{"id":"F2020L00156","name":"Migration (LIN 20/102: Arrangements for Student (Temporary) (Class TU) visa applications) Instrument 2020","slug":"migration-lin-20-102-arrangements-for-student-temporary-class-tu-visa-applications-instrument-2020","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"in_force","isInForce":true,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":440381,"registerId":"F2020L00156-fast-fetch-1775956029100","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-12","status":"InForce","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Migration (LIN 20/102: Arrangements for Student (Temporary) (Class TU) visa applications) Instrument 2020","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\nMigration (LIN 20/102: Arrangements for Student (Temporary) (Class TU) visa applications) Instrument 2020\n\nI, Michael Willard, Delegate of the Minister for Immigration, Citizenship, Migrant Services and Multicultural Affairs, make the following arrangement.\n\nDated         24 February 2020\n\nMichael Willard\n\nSenior Executive Service, Band Two,\n\nImmigration and Community Protection Policy Division\n\nDepartment of Home 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—Arrangements for the Class TU visa\n\n6  Form and manner of making visa applications\n\nSchedule 1—Forms required for applications to be made for Class TU visas.\n\nSchedule 2—Repeal\n\nArrangements for Student Visa Applicants 2017/011\n\n \n\n \n\nPart 1—Preliminary\n\n1  Name\n\n1.            This instrument is the Migration (LIN 20/102: Arrangements for Student (Temporary) (Class TU) visa applications) Instrument 2020.\n2.            This instrument may be cited as LIN 20/102.\n\n\n2  Commencement\n\nThis instrument commences on the day after it is registered on the Federal Register of Legislation.\n\n3  Authority\n\nThis instrument is made under subregulation 2.07(5) of the Migration Regulations 1994.\n\n4  Definitions\n\nNote: A number of expressions used in this instrument are defined in subsection 5(1) of the Act, including the following:\n\n(a) outside Australia;\n\n(b) in Australia.\n\nIn this instrument:\n\nAct means Migration Act 1958\n\nauthorising email means an email sent by an officer of the department, authorising an applicant to make an application in a different place or a different manner.\n\nClass TU visa means Student (Temporary) (Class TU) visa.\n\nDepartment means Department of Home Affairs.\n\nPHEIC means Public Health Emergency of International Concern designated by the World Health Organisation.\n\nreapplying applicant means an applicant:\n\n1.            whose Subclass 500 visa or Subclass 590 visa was cancelled under paragraph 116(1)(e) of the Act as a result of the risk, in relation to a relevant PHEIC, to the health, safety or good order the Australian community, or a segment of the Australian community; and\n2.            who is seeking to apply for a Subclass 500 visa or Subclass 590 visa .\n\n\nRegulations means the Migration Regulations 1994.\n\nrelevant PHEIC means the PHEIC on the basis of which a subsequent applicant’s Subclass 500 visa or Subclass 590 visa was cancelled.\n\n5  Schedules\n\nThe instrument specified in Schedule 2 to this instrument is 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\n\n\nPart 2—Arrangements for the Class TU visa\n\n6  Form and manner of making visa applications\n\n1.            This section:\n\n\n1.            is made for the purposes of item 1222 of Schedule 1 to the Regulations; and\n2.            applies to an application for a Class TU visa.:\n\n\n1.            The approved internet form is specified in Column 3 of the table in Schedule 1 for the applicants mentioned in Column 2 of the table for that item, who are making an application for the visas mentioned in Column 1 of the table for that item.\n\n\nDifferent way of making visa applications\n\n1.            Subject to subsection (4) or subsection (5), a visa application may be made other than as an internet application if a departmental email is sent by an authorised officer of the department and that email (the authorising email):\n\n\n1.            authorises the use of non-internet forms specified in Column 4 of the table in Schedule 1 for an applicant mentioned in Column 2 of the table for that item, who are making an application for the visa mentioned in Column 1 of the table for that item ; and\n2.            includes the approved non-internet forms mentioned in paragraph (a).\n\n\n1.            Subject to subsection (5), if the visa application is made other than as an internet application:\n\n\n1.            the applicant must submit the approved form according to the directions specified in the authorising email; and\n2.            