{"id":"F2024L01619","name":"Migration (Arrangements for Employer Nomination and Regional Employer Nomination Skilled Visas) Instrument 2024","slug":"migration-arrangements-for-employer-nomination-and-regional-employer-nomination-skilled-visas-instru","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"in_force","isInForce":true,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":442661,"registerId":"F2024L01619-fast-fetch-1775957620891","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-12","status":"InForce","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Migration (Arrangements for Employer Nomination and Regional Employer Nomination Skilled Visas) Instrument 2024","content":"---\nmeta-content-style-type: text/css\nmeta-content-type: application/xhtml+xml; charset=utf-8\n---\n\n?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"utf-8\" standalone=\"no\"?>\n\n![Commonwealth Coat of Arms of Australia](image.001.jpeg)\n\n \n\nLIN 24/092\n\n \n\nMigration (Arrangements for Employer Nomination and Regional Employer Nomination Skilled Visas) Instrument 2024\n\nI, Julian Hill, Assistant Minister for Citizenship and Multicultural Affairs, make the following instrument.\n\nDated  6 December 2024\n\nJulian Hill\n\nAssistant Minister for Citizenship and Multicultural Affairs\n\n \n\n \n\n \n\nContents\n\nPart 1—Preliminary\n\n1  Name\n\n2  Commencement\n\n3  Authority\n\n4  Definitions\n\n5  Schedules\n\nPart 2—Nominations for subclass 186 and 187 visas\n\n6  Approved form for nominations for subclass 186 and 187 visas\n\n7  Different way of making a nomination application for subclass 186 visa\n\nPart 3—Approved forms and manner for application for Class EN or RN visa\n\n8  Approved forms for the Class EN visa\n\n9  Manner in which application for Class EN visa must be made\n\n10  Making an application for the Class RN visa\n\nSchedule 1—Repeals\n\nMigration Regulations 1994 - Specification of Arrangements for Employer Nomination and Regional Employer Nomination Skilled Visas 2015 (items 1114B and 1114C) (IMMI 15/032)\n\n \n\n \n\nPart 1—Preliminary\n\n1  Name\n\n  This instrument is the Migration (Arrangements for Employer Nomination and Regional Employer Nomination Skilled Visas) Instrument 2024.\n\n2  Commencement\n\n  This instrument commences on 7 December 2024.\n\n3  Authority\n\n  This instrument is made under subregulation 2.07(5) and regulation 5.19 of the Migration Regulations 1994.\n\n4  Definitions\n\nNote: A number of expressions used in this instrument are defined in the Act or the Regulations, including the following:\n\n(a) Internet application;\n\n(b) officer.\n\n  In this instrument:\n\nAct means the Migration Act 1958.\n\nDepartment means the Department of Home Affairs.\n\nnomination application means an application for approval of the nomination of a position.\n\nRegulations means the Migration Regulations 1994.\n\nsubclass 186 visa means the Subclass 186 (Employer Nomination Scheme) visa.\n\n5  Schedules\n\n  Each instrument that is specified in a Schedule to this instrument is amended or repealed as set out in the applicable items in the Schedule concerned, and any other item in a Schedule to this instrument has effect according to its terms.  \n\n\nPart 2—Nominations for subclass 186 and 187 visas\n\n6  Approved form for nominations for subclass 186 and 187 visas\n\n (1) Subject to subsection (2), for the purposes of paragraph 5.19(2)(a) of the Regulations, approved form 1395 (Internet) is specified.\n\n (2) For the purposes of paragraph 5.19(2AA)(b) of the Regulations, approved form 1395 is specified as the form for a nomination application in relation to an application, or proposed application, for a subclass 186 visa made in the way specified in subsection 7(2).\n\n7  Different way of making a nomination application for subclass 186 visa\n\n (1) For the purposes of paragraph 5.19(2AA)(a) of the Regulations, this section specifies:\n\n (a) a different way of making a nomination application in relation to an application, or proposed application, for a subclass 186 visa; and\n\n (b) the circumstances in which such an application may be made in that way.\n\n (2) For a nomination application in relation to an application, or proposed application, for a subclass 186 visa, if the circumstances specified in subsection (3) or (4) apply, and if:\n\n (a) an officer has sent an authorisation for a person to make an application in accordance with this subsection; and\n\n (b) the authorisation in paragraph (a) is sent by an email from e186.Manual.Lodgement@homeaffairs.gov.au;\n\nthen:\n\n (c) it is specified that the person may instead make an application by:\n\n (i) using the form specified in subsection 6(2), as provided with the authorising email; and\n\n (ii) emailing the completed application form to e186.Manual.Lodgement@homeaffairs.gov.au by the end of the day on which the authorisation was given (AEST or AEDST as applicable to the date on which the authorisation was given); and\n\n (iii) including in the email a copy of the authorising email sent by the Department that includes the name and position number of the officer who sent the authorising email.