# Application for visa—general

> reg-2.07 — as in force on 2026-06-01 — F2026C00497 · Compilation No. 287 — https://www.legislation.gov.au/F2026C00497/latest/text

2.07 Application for visa—general
          (1) For sections 45 and 46 of the Act (which deal with applications for visas), if an
              application is required for a particular class of visa:
                (a) the relevant item of Schedule 1 sets out the approved form (if any) to be
                    completed by an applicant; and
               (b) regulation 2.12C and the relevant item of Schedule 1 set out:
                      (i) the visa application charge (if any) payable in relation to an
                          application; and
                     (ii) the components that may be applicable to a particular application for
                          the visa; and
                (c) the relevant item of Schedule 1 sets out other matters relating to the
                    application.
               Note:     An item of Schedule 1 may provide for matters to be specified by the Minister in a
                         legislative instrument made under subregulation (5).

          (3) An applicant must complete an approved form in accordance with any directions
              on it.
          (4) An application for a visa that is made using an approved form is not a valid
              application if the applicant does not set out his or her residential address:
                (a) in the form; or
               (b) in a separate document that accompanies the application.
          (5) If an item of Schedule 1 prescribes criteria or requirements by reference to a
              legislative instrument made under this subregulation, the Minister may, by
              legislative instrument, specify any of the following matters for the purposes of
              such a criterion or requirement:
                (a) an approved form for making an application for a visa of a specified class;
                (b) the way in which an application for a visa of a specified class must be
                     made;
                (c) the place at which an application for a visa of a specified class must be
                     made;
                (d) any other matter.








               Note 1:   For paragraph (b), examples of the way in which an application must be made include
                         by the internet, orally, or by posting, faxing or emailing the application to a specified
                         number or address.
               Note 2:   Regulation 2.10 sets out where an application for a visa must be made if no location for
                         making the application is prescribed in relation to the visa in Schedule 1.

          (6) The legislative instrument may specify different matters for:
               (a) different kinds of visa (however described); and
               (b) different classes of applicant.