{"id":"F2025L00248","name":"Migration (Subclass 192 (Pacific Engagement) Visa Pre-application Process—Pacific Engagement Stream) Determination 2025","slug":"migration-subclass-192-pacific-engagement-visa-pre-application-process-pacific-engagement-stream-det","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"in_force","isInForce":true,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":442763,"registerId":"F2025L00248-fast-fetch-1775957706420","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-12","status":"InForce","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Migration (Subclass 192 (Pacific Engagement) Visa Pre-application Process—Pacific Engagement Stream) Determination 2025","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 25/020\n\n \n\nMigration (Subclass 192 (Pacific Engagement) Visa Pre‑application Process—Pacific Engagement Stream) Determination 2025\n\nI, Tony Burke, Minister for Immigration and Multicultural Affairs, make the following determination.\n\nDated   25 February 2025\n\nTony Burke\n\nMinister for Immigration 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—Rules for the conduct of visa pre-application process\n\nDivision 1—Introduction\n\n6  Purpose of this Part\n\n7  Specified visa pre‑application process to which rules apply\n\nDivision 2—Country to which visa pre‑application process relates\n\n8  Visa pre‑application process must be in relation to a country\n\nDivision 3—Registration of participants\n\n9  Registered participants\n\n10  Eligibility requirements\n\n11  Registration open period\n\n12  Withdrawal of registration\n\n13  Duration of registration\n\nDivision 4—Selection of registered participants\n\n14  Selected participants\n\n15  Selection open period\n\n16  Notice of selection\n\nPart 3—Application and transitional provisions\n\n17  Repeal of LIN 24/011\n\nSchedule 1—Eligibility requirements—person or parent born in specified country\n\nSchedule 2—Repeals\n\nMigration (Subclass 192 (Pacific Engagement) Visa Pre-application Process) Determination (LIN 24/011) 2024\n\n \n\n \n\nPart 1—Preliminary\n\n1  Name\n\n  This instrument is the Migration (Subclass 192 (Pacific Engagement) Visa Pre‑application Process—Pacific Engagement Stream) Determination 2025.\n\n2  Commencement\n\n  This instrument commences on 1 May 2025.\n\n3  Authority\n\n  This instrument is made under subsection 46C(14) of the Migration Act 1958.\n\n4  Definitions\n\nNote: A number of expressions used in this instrument are defined in the Act, including visa pre‑application process charge.\n\n  In this instrument:\n\nAct means the Migration Act 1958.\n\nPacific Engagement stream visa means a Subclass 192 (Pacific Engagement) visa in the Pacific Engagement stream as set out in Subdivision 192.22 of Schedule 2 to the Migration Regulations.\n\nPacific Engagement stream visa pre‑application process means a process specified under section 7.\n\nregistered participant, for a particular Pacific Engagement stream visa pre‑application process, has the meaning given by section 9.\n\nregistration open period, for a particular Pacific Engagement stream visa pre‑application process, means the period during which the process is open for registration.\n\nNote: See also section 11, which is about requirements for registration open periods.\n\nselected participant, for a particular Pacific Engagement stream visa pre‑application process, has the meaning given by section 14.\n\nselection open period, for a particular Pacific Engagement stream visa pre‑application process, means the period during which selection of participants for the process may take place.\n\nNote: See also section 15, which is about requirements for selection open periods.\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\nPart 2—Rules for the conduct of visa pre-application process\n\nDivision 1—Introduction\n\n6  Purpose of this Part\n\n  For the purposes of subsection 46C(14) of the Act, this Part sets out the rules that apply in relation to the conduct of a visa pre‑application process that is specified in section 7.\n\n7  Specified visa pre‑application process to which rules apply\n\n  For the purposes of subsection 46C(14) of the Act, this instrument applies in relation to a visa pre‑application process conducted under subsection 46C(1) of the Act in relation to a Subclass 192 (Pacific Engagement) visa in the Pacific Engagement stream.\n\nDivision 2—Country to which visa pre‑application process relates\n\n8  Visa pre‑application process must be in relation to a country\n\n (1) A Pacific Engagement stream visa pre‑application process must be in relation to a single country.