{"id":"F2007L01232","name":"Migration Regulations 1994 - Specification of Student Visa Assessment Levels - IMMI 07/014","slug":"migration-regulations-1994-specification-of-student-visa-assessment-levels-immi-07-014","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"repealed","isInForce":false,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":65369,"registerId":"commonwealth-F2007L01232-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-02","status":"Repealed","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"Commonwealth of Australia","sectionType":"part","heading":"Commonwealth of Australia","content":"## Commonwealth of Australia\n\nMigration Regulations 1994\n\nSTUDENT VISA ASSESSMENT LEVELS\n\n(REGULATION 1.41)\n\nI, KEVIN ANDREWS, Minister for Immigration and Citizenship, acting under regulations 1.17 and 1.41 of the Migration Regulations 1994 (‘the Regulations’):\n\n1. REVOKE Instrument Number IMMI 05/063 signed on 12 October 2005 specifying an assessment level for a kind of eligible passport, in relation to each subclass of student visa, for the purposes of regulation 1.41 of the Regulations; AND\n\n2. SPECIFY, in relation to an application for a student visa made on or after 14 May 2007, an assessment level for a kind of eligible passport, in relation to each subclass of student visa referred to in the Schedule to this Instrument, for the purposes of regulation 1.41 of the Regulations.\n\nThis Instrument, IMMI 07/014, commences on 14 May 2007.\n\nDated 13 April 2007\n\nKEVIN ANDREWS\n\nMinister for Immigration and Citizenship\n\n\\[NOTE 1: Regulation 1.17 of the Migration Regulations provides that the Minister may, by notice published in the Gazette, specify matters required by individual provisions of the Regulations to be specified for the purposes of those provisions.\n\nNOTE 2: Subregulation 1.40(1) provides that for Division 1.8 of the Regulations, a passport is an eligible passport if it is a valid passport of a kind specified by Gazette Notice for this regulation; and the conditions (if any) specified by Gazette Notice for passports of that kind are satisfied.\n\nNOTE 3: Subregulation 1.41(1) provides that the Minister must specify by Gazette Notice an assessment level for a kind of eligible passport, in relation to each subclass of student visa, to which an applicant for a student visa who seeks to satisfy the primary criteria will be subject, other than an applicant who is a person designated under regulation 2.07AO and applies for a Subclass 571 (Schools Sector) visa, a Subclass 572 (Vocational Education and Training Sector) visa, a Subclass 573 (Higher Education Sector) visa or a Subclass 574 (Postgraduate Research Sector) visa.\n\nNOTE 4: Subregulation 1.41(4) provides that the assessment level specified for a kind of eligible passport must be a number from 1 to 5, with assessment level 1 specified for a passport, holders of which pose a very low risk and assessment level 5 specified for a passport, holders of which pose an extremely high risk, and is not required to be the same for each subclass of student visa.\\]\n\n \n\nSchedule\n\n```html\n

Subclass 570 Independent ELICOS Sector

Kind of eligible passport – Assessment level 1

Andorra

Austria

Belgium

Bahrain

Brunei

Canada

Chile

Denmark

Estonia

Finland

France

Germany

Greece

Hong Kong Special Administrative Regions of the People’s Republic of China

Iceland

Italy

Japan

Kuwait

Liechtenstein

Luxembourg

Macau Special Administrative Regions of the People’s Republic of China

Malaysia

Malta

Mauritius

Mexico

Monaco

Netherlands

Norway

Poland

Portugal

Republic of Ireland

San Marino

Singapore

Slovenia

Spain

Sweden

Switzerland

Taiwan

United Kingdom [excluding British National (Overseas), British Dependent Territories Citizen, British Overseas Citizen, British Protected Person, British Subject]

United Arab Emirates

United States of America

Vatican City State (Holy See)

Kind of eligible passport – Assessment level 2

Argentina

Bahamas

Barbados

Botswana

Brazil

British National (Overseas)

