TOURIST VISA APPLICATIONS FROM CITIZENS OF THE PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF CHINA

(PARAGRAPH 676.214(a))

I, AMANDA VANSTONE, Minister for Immigration and Multicultural Affairs, acting under regulation 1.17 and paragraph 676.214(a) of the Migration Regulations 1994 (‘the Regulations’):

1. REVOKE Instrument Number IMMI05/043 specifying areas in the People’s Republic of China (PRC) for the purposes of paragraph 676.212A(a) of the Regulations signed on 22 June 2005; and

2.             SPECIFY the areas in the Schedule to this Instrument as areas of the PRC for the purposes of paragraph 676.214(a) of the Regulations.

This Instrument, IMMI06/002, commences on 28 February 2006.

Dated 24 February 2006

AMANDA VANSTONE

Minister for Immigration and Multicultural Affairs

[NOTE 1:  Regulation 1.17 provides that the Minister may, by notice published in the Gazette, specify matters required by individual provisions of the Regulations to be specified for the purposes of those provisions.

NOTE 2:  Clause 676.214 of the Regulations relevantly provides if an application is made by a citizen of the PRC mentioned in subparagraph 1218(1)(b) in Schedule 1, to the Regulations, the applicant must be a resident of an area in PRC specified by Gazette Notice, for the purposes of paragraph 676.214(a).]

Schedule

Provinces

Anhui, Fujian, Gansu, Guangdong, Guizhou, Hainan, Hebei, Heilongjiang, Henan, Hubei, Hunan, Jiangsu, Jiangxi, Jilin, Liaoning, Qinghai, Shandong, Shaanxi, Sichuan, Yunnan and Zhejiang.

Municipalities

Beijing, Chonqing, Shanghai and Tinjin.

Regions

Guangxi Zhuang, Inner Mongolia, Ningxia Hui, Tibet and Xinjiang Uygur.