\n\nNote: Multiple Pacific Engagement stream visa pre‑application processes may be conducted (see subsection 46C(10) of the Act), including concurrent processes in relation to different countries.\n\n (2) The Minister must cause the country to which the Pacific Engagement stream visa pre‑application process relates to be published on the Department’s website.\n\nDivision 3—Registration of participants\n\n9  Registered participants\n\n  A person is a registered participant for a particular Pacific Engagement stream visa pre‑application process if the following requirements are met:\n\n (a) the person registers as a participant in that process using a computer program made available on the internet for that purpose;\n\n (b) the registration includes a declaration by the person that they meet the eligibility requirements for that process specified under section 10;\n\n (c) the person is not already registered as a participant in that process;\n\n (d) the registration occurs within the registration open period for that process.\n\nNote 1: A part of a visa pre‑application process may be conducted by the use of a computer program under the Minister’s control: see subsection 46C(11) of the Act.\n\nNote 2: Any visa pre‑application process charge that is payable in respect of the registration must be paid at the time of registration: see subsection 46C(22) of the Act.\n\n10  Eligibility requirements\n\n  The eligibility requirements for registration of a person as a registered participant in a particular Pacific Engagement stream visa pre‑application process are all of the following:\n\n (a) the person holds a valid passport issued by the country to which that process relates;\n\n (b) the person is not a citizen of New Zealand;\n\n (c) the person, or a parent of the person, was born in a country specified in Schedule 1;\n\n (d) at the beginning of the registration open period for that process, the person is aged at least 18 and no more than 45.\n\n11  Registration open period\n\n (1) A Pacific Engagement stream visa pre‑application process must involve a finite registration open period for the process.\n\n (2) The Minister must cause the registration open period for the process, and any extension of the period, to be published on the Department’s website.\n\n12  Withdrawal of registration\n\n  A registered participant in a particular Pacific Engagement stream visa pre‑application process may withdraw their registration as a participant in that process using a computer program made available on the internet for that purpose.\n\nNote: A part of a visa pre‑application process may be conducted by the use of a computer program under the Minister’s control: see subsection 46C(11) of the Act.\n\n13  Duration of registration\n\n  The registration of a person as a registered participant in a particular Pacific Engagement stream visa pre‑application process lapses at the earliest of the following times:\n\n (a) the end of the selection open period for that process;\n\n (b) if the person is selected as a selected participant for that process—when the person is selected;\n\n (c) if the person withdraws their registration as a participant in that process—when the withdrawal is lodged;\n\n (d) if the person dies before the person is selected as a selected participant for that process—when the person dies.\n\nDivision 4—Selection of registered participants\n\n14  Selected participants\n\n  A person is a selected participant for a particular Pacific Engagement stream visa pre‑application process if the person is randomly selected for that process by a computer program.\n\nNote 1: The person must be a registered participant in that process: see subsection 46C(2) of the Act.\n\nNote 2: A part of a visa pre‑application process may be conducted by the use of a computer program under the Minister’s control: see subsection 46C(11) of the Act.\n\n15  Selection open period\n\n (1) A Pacific Engagement stream visa pre‑application process must involve a finite selection open period for the process.\n\n (2) The Minister must cause the selection open period for the process, and any extension of the period, to be published on the Department’s website.\n\n16  Notice of selection\n\n (1) As soon as practicable after a person is selected as a selected participant for a particular Pacific Engagement stream visa pre‑application process, the Minister must give the person notice in writing of the selection.\n\n (2) The notice must specify the date by which the person must make a valid visa application for a Subclass 192 (Pacific Engagement) visa in the Pacific Engagement stream.