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This instrument is the Migration (Arrangements for Pacific Engagement Visa Applications) Instrument (LIN 24/012) 2024.
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This instrument sets the approved forms and the ways people must lodge Subclass 192 (Pacific Engagement) visa applications. It requires online applicants to use ImmiAccount and allows others to submit a paper form by email to an address given in a written notice (see s.5). It affects applicants and the Department by shifting where and how applications are received, changing compliance steps and where control over receipt and authorisation sits (see ss.4–5, s.3).
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This instrument is the Migration (Arrangements for Pacific Engagement Visa Applications) Instrument (LIN 24/012) 2024.
This instrument commences on the day after the instrument is registered.
This instrument is made under subregulation 2.07(5) of the Migration Regulations 1994.
Note: A number of expressions used in this instrument are defined in the Migration Regulations, including Immigration.
In this instrument:
ImmiAccount means the interactive portal for online services available through the Department’s website at https://immi.homeaffairs.gov.au.
Internet form means a form mentioned in paragraph 1.18(2)(b) of the Migration Regulations.
Migration Regulations means the Migration Regulations 1994.
written notice means an email from Immigration to a person that:
(a) authorises the person to make an application using an approved form specified in paragraph 5(1)(b); and
(b) includes an Immigration email address and instructions to the person setting out how to send the form to that email address.
(1) For the purposes of item 1140 of Schedule 1 to the Migration Regulations, the following approved forms are specified: (a) form 1556 (Internet); (b) form 1556. (2) For the purposes of paragraph 1140(3)(a) of Schedule 1 to the Migration Regulations, the manner in which an application must be made, using a form specified in subsection (1), is specified in the following table.
| Item | If the form used in making the visa application is… | the application must be made… |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | form 1556 (Internet) | via ImmiAccount. |
| 2 | form 1556 | by sending the application by email to the Immigration email address that is set out in a written notice. |
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This instrument is the Migration (Arrangements for Pacific Engagement Visa Applications) Instrument (LIN 24/012) 2024.
This instrument commences on the day after the instrument is registered.
This instrument is made under subregulation 2.07(5) of the Migration Regulations 1994.
Note: A number of expressions used in this instrument are defined in the Migration Regulations, including Immigration.
In this instrument:
ImmiAccount means the interactive portal for online services available through the Department’s website at https://immi.homeaffairs.gov.au.
Internet form means a form mentioned in paragraph 1.18(2)(b) of the Migration Regulations.
Migration Regulations means the Migration Regulations 1994.
written notice means an email from Immigration to a person that:
(a) authorises the person to make an application using an approved form specified in paragraph 5(1)(b); and
(b) includes an Immigration email address and instructions to the person setting out how to send the form to that email address.
(1) For the purposes of item 1140 of Schedule 1 to the Migration Regulations, the following approved forms are specified: (a) form 1556 (Internet); (b) form 1556. (2) For the purposes of paragraph 1140(3)(a) of Schedule 1 to the Migration Regulations, the manner in which an application must be made, using a form specified in subsection (1), is specified in the following table.
| Item | If the form used in making the visa application is… | the application must be made… |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | form 1556 (Internet) | via ImmiAccount. |
| 2 | form 1556 | by sending the application by email to the Immigration email address that is set out in a written notice. |