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Migration (Class of Persons for Nil VAC for Subclass 600 (Visitor) Visa Applications—Pacific Australia Card Holders) Specification 2025

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This instrument makes holders of a Pacific Australia Card exempt from the visa application charge (VAC) when they apply from outside Australia for a Subclass 600 Visitor visa in the Tourist or Business Visitor streams. It commences 22 March 2025 and operates by specifying that those applicants are in a class eligible for a nil VAC under the Migration Regulations. The Commonwealth therefore forgoes the VAC; applicants must hold a valid Pacific Australia Card and be outside Australia when applying.

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Migration (Class of Persons for Nil VAC for Subclass 600 (Visitor) Visa Applications—Pacific Australia Card Holders) Specification 2025

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LIN 25/007

Migration (Class of Persons for Nil VAC for Subclass 600 (Visitor) Visa Applications—Pacific Australia Card Holders) Specification 2025

I, Tony Burke, Minister for Immigration and Multicultural Affairs, make the following instrument.

Dated 13 March 2025

Tony Burke

Minister for Immigration and Multicultural Affairs

Contents

1 Name

2 Commencement

3 Authority

4 Definitions

5 Class of persons for nil VAC—Subclass 600 (Visitor) visa

1 Name

This instrument is the Migration (Class of Persons for Nil VAC for Subclass 600 (Visitor) Visa Applications—Pacific Australia Card Holders) Specification 2025.

2 Commencement

This instrument commences on 22 March 2025.

3 Authority

This instrument is made under subparagraph 1236(2)(a)(iv) of Schedule 1 to the Migration Regulations 1994.

4 Definitions

Note: The expression visa application charge used in this instrument is defined in section 5 of the Migration Act 1958.

In this instrument:

Migration Regulations means the Migration Regulations 1994.

Pacific Australia Card means a card by that name issued to a person by the Government of Australia.

VAC means visa application charge.

5 Class of persons for nil VAC—Subclass 600 (Visitor) visa

For subparagraph 1236(2)(a)(iv) of Schedule 1 to the Migration Regulations, a person (the applicant) is specified to be in a class of persons if:

(a) the person holds a valid Pacific Australia Card; and

(b) the person seeks to satisfy the primary criteria for the grant of a Subclass 600 (Visitor) visa:

(i) in the Tourist stream as set out in Subdivision 600.22 of Schedule 2 to the Migration Regulations; or

(ii) in the Business Visitor stream as set out in Subdivision 600.24 of Schedule 2 to the Migration Regulations; and

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LIN 25/007

Migration (Class of Persons for Nil VAC for Subclass 600 (Visitor) Visa Applications—Pacific Australia Card Holders) Specification 2025

I, Tony Burke, Minister for Immigration and Multicultural Affairs, make the following instrument.

Dated 13 March 2025

Tony Burke

Minister for Immigration and Multicultural Affairs

Contents

1 Name

2 Commencement

3 Authority

4 Definitions

5 Class of persons for nil VAC—Subclass 600 (Visitor) visa

1 Name

This instrument is the Migration (Class of Persons for Nil VAC for Subclass 600 (Visitor) Visa Applications—Pacific Australia Card Holders) Specification 2025.

2 Commencement

This instrument commences on 22 March 2025.

3 Authority

This instrument is made under subparagraph 1236(2)(a)(iv) of Schedule 1 to the Migration Regulations 1994.

4 Definitions

Note: The expression visa application charge used in this instrument is defined in section 5 of the Migration Act 1958.

In this instrument:

Migration Regulations means the Migration Regulations 1994.

Pacific Australia Card means a card by that name issued to a person by the Government of Australia.

VAC means visa application charge.

5 Class of persons for nil VAC—Subclass 600 (Visitor) visa

For subparagraph 1236(2)(a)(iv) of Schedule 1 to the Migration Regulations, a person (the applicant) is specified to be in a class of persons if:

(a) the person holds a valid Pacific Australia Card; and

(b) the person seeks to satisfy the primary criteria for the grant of a Subclass 600 (Visitor) visa:

(i) in the Tourist stream as set out in Subdivision 600.22 of Schedule 2 to the Migration Regulations; or

(ii) in the Business Visitor stream as set out in Subdivision 600.24 of Schedule 2 to the Migration Regulations; and