\n\n (3) The date specified under subsection (2) must be at least 30 days after the day the notice is given.\n\n\n\n\nPart 3—Application and transitional provisions\n\n17  Repeal of LIN 24/011\n\n  Despite the repeal of Migration (Subclass 192 (Pacific Engagement) Visa Pre-application Process) Determination (LIN 24/011) 2024 (LIN 24/011) by Schedule 2 to this instrument, LIN 24/011 continues to apply in relation to a visa pre‑application process, for a Subclass 192 (Pacific Engagement) visa, that was conducted before 1 May 2025.\n\n\n\n\n \n\nSchedule 1—Eligibility requirements—person or parent born in specified country\n\nNote: See paragraph 10(c).\n\n1  Specified countries\n\n  Each of the following countries is specified:\n\n (a) Australia;\n\n (b) Fiji;\n\n (c) Kiribati;\n\n (d) Marshall Islands, Republic of;\n\n (e) Micronesia, Federated States of;\n\n (f) Nauru;\n\n (g) New Zealand;\n\n (h) Palau;\n\n (i) Papua New Guinea;\n\n (j) Samoa;\n\n (k) Solomon Islands;\n\n (l) Timor‑Leste;\n\n (m) Tonga;\n\n (n) Tuvalu;\n\n (o) Vanuatu.\n\n\n\n\nSchedule 2—Repeals\n\nMigration (Subclass 192 (Pacific Engagement) Visa Pre-application Process) Determination (LIN 24/011) 2024\n\n1  The whole of the instrument\n\nRepeal the instrument\n","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"flash_summary":{"complexity_score":4,"scope_assessment":{"changed":true,"description":"This instrument replaces the earlier LIN 24/011 for pre‑application processes commencing on or after 1 May 2025 by setting new procedural rules (eligibility, online registration, random selection, notice and timing). It expressly repeals LIN 24/011 but preserves that earlier instrument’s application to any Subclass 192 pre‑application process conducted before 1 May 2025 (s17; Schedule 2)."},"complexity_factors":["Interplay with the Migration Act (authority under s46C(14)) and references to other Act subsections (s3; ss6–7) which require cross‑checking the parent Act.","Compound eligibility test that mixes passport ownership, citizenship exclusion, parent’s birthplace and age limits (s10; Schedule 1).","Reliance on computerised processes for registration, withdrawal and random selection and on online payment of a visa pre‑application charge (ss9, 12, 14; notes referencing ss46C(11) and (22)).","Administrative publication and timing duties that give the Minister/Department discretion to set and extend registration and selection windows and to name the country (ss8(2), 11(2), 15(2)).","Operational requirements for finite registration and selection periods and rules for when registrations lapse, creating timing‑sensitive compliance (ss11, 13, 15).","Random selection by computer with a statutory notice obligation and a minimum 30‑day application period (ss14, 16(1)–(3)).","Transitional treatment and repeal of the prior determination, preserving the old rules for processes conducted before commencement (s17; Schedule 2)."],"plain_english_summary":"This instrument sets the procedural rules for pre‑application rounds for Subclass 192 (Pacific Engagement) visas. It requires online registration in a published window, limits who may register (holders of the relevant country’s passport who are aged 18–45, are not New Zealand citizens, and who or whose parent was born in a listed country), charges a fee at registration, selects participants at random by computer, and gives selected people written notice with at least 30 days to lodge a visa application."},"kimi_summary":{"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":4,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The legislation maintains its original scope as a procedural instrument governing the ballot/registration system for the Pacific Engagement visa. It replaces a 2024 predecessor with substantively similar provisions, adding only minor refinements (such as explicit 30-day application deadlines and clearer lapsed registration triggers). 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It sets core eligibility (age 18–45, passport and birth/parental link to listed Pacific countries, not a New Zealand citizen) and requires the Minister to publish registration and selection windows. Affects Pacific applicants and the Department of Home Affairs; replaces an earlier 2024 determination."},"flash_summary_failed":{"failed":true,"reason":"A positive credit balance is required for all requests, including BYOK, so fallback providers remain available. 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