{"id":"F2015L01682","name":"Migration Regulations 1994 - Specification of Specified place to provide a personal identifier 2015 - IMMI 15/134","slug":"migration-regulations-1994-specification-of-specified-place-to-provide-a-personal-identifier-2015-im","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"repealed","isInForce":false,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":93496,"registerId":"commonwealth-F2015L01682-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-02","status":"Repealed","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"SPECIFIED PLACE TO PROVIDE A PERSONAL ID","sectionType":"part","heading":"SPECIFIED PLACE TO PROVIDE A PERSONAL IDENTIFIER 2015","content":"![](image.001.png) \nCommonwealth of Australia\n\nMigration Regulations 1994\n\n# SPECIFIED PLACE TO PROVIDE A PERSONAL IDENTIFIER 2015\n\n# (subparagraph 2.04(3)(b)(ii) and subparagraph 2.08AC(4)(a)(ii)(B))\n\nI, JIM WILLIAMS, delegate of the Minister for Immigration and Border Protection, acting under subparagraph 2.04(3)(b)(ii) and sub-subparagraph 2.08AC(4)(a)(ii)(B) of the Migration Regulations 1994 (the Regulations):\n\n1. REVOKE Instrument Number IMMI 15/125 (F2015L01504) signed on 21 September 2015; and\n2. SPECIFY in the Schedule to this Instrument, places for:\n 1. subsection 40(5) of the Migration Act 1958 (the Act), for the purposes of subparagraph 2.04(3)(b)(ii) of the Regulations, and\n 2. subsection 46(2C) of the Act for the purposes of subparagraph 2.08AC(4)(a)(ii)(B) of the Regulations.\n\nThis Instrument Specified Place to Provide a Personal Identifier 2015, IMMI 15/134, commences on the day after registration on the Federal Register of Legislative Instruments.\n\nDated:19 OCTOBER 2015\n\nJim Williams\n\nSenior Executive Service, Band two, Visa and Citizenship Management Division,\n\nDelegate of the Minister for Immigration and Border Protection\n\n \nSCHEDULE\n\nPLACES FOR THE PURPOSES OF SUBPARAGRAPH 2.04(3)(B)(II) AND\n\nSUB-SUBPARAGRAPH 2.08AC(4)(A)(II)(B)\n\n```html\n

