# Migration (IMMI 17/051: Arrangements for Protection, Humanitarian and Refugee Visas) Instrument 2017

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Migration (IMMI 17/051: Arrangements for Protection, Humanitarian and Refugee Visas) Instrument 2017
I, Luke Mansfield, Delegate of the Minister for Immigration and Border Protection, make the following Instrument.
Dated  23 June 2017 
Luke Mansfield  
LUKE MANSFIELD  
First Assistant Secretary of the Refugee and Humanitarian Visa Management Division and Delegate of the Minister for Immigration and Border Protection
Contents
Part 1 - Preliminary
1 Name
2 Commencement
3 Authority
4 Definitions
5 Schedules
Part 2 - Arrangements for Protection, Humanitarian and Refugee Visas 2
6 Form, place and manner for making an application.....................2
Schedule 1—Form, place and manner for making an application 3
Schedule 2—Repeals 6
Arrangements for Protection, Humanitarian and Refugee Visas 2016/024 (F2016L00577) 6
Part 1 – Preliminary
1  Name
  This instrument is the Migration (IMMI 17/051: Arrangements for Protection, Humanitarian and Refugee Visas) Instrument 2017. It may be cited as IMMI 17/051.
2  Commencement
  This instrument commences on 1 July 2017.
3  Authority
  This instrument is made under subregulation 2.07(5) of the Regulations.
4  Definitions
Note: A number of expressions used in this instrument are defined in the definitions section of the Act, including the following:
•       approved form
•       visa

  In this instrument:
Regulations means Migration Regulations 1994.
5  Schedules
  Each instrument that is specified in a Schedule to this instrument is amended or repealed as set out in the applicable items in the Schedule concerned, and any other item in a Schedule to this instrument has effect according to its terms.

Part 2 – Arrangements for Protection, Humanitarian and Refugee Visas
6  Form, place and manner for making an application
 (1) For subitems 1401(1), 1402(1), 1403(1) and 1404(1) of Schedule 1 to the Regulations, the approved forms for making an application for a visa are listed in Column 3 of the table in Schedule 1 to this instrument, for the corresponding visa class in Column 1 and the corresponding class of person in Column 2.
 (2) For paragraphs 1401(3)(a), 1402(3)(a), 1403(3)(a) and 1404(3)(a) of Schedule 1 to the Regulations, the required place and required manner for making an application for a visa is listed in Column 4 of the table in Schedule 1 to this Instrument, for the corresponding visa class in Column 1 and the corresponding class of person in Column 2.

Schedule 1 – Form, place and manner for making an application
COLUMN 1
Item and Visa
	COLUMN 2
Class of person
	COLUMN 3
Form
	COLUMN 4
Place and Manner

	1
	Item 1401
Protection (Class XA)
	All applicants
	866 (Internet); or
866
	•       Internet application

•       If paper form used, applications must be lodged by post to:

Onshore Protection New South Wales
Department of Immigration and Border Protection
GPO Box 9984
Sydney NSW 2001; or
Onshore Protection Victoria
Department of Immigration and Border Protection
GPO Box 241
Melbourne VIC 3001

	2
	Item 1402
Refugee and Humanitarian (Class XB)
	Applicants whose entry to Australia has been proposed in accordance with approved forms 681 or 1417 and who are outside Australia.
	842
	Applications must be lodged:
•       By post, with the correct prepaid postage to:

Special Humanitarian Processing Centre
Department of Immigration and Border Protection
GPO Box 241
MELBOURNE VIC 3001; or
Special Humanitarian Processing Centre
Department of Immigration and Border Protection
GPO Box 9984
SYDNEY NSW 2001;
or
•       By courier service delivery to:

Special Humanitarian Processing Centre
Department of Immigration and Border Protection
2 Lonsdale Street
MELBOURNE VIC 3000; or
Special Humanitarian Processing Centre
Department of Immigration and Border Protection
Level 3
26 Lee Street
SYDNEY NSW 2001

	All other applicants
	Applications must be lodged at a diplomatic, consular, or migration office maintained by or on behalf of the Commonwealth outside Australia.

	3
	Item 1403
Temporary Protection
(Class XD)
	Applicants who do not hold and have never held a Temporary Protection (Class XD) visa or Safe Haven Enterprise
(Class XE) visa.
	866 (Internet); or
866
	•       Internet application

•       If paper form used, applications must be lodged by post to:

IMA Protection Support
Department of Immigration and Border Protection
GPO Box 9984
Sydney NSW 2001

	Applicants who hold or have held a Temporary Protection (Class XD) visa or Safe Haven Enterprise
(Class XE) visa.
	1505 (Internet); or
1505

	4
	Item 1404
Safe Haven Enterprise
(Class XE)
	Applicants who do not hold and have never held a Temporary Protection (Class XD) visa  or Safe Haven Enterprise
(Class XE) visa.
	866 (Internet); or
866 with design date including  and subsequent to 07/17; or
790
	•       Internet application.

•       If paper form used, applications must be lodged by post to:

IMA Protection Support
Department of Immigration and Border Protection
GPO Box 9984
Sydney NSW 2001

	Applicants who hold or have held a Temporary Protection (Class XD) visa or Safe Haven Enterprise
(Class XE) visa
	1505 (Internet); or
1505

 

Schedule 2 – Repeals
Arrangements for Protection, Humanitarian and Refugee Visas 2016/024 (F2016L00577)
1  The whole of the instrument
Repeal the instrument.
