Migration (IMMI 17/053: Specification of Transit Passengers Having Prescribed Status – Special Purpose Visas) Instrument 2017
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Migration (IMMI 17/053: Specification of Transit Passengers Having Prescribed Status – Special Purpose Visas) Instrument 2017
I, Peter Dutton, Minister for Immigration and Border Protection make the following instrument.
Dated   23 August 2017 
Peter Dutton   
THE HON PETER DUTTON MP
Minister for Immigration and Border Protection
Contents
Part 1—Preliminary
1  Name
2  Commencement
3  Authority
4  Definitions
5  Schedules
Part 2—Specified class of transit passenger
6  Class of persons for paragraph 2.40(1)(n)
Schedule 1—Repeals
Specification of Transit Passengers Who are eligible for a Special Purpose Visa 2015 (IMMI 15/057) (F2015L00790)
Part 1—Preliminary
1  Name
•     This instrument is the Migration (IMMI 17/053: Specification of Transit Passengers Having Prescribed Status – Special Purpose Visas) Instrument 2017.
•     This instrument may be cited as IMMI 17/053

2  Commencement
  This instrument commences the day after it is registered on the Federal Register of Legislation.
3  Authority
  This instrument is made under paragraph 2.40(1)(n) of Part 2 of the Regulations.
4  Definitions
  In this instrument:
Regulations means the 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  Each instrument that is specified in a Schedule to this instrument is amended or repealed as set out in the applicable items in the Schedule concerned, and any other item in a Schedule to this instrument has effect according to its terms.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—Specified class of transit passenger
6  Class of persons for paragraph 2.40(1)(n)
•     For the purposes of paragraph 2.40(I)(n) of Part 2 of the Regulations, transit passengers who belong to the following classes of persons are specified:

•             Citizens of the following foreign countries;

	Andorra
	Japan
	Romania

	Argentina
	Kiribati
	Samoa

	Austria
	Latvia
	San Marino

	Belgium
	Liechtenstein
	Singapore

	Brunei
	Lithuania
	Slovakia

	Canada
	Luxembourg
	Slovenia

	Chile
	Malaysia
	Solomon Islands

	Croatia
	Malta
	South Africa

	Cyprus
	Marshall Islands
	South Korea

	Czech Republic
	Mexico
	Spain

	Denmark
	Monaco
	Sweden

	Estonia
	Nauru
	Switzerland

	Federated States of Micronesia
	Netherlands
	Thailand

	Fiji
	New Zealand
	Tonga

	Finland
	Norway
	Tuvalu

	France
	Palau
	United Arab Emirates

	Germany
	Oman
	United Kingdom (including its colonies)

	Greece
	Papua New Guinea
	United States of America

	Hungary
	Philippines
	Uruguay

	Iceland
	Poland
	Vanuatu

	Indonesia
	Portugal
	Vatican

	Ireland
	Qatar

	Italy
	Republic of Bulgaria

•             Residents of Hong Kong holding Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) passports or British National Overseas (BNO) passports;

•              Residents of Taiwan holding a passport issued by the authorities of Taiwan (other than passports purported to be official or diplomatic passports);

•             Official passport holders from India;

•              Diplomatic passport holders, excluding holders of:

•                  Arab Non-National Passports; and

•                Diplomatic passports from the following foreign countries:

	Afghanistan
	Jordan
	Russian Federation

	Algeria
	Kuwait
	Saudi Arabia

	Angola
	Lebanon
	Sierra Leone

	Bahrain
	Libya
	Somalia

	Comoros
	Madagascar
	Sudan

	Democratic People’s Republic of Korea
	Mauritania
	Syria

	Egypt
	Morocco
	Tunisia

	Iran
	Pakistan
	Zimbabwe

	Iraq
	Republic of Yemen

Schedule 1—Repeals
Specification of Transit Passengers Who are eligible for a Special Purpose Visa 2015 (IMMI 15/057) (F2015L00790)
1  The whole of the instrument
Repeal the instrument