\n\n (3) This subsection specifies the following circumstances:\n\n(a) the Department has identified a problem with its Internet application systems; and\n\n(b) as a result of the problem referred to in paragraph (a), the applicant is unable to make an Internet application; and\n\n(c) electronic lodgement of the application is not prevented by the Act or the Regulations; and\n\n(d) it is more likely than not that the problem will not be rectified by the end of the business day on which the problem is identified by the Department, or if the problem is identified on a day that is not a business day—by the end of the next business day following the day on which the problem is identified; and\n\n(e) any of the following applies:\n\n (i)  a person who applies, or proposes to apply, for a visa in relation to the nomination application (an affected visa applicant) will become an unlawful non-citizen on, or before, the next business day after the day identified in paragraph (d);\n\n (ii)  an affected visa applicant will no longer hold a visa mentioned in paragraph 5.19(5)(a) of the Regulations on or before the next business day after the day identified in paragraph (d);\n\n (iii)  an affected visa applicant will turn 45 on or before the next business day after the day identified in paragraph (d).\n\n (4) This subsection specifies the following circumstances:\n\n(a) a problem is identified by the Department with the Department’s systems and the applicant is unable to make an Internet application as a result of that problem; and\n\n(b) the problem referred to in paragraph (a) is unable to be rectified by the Department; and\n\n(c) electronic lodgement of the application is not prevented by the Act or the Regulations.  \n\n\nPart 3—Approved forms and manner for application for Class EN or RN visa\n\n8  Approved forms for the Class EN visa\n\n (1) Subject to subsection (2), for the purposes of subitem 1114B(1) of Schedule 1 to the Regulations, form 1408 (Internet) is specified as the approved form.\n\n (2) For the purposes of subitem 1114B(1) of Schedule 1 to the Regulations, approved form 1408 is specified for an application made in accordance with subsection 9(3).\n\n9  Manner in which application for Class EN visa must be made\n\n (1) For the purposes of paragraph 1114B(3)(a) of Schedule 1 to the Regulations, subsections (2) and (3) specify the manner in which an application must be made.\n\n (2) Subject to subsection (3), an application must be made as an Internet application.\n\n (3) If subsection (4) or (5) applies, and if:\n\n1.      an officer has sent an authorisation for a person (the applicant) to make an application in accordance with this subsection; and\n2.     the authorisation in paragraph (a) is sent by an email from e186.Manual.Lodgement@homeaffairs.gov.au, then it is specified that the applicant may instead make an application by:\n\n\n (i) using the form specified in subsection 8(2), as provided with the authorising email; and\n\n (ii) emailing the completed application to e186.Manual.Lodgement@homeaffairs.gov.au by the end of the day on which the authorisation was given (AEST or AEDST as applicable to the date on which the authorisation was given); and\n\n (iii) including in the email a copy of the authorising email sent by the Department that includes the name and position number of the officer who sent the authorising email;\n\nthe application must be made in the manner specified in paragraph (b).\n\n (4) This subsection applies if:\n\n(a) the Department has identified a problem with its Internet application systems; and\n\n(b) as a result of the problem referred to in paragraph (a), the applicant is unable to make an Internet application; and\n\n(c) electronic lodgement of the application is not prevented by the Act or the Regulations; and\n\n(d) it is more likely than not that the problem will not be rectified by the end of the business day on which the problem is identified by the Department, or if the problem is identified on a day that is not a business day – by the end of the next business day following the day the problem is identified; and\n\n(e) either:\n\n (i)  the applicant will become an unlawful non-citizen on, or before, the next business day after the day identified in paragraph (d); or\n\n (ii) the applicant will turn 45 on, or before, the next business day after the day identified in paragraph (d).\n\n (5) This subsection applies if:\n\n(a) a problem is identified by the Department with the Department’s systems and the applicant is unable to make an Internet application as a result of that problem; and\n\n(b) the problem referred to in paragraph (a) is unable to be rectified by the Department; and\n\n(c) electronic lodgement of the application is not prevented by the Act or the Regulations.\n\n10  Making an application for the Class RN visa\n\n (1) For the purposes of subitem 1114C(1) of the Regulations, form 1408 (Internet) is specified as the approved form.