Training (Class GF)

(1) Form: The approved form specified by the Minister in a legislative instrument made for the purposes of this item under subregulation 2.07(5).

(2) Visa application charge:

(a) first instalment (payable at the time the application is made):

(b) the second instalment (payable before grant of visa) is nil.

Note 1: Regulation 2.12C explains the components of the first instalment of visa application charge and specifies the amounts of subsequent temporary application charge and non-Internet application charge. Not all of the components may apply to a particular application.

Note 2: Additional applicant charge is paid by an applicant who claims to be a member of the family unit of another applicant and seeks to combine the application with that applicant’s application.

Additional requirements

(3) The requirements in the table must be met.

Requirements Item Requirements 1 An application must be made at the place, and in the manner, (if any) specified by the Minister in a legislative instrument made for the purposes of this item under subregulation 2.07(5) 2 An applicant may be in or outside Australia, but not in immigration clearance 3 An application must specify the person who has agreed to be the applicant’s approved sponsor 4 The person specified in an application for the purposes of item 3 must be a temporary activities sponsor 5 If the person specified in an application for the purposes of item 3 is not a Commonwealth agency:

(a) the person must have nominated a program of occupational training in relation to the applicant under paragraph 140GB(1)(b) of the Act; and

(b) the nomination must have been approved under subsection 140GB(2) of the Act; and

(c) the approval must not have ceased under regulation 2.75A; and

(d) the application must identify the nomination

6 If an applicant holds a substantive visa, the visa must not be:

(a) a permanent visa; or

(b) a Subclass 403 (Temporary Work (International Relations)) visa in the Domestic Worker (Diplomatic or Consular) stream; or

(c) a Subclass 771 (Transit) visa; or

(d) a special purpose visa; or

(e) a temporary visa specified by the Minister in a legislative instrument made for the purposes of this paragraph under subregulation 2.07(5)

Requirements Item Requirements 7 If an applicant is in Australia and does not hold a substantive visa:

(a) the applicant must have held a substantive visa; and

(b) the last substantive visa held by the applicant must not have been:

(i) a Subclass 403 (Temporary Work (International Relations)) visa in the Domestic Worker (Diplomatic or Consular) stream; or

(ii) a Subclass 771 (Transit) visa; or

(iii) a special purpose visa; and

(c) the application must be made:

(i) within 28 days after the day when the last substantive visa held by the applicant ceased to be in effect; or

(ii) if that last substantive visa was cancelled, and the ART has made a decision to set aside and substitute the cancellation decision or the Minister’s decision not to revoke the cancellation—within 28 days after the day when:

(A) if the ART’s decision is given to the applicant orally—the applicant is taken, under subsection 368(7) of the Act, to have been notified of the decision; or

(B) otherwise—the applicant is taken, under section 379C of the Act, to have received the notification of the ART’s decision

8 An applicant seeking to satisfy the primary criteria must declare in the application (the primary application) whether or not each of the following:

(a) the applicant;

(b) any person who has made a combined application with the applicant; has engaged in conduct, in relation to the primary application or the combined application, that constitutes a contravention of subsection 245AS(1) of the Act

(4) An application by a person claiming to be a member of the family unit of a person (the primary applicant) who is an applicant for a Training (Class GF) visa may be made at the same time and place as, and combined with, an application by that person or any other member of the family unit who claims to be a member of the family unit of the primary applicant.