga Egypt Nepal Turkey Fiji Nigeria Tuvalu Ghana People’s Republic of China (excluding passports issued by the Special Administrative Regions of Hong Kong and Macau) Vietnam Iran, Islamic Republic of Philippines Western Samoa Kenya Romania Zambia Kiribati Russian Federation Zimbabwe Mongolia Tanzania All eligible passports not elsewhere specified Myanmar (Burma) Kind of eligible passport – Assessment level 4 Bangladesh Jordan Pakistan Cambodia, Kingdom of Lebanon Sri Lanka India Kind of eligible passport – Assessment level 5 None specified SUBCLASS 571 (SCHOOLS SECTOR) Kind of eligible passport – Assessment level 1 Andorra Italy Portugal Argentina Japan Qatar Austria Korea, Republic of San Marino Bahrain Kuwait Saudi Arabia  Belgium  Latvia Seychelles Botswana Liechtenstein Singapore Brazil Lithuania Slovak Republic Brunei Luxembourg Slovenia Canada Macau Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China Solomon Islands Chile Malaysia South Africa Czech Republic Maldives Spain Denmark Malta  Sweden Estonia Mauritius Switzerland Finland Mexico Taiwan France Monaco Thailand Germany Netherlands, Kingdom of the United Arab Emirates Greece New Caledonia United Kingdom [excluding British National (Overseas), British Dependent Territories Citizen, British Overseas Citizen, British Protected Person, British Subject] Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China Norway United States of America Hungary Oman Vanuatu Iceland  Peru  Vatican City State (Holy See) Indonesia Philippines Venezuela Ireland, Republic of Poland Kind of eligible passport – Assessment level 2 Afghanistan Guatemala Puerto Rico Bahamas Honduras Romania Barbados India  Russian Federation Bhutan Jordan St Kitts-Nevis British National (Overseas) Kenya St Lucia Bulgaria Lao People's Democratic Republic St Vincent & Grenadines  Colombia Lebanon Tanzania Costa Rica Nepal Trinidad and Tobago    Cyprus New Zealand  Turkey East Timor (Timor Leste) Nicaragua Ukraine Ecuador North Mariana Islands Vietnam Grenada Papua New Guinea Zambia Guam Paraguay Zimbabwe Kind of eligible passport – Assessment level 3 Cambodia, Kingdom of Kiribati Sri Lanka Egypt Mongolia Tonga Fiji Myanmar (Burma) Tuvalu Ghana Nauru Uruguay Iran, Islamic Republic of Nigeria Western Samoa Israel Pakistan All eligible passports not elsewhere specified Kind of eligible passport – Assessment level 4 Bangladesh People’s Republic of China (excluding passports issued by the Special Administrative Regions of Hong Kong and Macau) Kind of eligible passport – Assessment level 5 None specified SUBCLASS 572 (VOCATIONAL EDUCATION AND TRAINING SECTOR) Kind of eligible passport – Assessment level 1 Andorra Ireland, Republic of Poland Austria Italy Portugal Bahrain Japan Qatar Belgium Korea, Republic of Reunion British National (Overseas) Kuwait  San Marino  Brunei  Latvia Seychelles Bulgaria Liechtenstein Singapore Canada Lithuania Slovenia Chile Luxembourg Spain Cyprus Macau Special Administrative Region of the People’s Republic of China Sweden Denmark Malaysia Switzerland Estonia Malta Taiwan Finland Mexico United Arab Emirates France Monaco United Kingdom [excluding British National (Overseas), British Dependent Territories Citizen, British Overseas Citizen, British Protected Person, British Subject] Germany Netherlands, Kingdom of the United States of America Greece New Caledonia Vatican City State (Holy See) Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People’s Republic of China Norway Venezuela Iceland Oman Kind of eligible passport – Assessment level 2 Argentina Guatemala Peru Bahamas Honduras Puerto Rico Barbados Hungary Saudi Arabia Belize Indonesia Slovak