AUSTRALIA

Adelaide

Brisbane

70 Franklin Street,

Adelaide

South Australia

Australia

Ground Floor

299 Adelaide Street,

Brisbane

Queensland

Australia

Cairns

Canberra

Level 2, GHD Building

85 Spence Street,

Cairns

Queensland

Australia

Ground Floor

3 Lonsdale Street,

Braddon

Australian Capital Territory

Australia

Darwin

Hobart

Pella House

40 Cavenagh Street,

Darwin

Northern Territory

Australia

Ground Floor

188 Collins Street,

Hobart

Tasmania

Australia

Melbourne

Perth

Casselden Place

2 Lonsdale Street,

Melbourne

Victoria

Australia

Ground Floor, Wellington Central

836 Wellington Street,

West Perth

Western Australia

Australia

Sydney

Ground Floor

26 Lee Street

Sydney

New South Wales

Australia

\n```\n\n```html\n

KINGDOM OF BAHRAIN

Manama

Australian Visa Application Centre

Diplomatic Commercial Office (DCO) Towers

Tower A, 18th Floor, Building 1565

Block no. 1722, Road no. 0317

Diplomatic Area, Manama

Kingdom of Bahrain

KINGDOM OF BANGLADESH

Dhaka

Australian Visa Application Centre

Delta Life Tower, 4th Floor

Plot 37, Road 45

90 Gulshan North

Commercial Area, Dhaka

CAMBODIA

Phnom Penh

Australian Visa Application Centre

Tenth Floor, Phnom Penh Tower

445 Preah Monivong Boulevard (Street 93)

Corner of Street 232

12258 Phnom Penh

Kingdom of Cambodia

COLOMBIA

Bogota

Medellin

Australian Visa Application Centre

Avenida Calle 26 #92-32

Bogota

D.C. 111071

Colombia

Australian Visa Application Centre

Punto de la Oriental

Cr. 46 #47-66

Centro

Medellin

Colombia

\n```\n\n \n\n| ETHOPIA |\n| -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |\n| Addis AbabaAustralian Visa Application CentreSecond floor, Capital Hotel and SpaKebele 04/06/10Haile Gebre Silasse StreetAddis AbabaEthiopia |\n| FRANCE |\n| ParisAustralian Biometrics Collection Centre54 ter rue de ChâteaudunParis 75009France |\n| GHANA |\n| AccraAustralian Visa Application CentreMovenpick Ambassador HotelIndependence AvenuePMB CT 483, CantonmentsAccraGhana |\n| HONG KONG |\n| Hong KongAustralian Visa Application CentreUnit 10-11, 27/F, Prosperity Millennia Plaza663 Kings Road,Quarry BayHong KongChina |\n\n \n\n| INDIA |\n| ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |\n| New DelhiAustralian High Commission1/50G ShantipathChanakyapuriNew DelhiIndia |\n| JORDAN |\n| AmmanAustralian Visa Application CentreEighth Floor, Al-Husseini Commercial BuildingZahran Street (between 7th and 8th Circle)Amman 11821Jordan |\n| KENYA |\n| NairobiAustralian Visa Application CentreNine West BuildingLower Kabete Road and Ring Road ParklandsWestlandsNairobiKenya |\n| KUWAIT |\n| Kuwait CityAustralian Visa Application CentreLevel 25, Al Tijaria TowerAl SharqAl Soor StreetKuwait CityKuwait |\n\n \n\n```html\n

LEBANON

Beirut

Australian Visa Application Centre

Al Maarad Street

Building 201, 2nd Floor

Riad El Solh

Down Town

Beirut

Lebanon

MALAYSIA

Australian High Commission

6 Jalan Yap Kwan Seng

Kuala Lumpur

Malaysia

Australian Visa Application Centre

Suite 19.06

19th Floor, Wisma MCA

163 Jalan Ampang

50450 Kuala Lumpur

Malaysia

MEXICO

Mexico City

Guadalajara

Applicant Service Center

Hamburgo #213, PB Anexo

Col. Juárez, Del. Cuauhtémoc,
Mexico City, México, C.P. 06600

Applicant Service Center
Ave. Unión 210, esq. Ave. La Paz,
Col. Obrera Centro,
Guadalajara, Jalisco, C.P. 44100

Monterrey

Applicant Service Center
Av. Miguel Hidalgo #400-A Poniente,
Col. Centro,
Monterrey, Nuevo León, C.P. 64000

