Migration (Arrangements for Pacific Engagement Visa Applications) Instrument (LIN 24/012) 2024
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Migration (Arrangements for Pacific Engagement Visa Applications) Instrument (LIN 24/012) 2024
I, Patrick Bryson, delegate of the Minister for Immigration, Citizenship and Multicultural Affairs, make the following instrument.
Dated  13 May 2024
Patrick Bryson
A/g SES Band 1 / A/g Assistant Secretary
Skilled Visas Branch
Immigration Programs Division
Department of Home Affairs
Contents
1  Name...................................................1
2  Commencement............................................1
3  Authority................................................1
4  Definitions...............................................1
5  Applying for a Subclass 192 (Pacific Engagement) visa—specified form and manner...1
1  Name
  This instrument is the Migration (Arrangements for Pacific Engagement Visa Applications) Instrument (LIN 24/012) 2024.
2  Commencement
  This instrument commences on the day after the instrument is registered.
3  Authority
  This instrument is made under subregulation 2.07(5) of the Migration Regulations 1994.
4  Definitions
Note: A number of expressions used in this instrument are defined in the Migration Regulations, including Immigration.
  In this instrument:
ImmiAccount means the interactive portal for online services available through the Department’s website at https://immi.homeaffairs.gov.au.
Internet form means a form mentioned in paragraph 1.18(2)(b) of the Migration Regulations.
Migration Regulations means the Migration Regulations 1994.
written notice means an email from Immigration to a person that:
 (a) authorises the person to make an application using an approved form specified in paragraph 5(1)(b); and
 (b) includes an Immigration email address and instructions to the person setting out how to send the form to that email address.
5  Applying for a Subclass 192 (Pacific Engagement) visa—specified form and manner
 (1) For the purposes of item 1140 of Schedule 1 to the Migration Regulations, the following approved forms are specified:
 (a) form 1556 (Internet);
 (b) form 1556.
 (2) For the purposes of paragraph 1140(3)(a) of Schedule 1 to the Migration Regulations, the manner in which an application must be made, using a form specified in subsection (1), is specified in the following table.
	Item
	If the form used in making the visa application is…
	the application must be made…

	1
	form 1556 (Internet)
	via ImmiAccount.

	2
	form 1556
	by sending the application by email to the Immigration email address that is set out in a written notice.