Migration (IMMI 16/022: Priority Consideration of Certain Visa Applications) Instrument 2016

I, Peter Dutton, Minister for Immigration and Border Protection, make the following instrument.

Dated 15 March 2016

Peter Dutton

Minister for Immigration and Border Protection

Contents

Part 1—Preliminary

1 Name

2 Commencement

3 Authority

4 Definitions

Part 2—Priority consideration of visa applications: general matters

5 Priority consideration of visa applications—general matters

Part 3—Priority consideration of visa applications: requests not enabled by application forms

6 Priority consideration of visa applications—requests not enabled by application forms

Part 1—Preliminary

1  Name

  This is the Migration (IMMI 16/022: Priority Consideration of Certain Visa Applications) Instrument 2016.

2  Commencement

 (1) Each provision of this instrument specified in column 1 of the table commences, or is taken to have commenced, in accordance with column 2 of the table. Any other statement in column 2 has effect according to its terms.

Note: This table relates only to the provisions of this instrument as originally made. It will not be amended to deal with any later amendments of this instrument.

 (2) Any information in column 3 of the table is not part of this instrument. Information may be inserted in this column, or information in it may be edited, in any published version of this instrument.

3  Authority

  This instrument is made under subregulation 2.12M(7) of the Migration Regulations 1994.

4  Definitions

Note: A number of expressions used in this instrument are defined in the Regulations, including the following:

 (a) Immigration;

 (b) outside Australia.

  In this instrument:

Regulations means the Migration Regulations 1994.

Part 2—Priority consideration of visa applications: general matters

5  Priority consideration of visa applications—general matters

  For subregulation 2.12M(2) of the Regulations, the following table specifies the following:

 (a) kinds of visas (column 1);

 (b) kinds of valid passports in relation to kinds of visas specified for the item (column 2);

 (c) requirements in relation to kinds of visas and kinds of valid passports specified for the item (column 3);

 (d) approved forms in relation to kinds of visas and kinds of valid passports specified for the item (column 4);

 (e) ways in which applications can be made in relation to kinds of visas, kinds of valid passports and approved forms specified for the item (column 5).

Note: For the relevant Australian Visa Application Centres: see https://www.border.gov.au/.

Part 3—Priority consideration of visa applications: requests not enabled by application forms

6  Priority consideration of visa applications—requests not enabled by application forms

  For subregulation 2.12M(5) of the Regulations, the following table specifies, in relation to kinds of visas (column 1) and kinds of valid passports (column 2), the following:

 (a) approved forms (column 3);

 (b) ways in which requests for priority consideration of visa applications can be made (column 4).

Note: For the relevant Australian Visa Application Centres: see https://www.border.gov.au/.