Commonwealth of Australia

Migration Regulations 1994

ARRANGEMENTS FOR CHILD VISA APPLICATIONS 2015

(Subregulation 2.07(5), Items 1108, 1108A and 1211)

I, PETER DUTTON, Minister for Immigration and Border Protection, acting under subregulation 2.07(5) of the Migration Regulations 1994 (the Regulations) for items 1108, 1108A and 1211 of Schedule 1 to the Regulations:

  1. REVOKE Instrument Number IMMI 15/030, Arrangements for child visa applications 2015, signed on 16 April 2015 (F2015L00547).
  2. SPECIFY, under subregulation 2.07(5) of the Regulations and subitems 1108(3) and 1108A(3) of Schedule 1 to the Regulations, in relation to an applicant claiming to have been adopted in an overseas country at a particular time to seek to meet the requirements in either subclauses 102.211(2) or 802.213(5):
  1. the country listed in Column A of the table in the Schedule to this Instrument for the purposes of subparagraph 1108(3)(c)(ii) and subparagraph 1108A(3)(f)(ii) of Schedule 1 to the Regulations; and
  2. the period specified in Column B of the table in the Schedule to this Instrument for the purposes of subparagraph 1108(3)(c)(iii) and subparagraph 1108A(3)(f)(iii) of Schedule 1 to the Regulations, in relation to the country listed in Column A.  

3.             SPECIFY, under subregulation 2.07(5) of the Regulations, for the purposes of subitems 1108(1) and 1108A(1) and for the purposes of paragraphs 1108(3)(a) and 1108A(3)(a) of Schedule 1 to the Regulations, the following approved forms and the place and manner in which an application must be made:

ITEM AND VISA

FORM

PLACE AND MANNER

ITEM 1108 – Child (Migrant) (Class AH)

subclass 101 (Child)

subclass 102 (Adoption)

subclass 117 (Orphan Relative)

47CH

 

Application must be made outside Australia in accordance with the requirements set out in subregulation 2.10(2) of Part 2 of the Regulations.

ITEM 1108A – Child (Residence) (Class BT)

Subclass 802 (Child)

Subclass 837 (Orphan Relative)

 

47CH

(a) Application must be made in Australia but not in immigration clearance.

(b) Application must be made by: 

(i) posting the application (with correct pre-paid postage) to:

Department of Immigration and Border Protection

Locked Bag 7

NORTHBRIDGE WA 6865

AUSTRALIA;

OR

(ii) having the application delivered by courier service to:

Department of Immigration and Border Protection

Wellington Central

836 Wellington Street

WEST PERTH WA 6005

AUSTRALIA.

4.             SPECIFY, under subregulation 2.07(5) of the Regulations, for the purposes of subitem 1211(1) and paragraph 1211(3)(a) of Schedule 1 to the Regulations, the following approved forms and place and manner in which an application must be made:

ITEM AND VISA

FORM

PLACE AND MANNER

ITEM 1211 – Extended Eligibility (Temporary) (Class TK)

Subclass 445 (Dependent Child)

 

918

(a) Application by an applicant in Australia must be made by:

(i) posting the application (with correct pre-paid  postage) to:

Department of Immigration and Border Protection

Locked Bag 7

NORTHBRIDGE WA 6865

AUSTRALIA;

OR

(ii) having the application delivered by courier  service to:

Department of Immigration and Border  Protection

Wellington Central

836 Wellington Street

WEST PERTH

WA 6005

AUSTRALIA.

(b) Application by an applicant outside Australia must be made outside Australia in accordance with the requirements set out in subregulation 2.10(2) of Part 2 of the Regulations

This Instrument, Arrangements for Child Visa Applications 2015, IMMI 15/136 commences immediately after the commencement of Migration Legislation Amendment (2015 Measures No. 4) Regulation 2015.

Dated: 10 December 2015

Peter Dutton

THE HON PETER DUTTON MP

Minister for Immigration and Border Protection


SCHEDULE

COLUMN A

COUNTRY

COLUMN B

SPECIFIED PERIOD

Pakistan

No limitation on time period