Republic Bhutan Israel Solomon Islands Bosnia-Herzegovina Jordan South Africa Botswana Lao People's Democratic Republic St Kitts-Nevis Brazil Maldives St Lucia Costa Rica Mauritius  St Vincent & Grenadines Croatia Montenegro, Republic of Thailand Czech Republic New Zealand  Trinidad and Tobago East Timor Nicaragua Turkey El Salvador North Mariana Islands Uruguay Grenada Papua New Guinea Vanuatu Guam Paraguay Kind of eligible passport – Assessment level 3 Cambodia, Kingdom of Myanmar (Burma) Tonga Colombia Nauru Tuvalu Ecuador Nigeria Vietnam Egypt Philippines Western Samoa Iran, Islamic Republic of Romania Zambia Kenya Russian Federation Zimbabwe Kiribati Tanzania All eligible passports not elsewhere specified Mongolia Kind of eligible passport – Assessment level 4 Bangladesh India Pakistan Fiji Lebanon People’s Republic of China (excluding passports issued by the Special Administrative Regions of Hong Kong and Macau) Ghana Nepal Sri Lanka Kind of eligible passport – Assessment level 5 None specified SUBCLASS 573 (HIGHER EDUCATION SECTOR) Kind of eligible passport – Assessment level 1 Andorra Hungary Poland Argentina Iceland Portugal Austria Ireland, Republic of Qatar  Bahamas Italy Reunion Bahrain Japan San Marino Barbados Korea, Republic of Saudi Arabia Belgium Kuwait Seychelles Botswana Latvia Singapore Brazil Liechtenstein Slovak Republic British National (Overseas) Lithuania Slovenia Brunei  Luxembourg Solomon Islands Bulgaria Macau Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China South Africa Canada Malaysia  Spain Chile Maldives Sweden Costa Rica Malta Switzerland Cyprus Mauritius Taiwan Czech Republic Mexico Thailand Denmark Monaco United Arab Emirates Estonia Netherlands, Kingdom of the United Kingdom [excluding British National (Overseas), British Dependent Territories Citizen, British Overseas Citizen, British Protected Person, British Subject] Finland New Caledonia United States of America France Norway Vanuatu Germany Oman Vatican City State (Holy See) Greece Papua New Guinea Venezuela Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People’s Republic of China Peru Kind of eligible passport – Assessment level 2 Bhutan Jamaica Russian Federation Bolivia Kazakhstan St Kitts-Nevis Belize Kiribati St Lucia Bosnia-Herzegovina Lao People's Democratic Republic St Vincent & Grenadines  Colombia Malawi Suriname Croatia Montenegro, Republic of Syria East Timor (Timor Leste) Namibia Tonga Ecuador Mozambique  Trinidad and Tobago El Salvador New Zealand Turkey  Grenada North Mariana Islands Ukraine Guam Paraguay Uruguay Guatemala Philippines Vietnam Honduras Puerto Rico Yemen Indonesia Romania Zambia Israel Kind of eligible passport – Assessment level 3 Bangladesh Kenya Nigeria Cambodia, Kingdom of Lebanon Peoples Republic of China [excluding passports issued by the Special Administrative Regions of Hong Kong and Macau] Egypt Mongolia Tanzania Fiji Myanmar (Burma) Tuvalu India Nauru Western Samoa Iran, Islamic Republic of Nepal All eligible passports not elsewhere specified Jordan Kind of eligible passport – Assessment level 4 Ghana Sri Lanka Zimbabwe Pakistan Kind of eligible passport – Assessment level 5 None specified SUBCLASS 574 (POSTGRADUATE RESEARCH SECTOR) Kind of eligible passport – Assessment level 1 Andorra Ireland, Republic of Philippines Argentina Israel Poland Austria Italy Portugal Bahamas Japan Qatar Bahrain Jordan Romania Barbados Korea, Republic of Russian Federation Belgium Indonesia San Marino Bhutan Kazakhstan Saudi Arabia Botswana Kuwait Seychelles Brazil Lao People’s Democratic Republic Singapore British National (Overseas) Latvia  Slovak Republic Brunei Lebanon Slovenia