\n\n (2) For the purposes of paragraph 1114C(3)(a) of the Regulations, it is specified that an application must be made as an Internet application.  \n\n\nSchedule 1—Repeals\n\nMigration Regulations 1994 - Specification of Arrangements for Employer Nomination and Regional Employer Nomination Skilled Visas 2015 (items 1114B and 1114C) (IMMI 15/032)\n\n1  The whole of the instrument\n\nRepeal the instrument.\n","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"kimi_summary":{"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":4,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The instrument maintains the same scope as its predecessor (IMMI 15/032). It continues to govern administrative arrangements for employer nomination and visa application processes for the same visa subclasses. The 2024 version appears to be a straightforward re-enactment with updated form references and refined emergency procedures, not an expansion into new policy areas."},"complexity_factors":["Multiple cross-references to the Migration Regulations 1994 (specifically regulations 5.19, subregulation 2.07(5), and Schedule 1 items 1114B and 1114C)","Nested conditional logic for the manual lodgement exception (requires system failure + inability to fix + specific adverse consequences + officer authorisation + specific email protocol)","Dual pathways for Subclass 186 nominations (standard internet vs manual exception) with slightly different trigger conditions in subsections 7(3) and 7(4)","Time-sensitive requirements ('end of the day', 'next business day', AEST/AEDST timezone references)","Specific email address and procedural requirements (e186.Manual.Lodgement@homeaffairs.gov.au) that act as mandatory conditions","References to external defined terms ('Internet application', 'officer', 'unlawful non-citizen') not defined within the instrument itself"],"plain_english_summary":"This instrument sets the administrative rules for lodging Employer Nomination Scheme (subclass 186) and Regional Employer Nomination Scheme (subclass 187) applications: it names the required forms, mandates online submission through the Department of Home Affairs, provides an authorised email-based emergency fallback if system outages would cause serious harm (e.g., loss of visa or age-based ineligibility), and repeals the 2015 instrument. It affects sponsoring employers, skilled applicants, and department staff by prescribing how applications must be made."},"flash_summary":{"complexity_score":4,"scope_assessment":{"changed":true,"description":"This instrument replaces the 2015 specification (Schedule 1 repeals the earlier instrument) and restates which approved internet forms apply (forms 1395 and 1408 in sections 6 and 8) while introducing a formal, narrowly‑circumscribed manual/email lodgement pathway authorised by an officer when Department internet systems fail (sections 7 and 9). Mechanically, it shifts administrative arrangements by codifying the authorised manual alternative, imposing strict timing and documentary requirements and leaving system‑failure determinations to the Department (see sections 7(3)–(4), 9(4)–(5))."},"complexity_factors":["Multiple conditional triggers for manual/email lodgement (see sections 7(2)–(5) and 9(3)–(5)); different tests in subsections (eg. imminent unlawful status, turning 45).","Strict same‑day timing and timezone rule: completed form must be emailed by end of the day AEST/AEDST on which authorisation was given (sections 7(2)(c)(ii), 9(3)(b)(ii)).","Dependence on a specific authorising email address and an officer’s authorisation (e186.Manual.Lodgement@homeaffairs.gov.au and requirement to include officer name/position number) (sections 7(2)(a),(c)(iii), 9(3)(1)–(3)).","Cross‑references to external instruments and statutory definitions (Migration Act 1958, Migration Regulations 1994, and defined terms like Internet application and officer) increasing interpretive steps (section 4 and throughout).","Dual pathways: default mandatory internet application but conditional manual alternative creates branching compliance obligations (sections 6–10).","Repeal of an earlier 2015 specification instrument (Schedule 1) — change in administrative regime that may require practitioners to update procedures."],"plain_english_summary":"This instrument fixes which online forms must be used for employer‑nominated skilled visas (subclass 186 and 187) and for Class EN/RN applications, and creates a narrow alternative: an authorised same‑day email lodgement if the Department’s internet systems fail. It names the approved forms (1395 and 1408), requires an authorising email from e186.Manual.Lodgement@homeaffairs.gov.au, and repeals a 2015 specification. It affects employers, visa applicants and Department processing by creating a limited manual‑lodgement route and strict timing and documentation obligations."},"flash_summary_failed":{"failed":true,"reason":"Unauthenticated. Configure AI_GATEWAY_API_KEY or use a provider module. 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