Migration (Arrival Control) Determination 2026

I, Tony Burke, Minister for Home Affairs, make the following determination.

Dated    25 March 2026

Tony Burke

Minister for Home Affairs

Contents

1  Name

2  Commencement

3  Authority

4  Definitions

5  Period for which arrival control determination is in force

6  Class of non-citizens to whom section 84E of the Act applies

1  Name

  This instrument is the Migration (Arrival Control) Determination 2026.

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Note: This table relates only to the provisions of this instrument as originally made.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 subsection 84B(1) of the Migration Act 1958.

4  Definitions

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

(a) non-citizen;

(b) passport.

  In this instrument:

Act means the Migration Act 1958.

5  Period for which arrival control determination is in force

  This instrument is in force for the period that:

 (a) begins immediately after the instrument commences; and

 (b) ends at the end of the period of 6 months beginning on the day after the instrument commences.

Note 1: Subsection 84B(5) of the Act provides that an arrival control determination must specify the period for which the determination is in force. This period must not be longer than the period that the Minister considers appropriate in all the circumstances.

Note 2: This instrument may be revoked earlier (see subsection 84B(4) of the Act).

6  Class of non-citizens to whom section 84E of the Act applies

 (1) Section 84E of the Act applies to the class of non-citizens that is specified in subsection (2).

 (2) The specified class of non-citizens is a non-citizen:

 (a) who, at any time during the period for which this instrument is in force, holds a Subclass 600 (Visitor) visa; and

 (b) who gave (or caused to be given) to the Minister or to the Department, in relation to the application for that visa, the passport number of a passport that was:

 (i) issued to the non-citizen by the Islamic Republic of Iran; or

 (ii) issued to another person by the Islamic Republic of Iran and the non-citizen was included in the passport; and

 (c) for whose visa the Department has made a record that associates that passport number with the grant of that visa.

Example: An applicant for a Visitor (Class FA) visa provides details of their Iranian passport to the Department when completing the visa application form and lodging the visa application (either personally or via an agent). If the applicant is granted a Subclass 600 (Visitor) visa, the details of their Iranian passport, including the passport number, are recorded and associated with the visa grant record in relevant departmental systems.