MYANMAR

Yangon

Australian Visa Application Centre

#305, Prime Hill Business Square,

No. 60, Shwe Dagon Pagoda Road,

Dagon Township, Yangon, Myanmar

\n```\n\n \n\n```html\n

NEPAL

Kathmandu

Australian Visa Application Centre

Ananda Shreei Niwas

Ward No.3, Sankha Marg – 113

Maharajganj, Kathmandu

Nepal

Australian Visa Application Centre

Academy of Culinary Arts Building

Ground Floor

Mahalaxmisthan Marga

Lagankhel, Lalitpur,

Nepal

NEW ZEALAND

Auckland

Queenstown

Australian Visa Application Centre

Level 1, West Plaza Building

3 Albert Street

Auckland

New Zealand

Australian Visa Application Centre

Level 3 Forsyth Barr Building

57 Shotover Street

Queenstown 9300

NIGERIA

Abuja

Lagos

Australian Visa Application Centre

El Yakub House, Plot 1129

Zakariaya Maimalari Street

Off Herbert Macaulay Way

Central Business District, Abuja

Nigeria

Australian Visa Application Centre

Etibet Building

Off the Mobilaji Bank Anthony Road

Ikeja

Lagos

Nigeria

PAKISTAN

Islamabad

Australian Visa Application Centre

14-B, Sadiq Plaza

G-9 Markaz

Islamabad

Pakistan

Australian High Commission

Corner of Constitution Avenue and Ispahani Road

Diplomatic Enclave No 1

Sector G-5/4

Islamabad

Pakistan

\n```\n\n \n\n```html\n

PAKISTAN

Karachi

Lahore

Australian Visa Application Centre

43/1/D, Razi Road

PECHS, Shahrah-e-Faisal

Karachi

Pakistan

Australian Visa Application Centre

20, Ex American Centre Building

Opp. Ganga Ram Hospital

Queens Road

Lahore

Pakistan

QATAR

Doha

Australian Visa Application Centre

Third Floor, Jaidah Square

Al Matar Street

Old Airport Road

Doha

Qatar

KINGDOM OF SAUDI ARABIA

Al Khobar

Jeddah

Australian Visa Application Centre

Al Katheery Centre, Second Floor

Opposite SABB Bank

Al Rakaa

Al Khobar

Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

Australian Visa Application Centre

TasHeel Commercial Center – Ground Floor

Suwaid Bin Sakher Street

Off Jundub Bin Kaab Street (Off Prince Sultan Street)

Al Mahammadiya District 1

Jeddah

Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

KINGDOM OF SAUDI ARABIA (cont)

Riyadh

Australian Visa Application Centre

Dove Plaza (Hyper panda)

Omm Al Hammam Street

Omm Al Hammam

Riyadh

Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

\n```\n\n \n\n| SINGAPORE |\n| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |\n| SingaporeAustralian Visa Application CentreLevel Eight, 135 Cecil StreetSingapore 069536 |\n| SULTANATE OF OMAN |\n| MuscatAustralian Visa Application CentreLevel F1, First FloorThe Nawras Campus Al Tilal ComplexMuscat Grand Mall, Doha Al Adab StreetMuscatSultanate of Oman |\n| SRI LANKA |\n| ColomboAustralian Visa Application CentreLevel 5, Access Towers278 Union PlaceColombo 2Sri Lanka |\n| TURKEY |\n| AnkaraAustralian EmbassyMNG BuildingUgur Mumcu Caddesi 88, 7th FloorGaziosmanpasaAnkara 06700 Turkey |\n\n \n\n```html\n