Colombia

Cuba

Cyprus

Czech Republic

East Timor

Egypt

Grenada

Guam

Hungary

Indonesia

Israel

Latvia

Lithuania

New Caledonia

New Zealand

North Mariana Islands

Oman

Papua New Guinea

Paraguay

Peru

Puerto Rico

Qatar

Republic of Korea

Romania

Saudi Arabia

Seychelles

Slovak Republic

South Africa

St Kitts-Nevis

St Lucia

St Vincent and Grenadines

Thailand

Trinidad and Tobago

Uruguay

Venezuela

Kind of eligible passport – Assessment level 3

Bhutan

Ecuador

Fiji

Ghana

India

Iran

Jordan

Kenya

Kiribati

Lao, People’s Democratic Republic

Maldives

Mongolia

Myanmar (Burma)

Nauru

Nepal

Nigeria

Philippines

Russian Federation

Solomon Islands

Sri Lanka

Tanzania

Tonga

Turkey

Tuvalu

Vietnam

Western Samoa

Zambia

Zimbabwe

All eligible passports not elsewhere specified

Kind of eligible passport – Assessment level 4

Bangladesh, Cambodia, Kingdom of

People’s Republic of China, excluding passports issued by the

Special Administrative Regions of Hong Kong and Macau

Lebanon

Pakistan

Kind of eligible passport – Assessment level 5

None specified

Subclass 571 Schools Sector

Kind of eligible passport – Assessment level 1

Andorra

Austria

Bahrain

Belgium

Brazil

Brunei

Canada

Chile

Czech Republic

Denmark

Estonia

Finland

France

Germany

Greece

Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People’s Republic of China

Hungary

Iceland

Italy

Japan

Kuwait

Liechtenstein

Luxembourg

Macau Special Administrative Region of the People’s Republic of China

Malaysia

Malta

Mexico

Monaco

Netherlands

Norway

Peru

Poland

Portugal

Republic of Ireland

Republic of Korea

San Marino

Singapore

Slovak Republic

Slovenia

South Africa

Spain

Sweden

Switzerland

Taiwan

United Arab Emirates

United Kingdom [excluding British National (Overseas), British Dependent Territories Citizen, British Overseas Citizen, British Protected Person, British Subject]

United States of America

Vatican City State (Holy See)

Venezuela

Kind of eligible passport – Assessment level 2

Afghanistan

Argentina

Bahamas

Barbados

Botswana

British National (Overseas)

Colombia

Cyprus

East Timor

Egypt

Grenada

Guam

India

Indonesia

Kenya

Latvia

Lithuania

Maldives

Mauritius

New Caledonia

New Zealand

North Mariana Islands

Oman

Paraguay

Papua New Guinea

Philippines

Puerto Rico

Qatar

Romania

Saudi Arabia

Seychelles

St Kitts-Nevis

St Lucia

St Vincent & Grenadines

Thailand

Trinidad and Tobago

Zimbabwe

Zambia

Kind of eligible passport – Assessment level 3

Bhutan

Myanmar (Burma)

Ecuador

Fiji

Ghana

Iran

Israel

Jordan

Kiribati

Laos

Lebanon

Mongolia

Nauru

Nepal

Nigeria

Pakistan

Russian Federation

Western Samoa

Solomon Islands

Sri Lanka

Tanzania

Tonga

Turkey

Tuvalu

Uruguay

Vietnam

All eligible passports not elsewhere specified

Kind of eligible passport – Assessment level 4

Cambodia, Kingdom of

People’s Republic of China [excluding passports issued by the Special Administrative Regions of Hong Kong and Macau]

Bangladesh

Kind of eligible passport – Assessment level 5

None specified

Subclass 572 Vocational Education and Training Sector

Kind of eligible passport – Assessment level 1

Andorra

Austria

Bahrain

Belgium

British National (Overseas)

Brunei

Canada

Chile

Denmark

Estonia

Finland

France

Germany

Greece

Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People’s Republic of China

Iceland

Italy

Japan

Kuwait

Liechtenstein

Luxembourg

Malaysia

Malta

Monaco

Netherlands

Norway

Poland

Portugal

Republic of Ireland

San Marino

Singapore

Slovenia

Spain

Sweden

Switzerland

United Arab Emirates

United Kingdom [excluding British National (Overseas), British Dependent Territories Citizen, British Overseas Citizen, British Protected Person, British Subject]

