# Migration (IMMI 16/022: Priority Consideration of Certain Visa Applications) Instrument 2016 > F2016L00321 — as made — Status: Repealed — Made/registered 2016-03-15 — https://www.legislation.gov.au/F2016L00321/latest/text 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._ Migration (IMMI 16/022: Priority Consideration of Certain Visa Applications) Instrument 2016 I, Peter Dutton, Minister for Immigration and Border Protection, make the following instrument. Dated 15 March 2016 Peter Dutton Minister for Immigration and Border Protection Contents Part 1—Preliminary 1 Name 2 Commencement 3 Authority 4 Definitions Part 2—Priority consideration of visa applications: general matters 5 Priority consideration of visa applications—general matters Part 3—Priority consideration of visa applications: requests not enabled by application forms 6 Priority consideration of visa applications—requests not enabled by application forms Part 1—Preliminary 1  Name   This is the Migration (IMMI 16/022: Priority Consideration of Certain Visa Applications) Instrument 2016. 2  Commencement  (1) Each provision of this instrument specified in column 1 of the table commences, or is taken to have commenced, in accordance with column 2 of the table. Any other statement in column 2 has effect according to its terms. Commencement information Column 1 Column 2 Column 3 Provisions Commencement Date/Details 1.  The whole of this instrument 15 March 2016. 15 March 2016 Note: This table relates only to the provisions of this instrument as originally made. It will not be amended to deal with any later amendments of this instrument.  (2) Any information in column 3 of the table is not part of this instrument. Information may be inserted in this column, or information in it may be edited, in any published version of this instrument. 3  Authority   This instrument is made under subregulation 2.12M(7) of the Migration Regulations 1994. 4  Definitions Note: A number of expressions used in this instrument are defined in the Regulations, including the following:  (a) Immigration;  (b) outside Australia.   In this instrument: Regulations means the Migration Regulations 1994. Part 2—Priority consideration of visa applications: general matters 5  Priority consideration of visa applications—general matters   For subregulation 2.12M(2) of the Regulations, the following table specifies the following:  (a) kinds of visas (column 1);  (b) kinds of valid passports in relation to kinds of visas specified for the item (column 2);  (c) requirements in relation to kinds of visas and kinds of valid passports specified for the item (column 3);  (d) approved forms in relation to kinds of visas and kinds of valid passports specified for the item (column 4);  (e) ways in which applications can be made in relation to kinds of visas, kinds of valid passports and approved forms specified for the item (column 5). Priority consideration of visa applications—general matters Item Column 1 Kinds of visas Column 2 Kinds of valid passports Column 3 Requirements Column 4 Approved forms Column 5 Ways 1 Subclass 600 (Visitor) visa in the Tourist Stream Passports issued by the People’s Republic of China indicating that the applicant is a national of the People’s Republic of China Applicant must be outside Australia when the request for priority consideration of the visa application is made Form 1419 By making the application at an Australian Visa Application Centre in the People’s Republic of China that is specified on Immigration’s website 2 Subclass 600 (Visitor) visa in the Business Visitor Stream Passports issued by the People’s Republic of China indicating that the applicant is a national of the People’s Republic of China Applicant must be outside Australia when the request for priority consideration of the visa application is made Form 1415 By making the application at an Australian Visa Application Centre in the People’s Republic of China that is specified on Immigration’s website Note: For the relevant Australian Visa Application Centres: see https://www.border.gov.au/. Part 3—Priority consideration of visa applications: requests not enabled by application forms 6  Priority consideration of visa applications—requests not enabled by application forms   For subregulation 2.12M(5) of the Regulations, the following table specifies, in relation to kinds of visas (column 1) and kinds of valid passports (column 2), the following:  (a) approved forms (column 3);  (b) ways in which requests for priority consideration of visa applications can be made (column 4). Priority consideration of visa applications—requests not enabled by application forms Item Column 1 Kinds of visas Column 2 Kinds of valid passports Column 3 Approved forms Column 4 Ways 1 (a) Subclass 600 (Visitor) visa in the Tourist Stream; and (b) Subclass 600 (Visitor) visa in the Business Visitor Stream Passports issued by the People’s Republic of China indicating that the applicant is a national of the People’s Republic of China Form 1472 By making the request at an Australian Visa Application Centre in the People’s Republic of China that is specified on Immigration’s website Note: For the relevant Australian Visa Application Centres: see https://www.border.gov.au/.