UNITED ARAB EMIRATES

Abu Dhabi

Dubai

Australian Visa Application Centre

Shining Tower

Level 25

King Khalid Bin Abdel Aziz 26th Street

Adjacent to Khalidyah Mall

Abu Dhabi

United Arab Emirates

Australian Visa Application Centre

Wafi Mall, 3rd Floor

Falcon, Phase 2

Umm Hurair 2

Dubai

United Arab Emirates

VIETNAM

Hanoi

Australian Visa Application Centre

Vinafor Building, 1st Floor

127 Lo Duc Street

Hai Ba Trung District, Hanoi

Socialist Republic of Vietnam

Ho Chi Minh City

Australian Visa Application Centre

Resco Tower, 2nd Floor

94-96 Nguyen Du Street

District 1, Ho Chi Minh City

Socialist Republic of Vietnam

Australian Visa Application Centre

Resco Tower, 5th Floor

94-96 Nguyen Du Street

District 1, Ho Chi Minh City

Socialist Republic of Vietnam

ZIMBABWE

Harare

Australian Visa Application Centre

7 Natal Road, Belgravia

Harare

Zimbabwe

\n```","sortOrder":0},{"sectionNumber":"(subparagraph 2.04(3)(b)(ii) and subpara","sectionType":"part","heading":"(subparagraph 2.04(3)(b)(ii) and subparagraph 2.08AC(4)(a)(ii)(B))","content":"# (subparagraph 2.04(3)(b)(ii) and subparagraph 2.08AC(4)(a)(ii)(B))\n\nI, JIM WILLIAMS, delegate of the Minister for Immigration and Border Protection, acting under subparagraph 2.04(3)(b)(ii) and sub-subparagraph 2.08AC(4)(a)(ii)(B) of the Migration Regulations 1994 (the Regulations):\n\n1. REVOKE Instrument Number IMMI 15/125 (F2015L01504) signed on 21 September 2015; and\n2. SPECIFY in the Schedule to this Instrument, places for:\n 1. subsection 40(5) of the Migration Act 1958 (the Act), for the purposes of subparagraph 2.04(3)(b)(ii) of the Regulations, and\n 2. subsection 46(2C) of the Act for the purposes of subparagraph 2.08AC(4)(a)(ii)(B) of the Regulations.\n\nThis Instrument Specified Place to Provide a Personal Identifier 2015, IMMI 15/134, commences on the day after registration on the Federal Register of Legislative Instruments.\n\nDated:19 OCTOBER 2015\n\nJim Williams\n\nSenior Executive Service, Band two, Visa and Citizenship Management Division,\n\nDelegate of the Minister for Immigration and Border Protection\n\n \nSCHEDULE\n\nPLACES FOR THE PURPOSES OF SUBPARAGRAPH 2.04(3)(B)(II) AND\n\nSUB-SUBPARAGRAPH 2.08AC(4)(A)(II)(B)\n\n```html\n