a copy of the authorising email must be attached to the application; and\n3.            the application must be submitted before midnight (AEST or AESDT when applicable) on the day following the date on which the authorising email was sent by an officer of the Department; and\n4.            if the applicant is outside Australia, the authorised application may also be made at a diplomatic, consular or migration office maintained by or on behalf of the Commonwealth outside Australia.\n\n\n1.            If the visa application is made by an applicant mentioned in item 4 of the table in Schedule 1:\n\n\n1.            the applicant must submit the approved form according to the directions specified in the authorising email; and\n2.            a copy of the authorising email must be attached to the application.  \n\n\nSchedule 1—Forms required for applications to be made for Class TU visas.\n\n \n\n- Approved Forms\n- Item Column 1Subclass of visa Column 2Applicant Column 3Approved Internet Forms Column 4Approved Non - Internet Forms\n- 1 Subclass 500 (Student) An Applicant who:(a) at the time of application is under 18 years of Age; and(b) intends to reside with a parent, a person who has custody of the applicant, or a suitable relative 157A (internet) with 157N 157A with 157N\n- 2 Subclass 500 (Student) For applicants who do not meet the criteria in item 1 157A (internet) 157A\n- 3 Subclass 590 (Student Guardian) Any applicant 157G (internet) with 157N 157G with 157N\n- 4 Subclass 500 (Student) and Subclass 590 (Student Guardian) The applicant who:(a) is in Australia; and(b) is a reapplying applicant; and(c) makes an application for the Subclass 500 visa or the Subclass 590 visa no later than 3 months after the cancellation of the applicant’s Subclass 500 visa or the Subclass 590 visa. Not applicable 1543\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\nSchedule 2—Repeal\n\nArrangements for Student Visa Applicants 2017/011\n\n1  The whole of the instrument\n\nAccording to section 33(3) of the Acts Interpretation Act 1901, the instrument is repealed.\n\n \n","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"summary":{"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This is a narrow instrument that sets out specific application arrangements for student visas and repeals the previous version."},"complexity_factors":["administrative rules for visa application forms","special provisions for reapplying applicants after PHEIC cancellations"],"plain_english_summary":"This instrument sets the approved forms and methods for applying for Student (Temporary) (Class TU) visas (Subclass 500 and 590). It applies to students (including under‑18s living with a parent or suitable relative), guardians, and certain reapplicants after cancellations for a public‑health emergency. Most applications must use prescribed internet forms (eg, 157A, 157G), though the Department may permit emailed non‑internet forms. It repeals the 2017 arrangements—check required forms before applying."},"flash_summary_failed":{"failed":true,"reason":"Unauthenticated. Configure AI_GATEWAY_API_KEY or use a provider module. Learn more: https://ai-sdk.dev/unauthenticated-ai-gateway","source":"analysis-cron"},"flash_summary":{"complexity_score":4,"scope_assessment":{"changed":true,"description":"This instrument expressly repeals the prior \"Arrangements for Student Visa Applicants 2017/011\" (Schedule 2) and replaces it with a more prescriptive scheme: it lists specific approved internet and non‑internet forms for Subclass 500 and 590 applications, introduces an authorising‑email process allowing departmental officers to permit non‑internet lodgement, and adds short submission deadlines and documentary requirements for those authorised pathways. The practical scope of who may lodge which form and how is therefore altered from the prior instrument."},"complexity_factors":["Cross‑references to other instruments and statutes (Migration Regulations 1994 item 1222; Migration Act 1958) require reading external material to see full effect","Defined categories of applicants (e.g. under‑18, guardians, reapplying applicants) change which form applies","Dual pathways (approved internet forms vs authorised non‑internet forms) with an authorising email mechanism add conditional complexity (s6)","Short, specific timing and documentary requirements for non‑internet applications (attach authorising email; submit by midnight AEST/AEDT next day) increase compliance risk","Departmental discretion concentrated in an \"authorised officer\" to permit non‑internet filing creates implementation variability","Schedule mapping of visa subclasses to particular form numbers (Columns 1–4 of Schedule 1) requires careful cross‑checking","An exception pathway