United States of America

Vatican City State (Holy See)

Kind of eligible passport – Assessment level 2

Argentina

Bahamas

Barbados

Botswana

Brazil

Colombia

Cyprus

Czech Republic

East Timor

Egypt

Grenada

Guam

Hungary

Indonesia

Israel

Latvia

Lithuania

Macau Special Administrative Region of the People’s Republic of China

Maldives

Mauritius

Mexico

New Caledonia

New Zealand

North Mariana Islands

Oman

Papua New Guinea

Paraguay

Peru

Puerto Rico

Qatar

Republic of Korea

Romania

Saudi Arabia

Seychelles

Slovak Republic

South Africa

St Kitts-Nevis

St Lucia

St Vincent & Grenadines

Taiwan

Thailand

Trinidad and Tobago

Uruguay

Venezuela

Kind of eligible passport – Assessment level 3

Bhutan

Ecuador

Ghana

Iran

Jordan

Kenya

Kiribati

Laos

Mongolia

Myanmar (Burma)

Nauru

Nigeria

Philippines

Russian Federation

Solomon Islands

Tanzania

Tonga

Turkey

Tuvalu

Vietnam

Western Samoa

Zambia

Zimbabwe

All eligible passports not elsewhere specified

Kind of eligible passport – Assessment level 4

Cambodia, Kingdom of

People’s Republic of China [excluding passports issued by the Special Administrative Regions of Hong Kong and Macau]

Fiji

India

Bangladesh

Lebanon

Nepal

Pakistan

Sri Lanka

Kind of eligible passport – Assessment level 5

None specified

Subclass 573 Higher Education Sector

Kind of eligible passport – Assessment level 1

Andorra

Austria

Bahamas

Bahrain

Barbados

Belgium

British National (Overseas)

Brunei

Canada

Chile

Cyprus

Czech Republic

Denmark

Estonia

Finland

France

Germany

Greece

Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People’s Republic of China Hungary

Iceland

Italy

Japan

Kuwait

Liechtenstein

Luxembourg

Macau Special Administrative Region of the People’s Republic of China

Malaysia

Malta

Mauritius

Mexico

Monaco

Netherlands

Norway

Peru

Poland

Portugal

Republic of Ireland

San Marino

Singapore

Slovenia

Spain

Sweden

Switzerland

Taiwan

United Arab Emirates

United Kingdom [excluding British National (Overseas), British Dependent Territories Citizen, British Overseas Citizen, British Protected Person, British Subject]

United States of America

Vatican City State (Holy See)

Kind of eligible passport – Assessment level 2

Argentina

Botswana

Brazil

Colombia

East Timor

Ecuador

Egypt

Grenada

Guam

Indonesia

Israel

Latvia

Lithuania

Maldives

New Caledonia

New Zealand

North Mariana Islands

Oman

Papua New Guinea

Paraguay

Philippines

Puerto Rico

Qatar

Republic of Korea

Romania

Saudi Arabia

Seychelles

Slovak Republic

South Africa

St Kitts-Nevis

St Lucia

St Vincent & Grenadines

Thailand

Trinidad and Tobago

Uruguay

Venezuela

Vietnam

Zimbabwe

Kind of eligible passport – Assessment level 3

Bhutan

Fiji

Ghana

India

Iran

Jordan

Kenya

Kiribati

Laos

Mongolia

Myanmar (Burma)

Nauru

Nepal

Nigeria

Russian Federation

Solomon Islands

Sri Lanka

Tanzania

Tonga

Turkey

Tuvalu

Western Samoa

Zambia

All eligible passports not elsewhere specified

Kind of eligible passport – Assessment level 4

Cambodia, Kingdom of

People’s Republic of China [excluding passports issued by the Special Administrative Regions of Hong Kong and Macau]

Bangladesh

Lebanon

Pakistan

Kind of eligible passport – Assessment level 5

None specified

Subclass 574 Postgraduate Research Sector

Kind of eligible passport – Assessment level 1

Andorra

Argentina

Austria

Bahamas

Bahrain

Barbados

Belgium

Botswana

Brazil

British National (Overseas)