AUSTRALIA

Adelaide

Brisbane

70 Franklin Street,

Adelaide

South Australia

Australia

Ground Floor

299 Adelaide Street,

Brisbane

Queensland

Australia

Cairns

Canberra

Level 2, GHD Building

85 Spence Street,

Cairns

Queensland

Australia

Ground Floor

3 Lonsdale Street,

Braddon

Australian Capital Territory

Australia

Darwin

Hobart

Pella House

40 Cavenagh Street,

Darwin

Northern Territory

Australia

Ground Floor

188 Collins Street,

Hobart

Tasmania

Australia

Melbourne

Perth

Casselden Place

2 Lonsdale Street,

Melbourne

Victoria

Australia

Ground Floor, Wellington Central

836 Wellington Street,

West Perth

Western Australia

Australia

Sydney

Ground Floor

26 Lee Street

Sydney

New South Wales

Australia

\n```\n\n```html\n

KINGDOM OF BAHRAIN

Manama

Australian Visa Application Centre

Diplomatic Commercial Office (DCO) Towers

Tower A, 18th Floor, Building 1565

Block no. 1722, Road no. 0317

Diplomatic Area, Manama

Kingdom of Bahrain

KINGDOM OF BANGLADESH

Dhaka

Australian Visa Application Centre

Delta Life Tower, 4th Floor

Plot 37, Road 45

90 Gulshan North

Commercial Area, Dhaka

CAMBODIA

Phnom Penh

Australian Visa Application Centre

Tenth Floor, Phnom Penh Tower

445 Preah Monivong Boulevard (Street 93)

Corner of Street 232

12258 Phnom Penh

Kingdom of Cambodia

COLOMBIA

Bogota

Medellin

Australian Visa Application Centre

Avenida Calle 26 #92-32

Bogota

D.C. 111071

Colombia

Australian Visa Application Centre

Punto de la Oriental

Cr. 46 #47-66

Centro

Medellin

Colombia

\n```\n\n \n\n| ETHOPIA |\n| -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |\n| Addis AbabaAustralian Visa Application CentreSecond floor, Capital Hotel and SpaKebele 04/06/10Haile Gebre Silasse StreetAddis AbabaEthiopia |\n| FRANCE |\n| ParisAustralian Biometrics Collection Centre54 ter rue de ChâteaudunParis 75009France |\n| GHANA |\n| AccraAustralian Visa Application CentreMovenpick Ambassador HotelIndependence AvenuePMB CT 483, CantonmentsAccraGhana |\n| HONG KONG |\n| Hong KongAustralian Visa Application CentreUnit 10-11, 27/F, Prosperity Millennia Plaza663 Kings Road,Quarry BayHong KongChina |\n\n \n\n| INDIA |\n| ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |\n| New DelhiAustralian High Commission1/50G ShantipathChanakyapuriNew DelhiIndia |\n| JORDAN |\n| AmmanAustralian Visa Application CentreEighth Floor, Al-Husseini Commercial BuildingZahran Street (between 7th and 8th Circle)Amman 11821Jordan |\n| KENYA |\n| NairobiAustralian Visa Application CentreNine West BuildingLower Kabete Road and Ring Road ParklandsWestlandsNairobiKenya |\n| KUWAIT |\n| Kuwait CityAustralian Visa Application CentreLevel 25, Al Tijaria TowerAl SharqAl Soor StreetKuwait CityKuwait |\n\n \n\n```html\n

LEBANON

Beirut

Australian Visa Application Centre

Al Maarad Street

Building 201, 2nd Floor

Riad El Solh

Down Town

Beirut

Lebanon

MALAYSIA

Australian High Commission

6 Jalan Yap Kwan Seng

Kuala Lumpur

Malaysia

Australian Visa Application Centre

Suite 19.06

19th Floor, Wisma MCA

163 Jalan Ampang

50450 Kuala Lumpur

Malaysia

MEXICO

Mexico City

Guadalajara

Applicant Service Center

Hamburgo #213, PB Anexo

Col. Juárez, Del. Cuauhtémoc,
Mexico City, México, C.P. 06600

Applicant Service Center
Ave. Unión 210, esq. Ave. La Paz,
Col. Obrera Centro,
Guadalajara, Jalisco, C.P. 44100

Monterrey

Applicant Service Center
Av. Miguel Hidalgo #400-A Poniente,
Col. Centro,
Monterrey, Nuevo León, C.P. 64000

