# Migration Regulations 1994 - Specification of Priority Consideration of Certain Visa Applications 2016/093 - IMMI 16/093 > F2016L01830 — as made — Status: Repealed — Made/registered 2016-11-29 — https://www.legislation.gov.au/F2016L01830/latest/text 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._ PRIORITY CONSIDERATION OF CERTAIN VISA APPLICATIONS 2016/093 (Subregulation 2.12M(7)) I, JUDITH O’NEILL, Delegate of the Minister for Immigration and Border Protection, acting under subregulation 2.12M(7) of the Migration Regulations 1994 (the Regulations): • REVOKE Instrument IMMI 16/022 (F2016L00321), Migration (IMMI 16/022: Priority Consideration of Certain Visa Applications) Instrument 2016, signed 15 March 2016; and • SPECIFY for subregulation 2.12M(2) of the Regulations, the following matters in Schedule A to this Instrument:• kinds of visas (column 1); • kinds of valid passports in relation to kinds of visas specified for the item (column 2); • requirements in relation to kinds of visas and kinds of valid passports specified for the item (column 3); • approved forms in relation to kinds of visas and kinds of valid passports specified for the item (column 4); • 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). • SPECIFY for subregulation 2.12M(5) of the Regulations, in relation to kinds of visas (column 1) and kinds of valid passports (column 2), the following matters in Schedule B to this Instrument:• approved forms (column 3); • ways in which requests for priority consideration of visa applications can be made (column 4). This Instrument commences on 5 December 2016 Dated: 24 November 2016 Judith O’Neill JUDITH O’NEILL Senior Executive Service, Band one, Temporary Visa Programme Branch and Delegate of the Minister for Immigration and Border Protection SCHEDULE A 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 (a) 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 (a) For holders of passports issued by the People’s Republic of China: Applications can be made by making the application at an Australia Visa Application Centre in the People’s Republic of China that is specified on Immigration’s website (b) Passports issued by the Republic of India indicating that the applicant is a national of the Republic of India (b) For holders of passports issued by the Republic of India: Applications can be made by making the application at an Australia Visa Application Centre in the Republic of India that is specified on Immigration’s website (c) Passports issued by the United Arab Emirates indicating that the applicant is a national of the United Arab Emirates (c) For holders of passports issued by the United Arab Emirates: Applications can be made by making the application at an Australia Visa Application Centre in the United Arab Emirates that is specified on Immigration’s website 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 2 Subclass 600 (Visitor) visa in the Business Visitor Stream (a) 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 (a) For holders of passports issued by the People’s Republic of China: Applications can be made by making the application at an Australian Visa Application Centre in the People’s Republic of China that is specified on Immigration’s website (b) Passports issued by the Republic of India indicating that the applicant is a national of the Republic of India (b) For holders of passports issued by the Republic of India: Applications can be made by making the application at an Australian Visa Application Centre in the Republic of India that is specified on Immigration’s website (c) Passports issued by the United Arab Emirates indicating that the applicant is a national of the United Arab Emirates (c) For holders of passports issued by the United Arab Emirates: Applications can be made by making the application at an Australian Visa Application Centre in the United Arab Emirates that is specified on Immigration’s website Note: For the relevant Australian Visa Application Centres: see https://www.border.gov.au/. SCHEDULE B Priority consideration of visa applications – requests not enabled by application forms Item Column 1 Kinds of visas Column 2 Kinds of valid passports Column 4 Approved forms Column 5 Ways 1 (a) Subclass 600 (Visitor) visa in the Tourist Stream; and (b) Subclass 600 (Visitor) visa in the Business Visitor Stream (a) 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 (a) For holders of passports issued by the People’s Republic of China: Requests for priority consideration of visa applications can be made by making the request at an Australian Visa Application Centre in the People’s Republic of China that is specified on Immigration’s website (b) Passports issued by the Republic of India indicating that the applicant is a national of the Republic of India (b) For holders of passports issued by the Republic of India: Requests for priority consideration of visa applications can be made by making the request at an Australian Visa Application Centre in the Republic of India that is specified on Immigration’s website (c) Passports issued by the United Arab Emirates indicating that the applicant is a national of the United Arab Emirates (c) For holders of passports issued by the United Arab Emirates: Requests for priority consideration of visa applications can be made by making the request at an Australian Visa Application Centre in the United Arab Emirates that is specified on Immigration’s website Note: For the relevant Australian Visa Application Centres: see https://www.border.gov.au/.