# Migration (LIN 18/029: Arrangements for Protection, Refugee and Humanitarian Visas) Instrument 2018

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Migration (LIN 18/029: Arrangements for Protection, Refugee and Humanitarian Visas) Instrument 2018
I, Luke Mansfield, Delegate of the Minister for Home Affairs and Immigration and Border Protection, make the following instrument.
Dated 20 August 2018
Luke Mansfield
LUKE MANSFIELD 
Senior Executive Service, Band Two, Refugee, Citizenship and Multicultural Programs Division and
Delegate of the Minister for Home Affairs and 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, Refugee and Humanitarian Visas
6  Protection (Class XA) visa
7  Refugee and Humanitarian (Class XB) visa
8  Temporary Protection (Class XD) visa
9  Safe Haven Enterprise (Class XE) visa
Part 3 – Application
Schedule 1 – Arrangements for Protection (Class XA) Visa
Schedule 2 – Arrangements for Refugee and Humanitarian (Class XB) Visa
Schedule 3 – Arrangements for Temporary Protection (Class XD) Visa
Schedule 4 – Arrangements for Safe Haven Enterprise (Class XE) Visa
Schedule 5 – Repeals
Part 1 – Repeals
Migration (IMMI 17/051: Arrangements for Protection, Humanitarian and Refugee Visas) Instrument 2017 (F2017L00767)
Part 2 – Application
1 Application of Repeal
Part 1 – Preliminary
1  Name
•                 This instrument is the Migration (LIN 18/029: Arrangements for Protection, Refugee and Humanitarian Visas) Instrument 2018.
•                 It may be cited as LIN 18/029.

2  Commencement
  This instrument commences on the day after registration on the Federal Register of Legislation.
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 section 5 of the Migration Act 1958, including the following:
•       approved form;
•       visa.

  In this instrument:
Act means Migration Act 1958.
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  Each instrument that is specified in a Schedule to this instrument is amended or repealed as set out in the applicable items in the Schedule concerned, and any other item in a Schedule to this instrument has effect according to its terms.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, Refugee and Humanitarian Visas
6  Protection (Class XA) visa
 For the purposes of item 1401 of Schedule 1 to the Regulations, for the corresponding kind of applicant in Column 1 of the table in Schedule 1:
•     the approved form is specified in Column 2; and
•     the place and manner for making an application is specified in Column 3.

7  Refugee and Humanitarian (Class XB) visa
For the purposes of item 1402 of Schedule 1 to the Regulations, for the corresponding kind of applicant in Column 1 of the table in Schedule 2:
•     the approved form is specified in Column 2; and
•     the place and manner for making an application is specified in Column 3.

8  Temporary Protection (Class XD) visa
For the purposes of item 1403 of Schedule 1 to the Regulations, for the corresponding kind of applicant in Column 1 of the table in Schedule 3:
•     the approved form is specified in Column 2; and
•     the place and manner for making an application is specified in Column 3.

9  Safe Haven Enterprise (Class XE) visa
For the purposes of item 1404 of Schedule 1 to the Regulations, for the corresponding kind of applicant in Column 1 of the table in Schedule 4:
•     the approved form is specified in Column 2; and
•     the place and manner for making an application is specified in Column 3.

Part 3 – Application
7  Application of this instrument
This instrument applies to an application for a Protection (Class XA) visa, Refugee and Humanitarian (Class XB) visa, Temporary Protection (Class XD) visa and Safe Haven Enterprise (Class XE) visa made on or after the commencement of this instrument.

Schedule 1 – Arrangements for Protection (Class XA) Visa
	Item No.
	COLUMN 1
Kind of Applicant
	COLUMN 2
Form
	COLUMN 3
Place and Manner

	1
	  All applicants
	866 (Internet);
or
866
	Application must be lodged by:
•       internet application; or

•       post to the following address if paper form used:

Onshore Protection New South Wales
Department of Home Affairs
GPO Box 9984
SYDNEY NSW 2001

Schedule 2 – Arrangements for Refugee and Humanitarian (Class XB) Visa
	Item No.
	COLUMN 1
Kind of Applicant
	COLUMN 2
Form
	COLUMN 3
Place and Manner

	1
	Applicants whose entry to Australia has been proposed in accordance with approved forms 681 or 1417 and who are outside Australia
	842
	Application must be lodged by:
•     post, with the correct prepaid postage to:

Special Humanitarian Processing Centre
Department of Home Affairs
GPO Box 9984
SYDNEY NSW 2001; or
•     courier service delivery to:

Special Humanitarian Processing Centre
Department of Home Affairs
Level 3
26 Lee Street
SYDNEY NSW 2001; or
•     email via the online lodgement portal at the following address:

https://www.homeaffairs.gov.au/humvisaapplication

	2
	 All other applicants
	842
	Application must be lodged at a diplomatic, consular, or migration office maintained by, or on behalf of the Commonwealth outside Australia.

Schedule 3 – Arrangements for Temporary Protection (Class XD) Visa
	Item No.
	COLUMN 1
Kind of Applicant
	COLUMN 2
Form
	COLUMN 3
Place and Manner

	1
	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
	Application must be lodged by:
•     internet application; or
•     post to the following address if paper form is used:

Onshore Protection New South Wales
Department of Home Affairs
GPO Box 9984
SYDNEY NSW 2001

	2
	Applicants who hold or have held a Temporary Protection (Class XD) visa or Safe Haven Enterprise
(Class XE) visa
	1505 (internet);
or
1505

Schedule 4 – Arrangements for Safe Haven Enterprise (Class XE) Visa
	Item No.
	COLUMN 1
Kind of Applicant
	COLUMN 2
Form
	COLUMN 3
Place and Manner

	1
	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 1 July 2017; or
790
	Application must be lodged by:
•     internet application; or
•     post to the following address if paper form used:

Onshore Protection New South Wales
Department of Home Affairs
GPO Box 9984
SYDNEY NSW 2001

	2
	Applicants who hold or have held a Temporary Protection (Class XD) visa or Safe Haven Enterprise (Class XE) visa
	1505 (Internet);
or
1505

Schedule 5 – Repeals
Part 1 – Repeals
Migration (IMMI 17/051: Arrangements for Protection, Humanitarian and Refugee Visas) Instrument 2017 (F2017L00767)
1  The whole of the instrument
Repeal the instrument.

Part 2 – Application
1 Application of Repeal
Despite the repeal of the Migration (IMMI 17/051: Arrangements for Protection, Humanitarian and Refugee Visas) Instrument 2017 (IMMI 17/051) by Part 1 of this Schedule, IMMI 17/051, as in force immediately before the commencement of this instrument, continues to apply in relation to an application for a Protection (Class XA) visa, a Refugee and Humanitarian (Class XB) visa, a Temporary Protection (Class XD) visa and a Safe Haven Enterprise (Class XE) visa, if that application is made before the commencement of this instrument and is not finally determined.