Brunei

Canada

Chile

Denmark

Estonia

Finland

France

Germany

Greece

Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People’s Republic of China Hungary

Iceland

Italy

Japan

Kuwait

Liechtenstein

Luxembourg

Malaysia

Malta

Mexico

Monaco

Netherlands

Norway

Peru

Poland

Portugal

Republic of Ireland

Republic of Korea

San Marino

Singapore

Slovak Republic

Slovenia

South Africa

Spain

Sweden

Switzerland

Taiwan

Thailand

United Arab Emirates

United Kingdom [excluding British National (Overseas), British Dependent Territories Citizen, British Overseas Citizen, British Protected Person, British Subject]

United States of America

Vatican City State (Holy See)

Venezuela

Vietnam

Kind of eligible passport – Assessment level 2

Colombia

Cyprus

Czech Republic

East Timor

Egypt

Grenada

Guam

Indonesia

Israel

Lithuania

Latvia

Macau Special Administrative Region of the People’s Republic of China

Maldives

Mauritius

New Caledonia

New Zealand

North Mariana Islands

Oman

Pakistan

Papua New Guinea

Paraguay

Philippines

Puerto Rico

Qatar

Romania

Russian Federation

Saudi Arabia

Seychelles

St Kitts-Nevis

St Lucia

St Vincent & Grenadines

Trinidad and Tobago

Uruguay

Zambia

Zimbabwe

Kind of eligible passport – Assessment level 3

Bangladesh

Bhutan

Ecuador

Fiji

Ghana

India

Iran

Jordan

Kenya

Kiribati

Laos

Lebanon

Mongolia

Myanmar (Burma)

Nauru

Nepal

Nigeria

Solomon Islands

Sri Lanka

Tanzania

Tonga

Turkey

Tuvalu

Western Samoa

All eligible passports not elsewhere specified

Kind of eligible passport – Assessment level 4

Cambodia, Kingdom of

People’s Republic of China [excluding passports issued by the Special Administrative Regions of Hong Kong and Macau]

Kind of eligible passport – Assessment level 5

None specified

Subclass 575 Non-Award Sector

Kind of eligible passport – Assessment level 1

Andorra

Argentina

Austria

Bahrain

Belgium

Brazil

Brunei

Canada

Chile

Denmark

Estonia

Finland

France

Germany

Greece

Hungary

Iceland

Italy

Japan

Kuwait

Liechtenstein

Luxembourg

Malaysia

Malta

Mexico

Monaco

Netherlands

Norway

Peru

Poland

Portugal

Republic of Ireland

San Marino

Singapore

Slovenia

South Africa

Spain

Sweden

Switzerland

Taiwan

United Kingdom [excluding British National (Overseas), British Dependent Territories

Citizen, British Overseas Citizen, British Protected Person, British Subject]

United Arab Emirates

United States of America

Vatican City State (Holy See)

Kind of eligible passport – Assessment level 2

Bahamas

Barbados

Botswana

British National (Overseas)

Colombia

Cyprus

Czech Republic

East Timor

Egypt

Grenada

Guam

Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People’s Republic of China

Indonesia

Israel

Latvia

Lithuania

Macau Special Administrative Region of the People’s Republic of China

Mauritius

New Caledonia

New Zealand

North Mariana Islands

Oman

Papua New Guinea

Paraguay

Philippines

Puerto Rico

Qatar

Republic of Korea

Romania

Saudi Arabia

Seychelles

Slovak Republic

St Kitts-Nevis

St Lucia

St Vincent & Grenadines

Thailand

Trinidad and Tobago

Venezuela

Kind of eligible passport – Assessment level 3

Bangladesh

Bhutan

Ecuador

Fiji

Ghana

India

Iran

Jordan

Kenya

Kiribati

Maldives

Mongolia

Myanmar (Burma)