Bulgaria Liechtenstein Solomon Islands Canada Lithuania South Africa Chile Luxembourg Spain Costa Rica Macau Special Administrative Region of the People’s Republic of China Sweden Cyprus Malaysia Switzerland Czech Republic Maldives Taiwan Denmark Malta Tanzania East Timor (Timor Leste) Mauritius Thailand Ecuador Mexico Tonga Egypt Monaco Turkey Estonia Nepal Ukraine Finland Netherlands, Kingdom of the United Arab Emirates France New Caledonia United Kingdom [excluding British National (Overseas), British Dependent Territories Citizen, British Overseas Citizen, British Protected Person, British Subject] Germany North Mariana Islands United States of America Greece Norway Uruguay Guam Oman Vanuatu Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People’s Republic of China Papua New Guinea Vatican City (Holy See) Hungary Peoples Republic of China [excluding passports issued by the Special Administrative Regions of Hong Kong and Macau] Venezuela Iceland Peru Vietnam India Kind of eligible passport – Assessment level 2 All eligible passports not elsewhere specified Kind of eligible passport – Assessment level 3 None specified Kind of eligible passport – Assessment level 4 None specified Kind of eligible passport – Assessment level 5 None specified SUBCLASS 575 (NON-AWARD SECTOR) Kind of eligible passport – Assessment level 1 Andorra Ireland, Republic of Portugal Argentina Israel Qatar Austria Italy San Marino Bahrain Japan Saudi Arabia  Belgium  Korea, Republic of Seychelles Botswana Kuwait Singapore Brazil Latvia Slovak Republic Brunei  Liechtenstein Slovenia Bulgaria Lithuania Solomon Islands Canada Luxembourg South Africa Chile Macau Special Administrative Region of the People’s Republic of China Spain Colombia Malaysia Sweden Cyprus Malta Switzerland Czech Republic Mexico Taiwan Denmark Monaco Thailand Estonia Netherlands, Kingdom of the Turkey Finland New Caledonia United Arab Emirates France Norway United Kingdom [excluding British National (Overseas), British Dependent Territories Citizen, British Overseas Citizen, British Protected Person, British Subject] Germany Oman United States of America Greece Peru Vanuatu Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People’s Republic of China Philippines Vatican City State (Holy See) Hungary Poland Venezuela Iceland Kind of eligible passport – Assessment level 2 Bahamas Grenada North Mariana Islands Barbados Guam Papua New Guinea Bhutan Guatemala Paraguay Bosnia-Herzegovina Honduras Puerto Rico British National (Overseas) Indonesia Romania Costa Rica Iran Russian Federation Croatia Kazakhstan St Kitts-Nevis East Timor (Timor Leste) Lao People’s Democratic Republic St Lucia Ecuador Mauritius St Vincent & Grenadines  El Salvador Montenegro, Republic of Suriname Fiji New Zealand Trinidad and Tobago Former Yugoslavian Republic of Macedonia Nicaragua Ukraine Kind of eligible passport – Assessment level 3 Bangladesh Maldives Tonga Cambodia, Kingdom of Mongolia Tuvalu Egypt Myanmar (Burma) Uruguay Ghana Nauru Vietnam India Nepal Western Samoa Jordan Nigeria Zambia Kenya People’s Republic of China [excluding passports issued by the Special Administrative Regions of Hong Kong and Macau] Zimbabwe Kiribati    Sri Lanka All eligible passports not elsewhere specified Lebanon Tanzania Kind of eligible passport – Assessment level 4 Pakistan  Kind of eligible passport – Assessment level 5 None specified SUBCLASS 576 (AUSAID OR DEFENCE SECTOR) Kind of eligible passport Assessment level None specified Assessment level 1 All eligible passports Assessment level 2 None specified Assessment level 3 None specified Assessment level 4 None specified Assessment level 5