MYANMAR

Yangon

Australian Visa Application Centre

#305, Prime Hill Business Square,

No. 60, Shwe Dagon Pagoda Road,

Dagon Township, Yangon, Myanmar

\n```\n\n \n\n```html\n

NEPAL

Kathmandu

Australian Visa Application Centre

Ananda Shreei Niwas

Ward No.3, Sankha Marg – 113

Maharajganj, Kathmandu

Nepal

Australian Visa Application Centre

Academy of Culinary Arts Building

Ground Floor

Mahalaxmisthan Marga

Lagankhel, Lalitpur,

Nepal

NEW ZEALAND

Auckland

Queenstown

Australian Visa Application Centre

Level 1, West Plaza Building

3 Albert Street

Auckland

New Zealand

Australian Visa Application Centre

Level 3 Forsyth Barr Building

57 Shotover Street

Queenstown 9300

NIGERIA

Abuja

Lagos

Australian Visa Application Centre

El Yakub House, Plot 1129

Zakariaya Maimalari Street

Off Herbert Macaulay Way

Central Business District, Abuja

Nigeria

Australian Visa Application Centre

Etibet Building

Off the Mobilaji Bank Anthony Road

Ikeja

Lagos

Nigeria

PAKISTAN

Islamabad

Australian Visa Application Centre

14-B, Sadiq Plaza

G-9 Markaz

Islamabad

Pakistan

Australian High Commission

Corner of Constitution Avenue and Ispahani Road

Diplomatic Enclave No 1

Sector G-5/4

Islamabad

Pakistan

\n```\n\n \n\n```html\n

PAKISTAN

Karachi

Lahore

Australian Visa Application Centre

43/1/D, Razi Road

PECHS, Shahrah-e-Faisal

Karachi

Pakistan

Australian Visa Application Centre

20, Ex American Centre Building

Opp. Ganga Ram Hospital

Queens Road

Lahore

Pakistan

QATAR

Doha

Australian Visa Application Centre

Third Floor, Jaidah Square

Al Matar Street

Old Airport Road

Doha

Qatar

KINGDOM OF SAUDI ARABIA

Al Khobar

Jeddah

Australian Visa Application Centre

Al Katheery Centre, Second Floor

Opposite SABB Bank

Al Rakaa

Al Khobar

Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

Australian Visa Application Centre

TasHeel Commercial Center – Ground Floor

Suwaid Bin Sakher Street

Off Jundub Bin Kaab Street (Off Prince Sultan Street)

Al Mahammadiya District 1

Jeddah

Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

KINGDOM OF SAUDI ARABIA (cont)

Riyadh

Australian Visa Application Centre

Dove Plaza (Hyper panda)

Omm Al Hammam Street

Omm Al Hammam

Riyadh

Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

\n```\n\n \n\n| SINGAPORE |\n| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |\n| SingaporeAustralian Visa Application CentreLevel Eight, 135 Cecil StreetSingapore 069536 |\n| SULTANATE OF OMAN |\n| MuscatAustralian Visa Application CentreLevel F1, First FloorThe Nawras Campus Al Tilal ComplexMuscat Grand Mall, Doha Al Adab StreetMuscatSultanate of Oman |\n| SRI LANKA |\n| ColomboAustralian Visa Application CentreLevel 5, Access Towers278 Union PlaceColombo 2Sri Lanka |\n| TURKEY |\n| AnkaraAustralian EmbassyMNG BuildingUgur Mumcu Caddesi 88, 7th FloorGaziosmanpasaAnkara 06700 Turkey |\n\n \n\n```html\n