Nauru

Nepal

Nigeria

Russian Federation

Solomon Islands

Sri Lanka

Tanzania

Tonga

Turkey

Tuvalu

Uruguay

Vietnam

Western Samoa

Zambia

Zimbabwe

All eligible passports not elsewhere specified

Kind of eligible passport – Assessment level 4

Cambodia, Kingdom of

People’s Republic of China [excluding passports issued by the Special Administrative Regions of Hong Kong and Macau]

Laos

Lebanon

Pakistan

Kind of eligible passport – Assessment level 5

None specified

Subclass 576 AusAID or Defence Sector

Kind of eligible passport
Assessment level

None specified

Assessment level 1

All eligible passports

Assessment level 2

None specified

Assessment level 3

None specified

Assessment level 4

None specified

Assessment level 5

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It is a direct replacement (revocation and re-specification) of the previous instrument IMMI 05/063, maintaining the same essential purpose of country-risk classification for student visa processing without expanding into new regulatory territory."},"complexity_factors":["Extensive tabular data mapping over 100 countries across 7 distinct student visa subclasses","Five-tiered risk matrix (Levels 1-5) with varying evidentiary thresholds implied but not stated","Complex passport typology distinguishing mainland China from Hong Kong SAR and Macau SAR","Nested exceptions within passport categories (specific exclusions for British National (Overseas) and other British sub-categories)","Cross-references to underlying Migration Regulations provisions (regs 1.17, 1.40, 1.41)"],"plain_english_summary":"This instrument ranks countries into assessment levels 1–5 to determine visa processing requirements for Australian student visas, with separate lists by course type (ELICOS, schools, VET, higher ed, postgrad research, non‑award, AusAID/Defence). Applicants’ passport and course both affect their level, which controls required evidence and scrutiny (Level 1 = streamlined; Level 4 = extensive checks; no Level 5 countries listed). Hong Kong/Macau and certain British passport types are treated differently. It replaces the 2005 rules for applications made on/after 14 May 2007."},"flash_summary":{"complexity_score":6,"scope_assessment":{"changed":true,"description":"The instrument explicitly revokes the earlier Gazette notice IMMI 05/063 and replaces it with a new schedule assigning assessment levels to passport kinds for each student‑visa subclass (effective 14 May 2007). Functionally, it updates and reshapes the passport-to-assessment-level mapping used under regulation 1.41."},"complexity_factors":["Detailed country-by-country mappings across multiple student-visa subclasses (570, 571, 572, 573, 574, 575, 576) increase scope and maintenance complexity.","Multiple assessment levels (1–5) with differing operational consequences, but the instrument does not itself set the specific checks tied to each level (cross-references to reg 1.41).","Revocation of a prior instrument (IMMI 05/063) requires mapping changes to existing casework and transitional handling.","Numerous exceptions and exclusions (eg. specified British nationality categories, Special Administrative Regions) add interpretive complexity.","Use of catch-all entries (‘All eligible passports not elsewhere specified’) creates discretionary application points for decision-makers.","High administrative burden for processing authorities and applicants due to varied outcomes by passport type and subclass."],"plain_english_summary":"This instrument revokes a prior Gazette notice (IMMI 05/063) and, from 14 May 2007, specifies assessment levels (1–5) for kinds of eligible passports across student‑visa subclasses. Mechanically, it maps passport types to risk‑based assessment levels that determine the checks applicants face under regulation 1.41.\n\nIt affects student‑visa applicants, visa decision‑makers and education providers: passport nationality sets administrative scrutiny and processing steps, shifting compliance burden and potential delay onto applicants from specified countries."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/migration-regulations-1994-specification-of-student-visa-assessment-levels-immi-07-014","history":"/api/acts/migration-regulations-1994-specification-of-student-visa-assessment-levels-immi-07-014/history","analysis":"/api/acts/migration-regulations-1994-specification-of-student-visa-assessment-levels-immi-07-014/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/migration-regulations-1994-specification-of-student-visa-assessment-levels-immi-07-014/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/migration-regulations-1994-specification-of-student-visa-assessment-levels-immi-07-014/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/migration-regulations-1994-specification-of-student-visa-assessment-levels-immi-07-014/documents"}}