for reapplying applicants (item 4, Schedule 1) changes procedural rules and interacts with cancellation history","Repeal of an earlier instrument (Schedule 2) means stakeholders must compare old and new text to identify material changes","Some internal references (e.g. to subsection (5)) appear without full text here, creating interpretive gaps"],"plain_english_summary":"This instrument fixes how Student (Temporary) (Class TU) visa applications must be made: it names the approved internet and non‑internet forms, and lets an authorised departmental officer permit non‑internet applications by sending an authorising email. It sets short filing requirements (attach the email, meet the submission deadline, and follow directions) and treats certain cancelled‑visa \"reapplying applicants\" differently. It affects Subclass 500 and 590 applicants and departmental officers, and matters because it changes the practical steps, timing and departmental discretion for lodging student/guardian visa applications."},"kimi_summary":{"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":3,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The legislation remains focused on its original purpose: prescribing forms and application methods for student and student guardian visas. The inclusion of provisions for 'reapplying applicants' affected by public health emergencies represents a targeted expansion to address specific circumstances (PHEIC-related cancellations) rather than scope creep. The instrument directly replaces its 2017 predecessor without significant expansion beyond administrative updates and the pandemic-related provisions."},"complexity_factors":["Short length (approximately 2 pages of substantive content)","Only 6 defined terms in section 4, most referencing external legislation","Simple structure: preliminary matters, main operative provision (section 6), and two schedules","Limited conditional logic—primarily straightforward 'if-then' scenarios in section 6","Single cross-reference to Migration Regulations 1994 (item 1222 of Schedule 1)","Table in Schedule 1 presents information clearly in four columns","No nested exceptions or deeply layered subsections"],"plain_english_summary":"This legislation sets out the rules for how people apply for Australian student visas (Subclass 500) and student guardian visas (Subclass 590).\n\n**What it does:**\n- **Specifies which forms to use:** Most applicants must use online forms (157A for students, 157G for guardians). Some applicants—particularly those under 18 living with family—must also submit an extra form (157N).\n- **Allows exceptions:** In special cases, the Department of Home Affairs can send an email authorising someone to use paper forms instead of online ones. This email must be attached to the application, and the application must be submitted quickly (within roughly 24 hours of the email).\n- **Helps people who had visas cancelled due to health emergencies:** If someone's student or guardian visa was cancelled because of a public health emergency (like a pandemic), they can reapply using a special paper form (1543) within three months of the cancellation.\n- **Repeals old rules:** It replaces an earlier 2017 instrument with updated arrangements.\n\n**Who it affects:**\n- International students applying to study in Australia\n- Parents or guardians applying to accompany students under 18\n- People whose visas were cancelled during public health emergencies and want to reapply\n\n**Why it matters:**\nThis instrument creates flexibility for visa applications during emergencies while maintaining standard online processes for most applicants. The special provisions for \"reapplying applicants\" were particularly relevant during the COVID-19 pandemic, allowing people whose visas were cancelled due to health risks to quickly reapply without using the standard online system."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/migration-lin-20-102-arrangements-for-student-temporary-class-tu-visa-applications-instrument-2020","history":"/api/acts/migration-lin-20-102-arrangements-for-student-temporary-class-tu-visa-applications-instrument-2020/history","analysis":"/api/acts/migration-lin-20-102-arrangements-for-student-temporary-class-tu-visa-applications-instrument-2020/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/migration-lin-20-102-arrangements-for-student-temporary-class-tu-visa-applications-instrument-2020/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/migration-lin-20-102-arrangements-for-student-temporary-class-tu-visa-applications-instrument-2020/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/migration-lin-20-102-arrangements-for-student-temporary-class-tu-visa-applications-instrument-2020/documents"}}