UNITED ARAB EMIRATES

Abu Dhabi

Dubai

Australian Visa Application Centre

Shining Tower

Level 25

King Khalid Bin Abdel Aziz 26th Street

Adjacent to Khalidyah Mall

Abu Dhabi

United Arab Emirates

Australian Visa Application Centre

Wafi Mall, 3rd Floor

Falcon, Phase 2

Umm Hurair 2

Dubai

United Arab Emirates

VIETNAM

Hanoi

Australian Visa Application Centre

Vinafor Building, 1st Floor

127 Lo Duc Street

Hai Ba Trung District, Hanoi

Socialist Republic of Vietnam

Ho Chi Minh City

Australian Visa Application Centre

Resco Tower, 2nd Floor

94-96 Nguyen Du Street

District 1, Ho Chi Minh City

Socialist Republic of Vietnam

Australian Visa Application Centre

Resco Tower, 5th Floor

94-96 Nguyen Du Street

District 1, Ho Chi Minh City

Socialist Republic of Vietnam

ZIMBABWE

Harare

Australian Visa Application Centre

7 Natal Road, Belgravia

Harare

Zimbabwe

\n```","sortOrder":1},{"sectionNumber":"Accra","sectionType":"part","heading":"Accra","content":"## Accra\n\nAustralian Visa Application Centre\n\nMovenpick Ambassador Hotel\n\nIndependence Avenue\n\nPMB CT 483, Cantonments\n\nAccra\n\nGhana","sortOrder":2},{"sectionNumber":"Hong Kong","sectionType":"part","heading":"Hong Kong","content":"## Hong Kong\n\nAustralian Visa Application Centre\n\nUnit 10-11, 27/F, Prosperity Millennia Plaza\n\n663 Kings Road,\n\nQuarry Bay\n\nHong Kong\n\nChina","sortOrder":3},{"sectionNumber":"India","sectionType":"part","heading":"India","content":"New Delhi\n\nAustralian High Commission\n\n1/50G Shantipath\n\nChanakyapuri\n\nNew Delhi\n\n## India","sortOrder":4},{"sectionNumber":"Jordan","sectionType":"part","heading":"Jordan","content":"Amman\n\nAustralian Visa Application Centre\n\nEighth Floor, Al-Husseini Commercial Building\n\nZahran Street (between 7th and 8th Circle)\n\nAmman 11821\n\n## Jordan","sortOrder":5}],"analysis":{"kimi_summary":{"_metrics":{"model":"kimi-k2.5","source":"moonshot-realtime","completionTokens":2405},"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The instrument maintains the same scope as its predecessor—specifying physical locations for the provision of personal identifiers. While it updates the specific addresses and revokes the previous instrument, it does not expand beyond the original purpose of designating collection points for biometric data under the Migration Regulations."},"complexity_factors":["Multiple legislative cross-references to Migration Act 1958 (subsections 40(5) and 46(2C)) and Migration Regulations 1994 (subparagraphs 2.04(3)(b)(ii) and 2.08AC(4)(a)(ii)(B))","Revocation and replacement mechanism for prior instrument IMMI 15/125","Schedule spans 30 countries with 40+ specific street addresses requiring precise geographical accuracy"],"plain_english_summary":"This instrument replaces the prior list and formally designates the specific Australian offices and overseas visa/biometric centres where visa applicants must provide personal identifiers (fingerprints, photographs) under the Migration Act and Regulations. \n\nAnyone required to give biometrics must attend one of these listed addresses (Australian capital-city offices and Australian Visa Application/biometric centres in 29 countries); attending an unlisted site won’t meet application requirements and may delay or jeopardise the visa."},"flash_summary":{"complexity_score":3,"scope_assessment":{"changed":true,"description":"The instrument expressly revokes Instrument IMMI 15/125 and substitutes a new Schedule of places. The change is limited to which locations are ‘specified places’ for supplying a personal identifier under subsections 40(5) and 46(2C) of the Migration Act; no other regulatory provisions or procedures are altered in this instrument."},"complexity_factors":["Instrument is primarily a schedule: long list of domestic and international locations (low legal complexity but extensive operational detail).","Legal effect is narrow and administrative—revokes IMMI 15/125 and replaces the specified places (referenced in instrument text).","Cross-references to Migration Regulations (subparagraph 2.04(3)(b)(ii) and subparagraph 2.08AC(4)(a)(ii)(B)) and to the Migration Act (subsections 40(5) and 46(2C)) create modest interpretive dependencies.","Commencement: operative the day after registration (administrative timing constraint).","Practical complexity from coordinating multiple overseas third‑party visa application centres and consular sites (implementation, diplomatic/contract arrangements).","Instrument does not set biometric procedures, fees or enforcement mechanics—those remain governed elsewhere, increasing reliance on other instruments and policy documents."],"plain_english_summary":"This instrument revokes IMMI 15/125 and replaces the Schedule that lists specific Australian and overseas locations (embassies, visa application centres and consular offices) where people required by the Migration Act must give a personal identifier (biometrics). It starts the day after registration. Who decides: a ministerial delegate (Jim Williams) under subparagraphs 2.04(3)(b)(ii) and 2.08AC(4)(a)(ii)(B). Who acts: visa applicants or other persons subject to subsections 40(5) and 46(2C) must attend those places to provide identifiers; fees or procedures are not set here."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/migration-regulations-1994-specification-of-specified-place-to-provide-a-personal-identifier-2015-im","history":"/api/acts/migration-regulations-1994-specification-of-specified-place-to-provide-a-personal-identifier-2015-im/history","analysis":"/api/acts/migration-regulations-1994-specification-of-specified-place-to-provide-a-personal-identifier-2015-im/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/migration-regulations-1994-specification-of-specified-place-to-provide-a-personal-identifier-2015-im/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/migration-regulations-1994-specification-of-specified-place-to-provide-a-personal-identifier-2015-im/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/migration-regulations-1994-specification-of-specified-place-to-provide-a-personal-identifier-2015-im/documents"}}