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Migration Act 1958 - Determination under section 175A - Eligible Passports - May 2013

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This determination sets out which passports count as eligible passports for certain visa applications under the Migration Act 1958.

What it does

Revokes the previous eligible passport determination (IMMI 12/102)
Lists four specific electronic passports (ePassports) that qualify as eligible

The four eligible passports

Australian ePassports
New Zealand ePassports
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland ePassports
United States of America ePassports

Who it affects and why it matters This affects non-citizens outside Australia who do not already hold a visa but wish to apply for one. If you hold one of these ePassports, you can use it for visa application processes under section 165 of the Act (which covers visa applications by people outside Australia). Without an eligible passport, different application requirements apply.

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Commonwealth of Australia

Migration Act 1958

ELIGIBLE PASSPORTS

(SECTION 175A)

I, MARTIN BOWLES, Secretary to the Department of Immigration and Citizenship, acting under section 175A of the Migration Act 1958 (the ‘Act’):

1. REVOKE Instrument number IMMI 12/102 signed on 12 October 2012 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 States of America ePassports.

This Instrument, IMMI 13/058, will commence on 17 June 2013.

Dated 20th May 2013

MARTIN BOWLES

Secretary to the Department of Immigration and Citizenship

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