Commonwealth legislation

Migration Act 1958 - Determination of Eligible Passports - IMMI 13/139

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This Act has been repealed and is no longer in force. It is retained for historical reference.

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This determination specifies which passport holders can skip filling out incoming passenger cards when arriving in Australia.

What it does

Identifies five types of electronic passports (ePassports) as 'eligible passports' for streamlined border processing
Allows travellers holding these passports to enter Australia without completing the usual incoming passenger card (the form normally handed out on planes)

Who is covered The determination applies to holders of:

Australian ePassports
New Zealand ePassports
Swiss ePassports
United Kingdom ePassports
United States of America ePassports

Background This instrument replaces an earlier version from May 2013 (IMMI 13/058) and maintains the same list of countries. It operates under the Migration Act to simplify entry procedures for low-risk travellers from these specific nations.

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Migration Act 1958 - Determination of Eligible Passports - IMMI 13/139

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Commonwealth of Australia

Migration Act 1958

ELIGIBLE PASSPORTS

(SECTION 175A)

I, WENDY SOUTHERN, Acting Secretary of the Department of Immigration and Border Protection, acting under section 175A of the Migration Act 1958 (the ‘Act’):

1. REVOKE Instrument number IMMI 13/058 signed on 20 May 2013 determining eligible passports for the purposes of section 175A; AND

2. DETERMINE that for the purposes of section 165 of the Act, the following kinds of passports are ‘eligible passports’:

(a) Australian ePassports; and

(b) New Zealand ePassports; and

(d) United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland ePassports; and

(e) United States of America ePassports

This Instrument, IMMI 13/139, will commence on 11 November 2013.

Dated 6 November 2013

Wendy Southern

Acting Secretary of the Department of Immigration and Border Protection

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