(1) Forms: The form or forms specified by the Minister in an instrument in writing for this subitem.
(2) Visa application charge:
(a) First instalment (payable at the time application is made):
(b) Second instalment (payable before grant of visa):
<table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="border-collapse:collapse"><thead><tr><td colspan="4" style="width:344.25pt; border-top:1.5pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext" style="page-break-after:avoid"><span style="font-weight:bold">Charge</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="width:24.9pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:1.5pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext" style="page-break-after:avoid"><span style="font-weight:bold">Item</span></p></td><td style="width:148.5pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:1.5pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext" style="page-break-after:avoid"><span style="font-weight:bold">Column 1</span></p><p class="Tabletext" style="page-break-after:avoid"><span style="font-weight:bold">Applicant</span></p></td><td colspan="2" style="width:149.25pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:1.5pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext" style="page-break-after:avoid"><span style="font-weight:bold">Column 2</span></p><p class="Tabletext" style="page-break-after:avoid"><span style="font-weight:bold">Charge</span></p></td></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td style="width:24.9pt; border-top:1.5pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>1</span></p></td><td colspan="2" style="width:230.2pt; border-top:1.5pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>An applicant who:</span></p><p class="Tablea"><span>(a)</span><span style="width:3.1pt; text-indent:0pt; display:inline-block"> </span><span>seeks to satisfy the criteria for the grant of a Subclass 487 (Skilled — Regional Sponsored) visa; and</span></p><p class="Tablea"><span>(b)</span><span style="width:2.54pt; text-indent:0pt; display:inline-block"> </span><span>had turned 18 at the time of application; and</span></p><p class="Tablea"><span>(c)</span><span style="width:3.1pt; text-indent:0pt; display:inline-block"> </span><span>is assessed as not having functional English; and</span></p><p class="Tablea"><span>(d)</span><span style="width:2.54pt; text-indent:0pt; display:inline-block"> </span><span>has not paid a second instalment of visa application charge in relation to the application for the visa, mentioned in paragraph</span><span> </span><span>(a), that the applicant holds</span></p></td><td style="width:67.55pt; border-top:1.5pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>$4,250</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="width:24.9pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:1.5pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>2</span></p></td><td colspan="2" style="width:230.2pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:1.5pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>Any other applicant</span></p></td><td style="width:67.55pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:1.5pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>Nil</span></p></td></tr><tr style="height:0pt"><td style="width:35.7pt"></td><td style="width:159.3pt"></td><td style="width:81.7pt"></td><td style="width:78.35pt"></td></tr></tbody></table>
(3) Other:
(a) An application by a person seeking to satisfy the primary criteria for the grant of a Subclass 487 (Skilled — Regional Sponsored) visa must be made before 1 January 2013.
(b) An application by a person seeking to satisfy the secondary criteria for the grant of a Subclass 487 (Skilled — Regional Sponsored) visa must be made before 1 July 2012.
(c) An application must be made:
(i) as an Internet application; or
(ii) by posting the application (with the correct pre‑paid postage) to the post office box address or other address specified by the Minister in an instrument in writing for this subparagraph; or
(iii) by having the application delivered by a courier service to the address specified by the Minister in an instrument in writing for this subparagraph.
Note: An Internet application is taken to have been made at the time, identified using Australian Eastern Standard Time or Australian Eastern Standard Time incorporating Daylight Saving Time in the Australian Capital Territory, that corresponds to the time at which the Internet application is made. See regulation 2.10C.
(d) If an applicant:
(i) is not seeking to satisfy the criteria for the grant of a Subclass 485 (Temporary Graduate) visa; and
(ii) has not nominated a skilled occupation specified by the Minister in an instrument in writing for paragraph (e);
the applicant’s skills must have been assessed by the relevant assessing authority as suitable for the applicant’s nominated skilled occupation.
(e) If an applicant:
(i) is not seeking to satisfy the criteria for the grant of a Subclass 485 (Temporary Graduate) visa; and
(ii) has nominated a skilled occupation specified by the Minister in an instrument in writing for this paragraph;
the applicant’s skills must have been assessed by the relevant assessing authority, on or after 1 January 2010, as suitable for the applicant’s nominated skilled occupation.
(f) An applicant claiming to be a member of the family unit of a person who, having satisfied the primary criteria, holds a Skilled (Provisional) (Class VC) visa may be in or outside Australia when making his or her application, but not in immigration clearance.
(g) An applicant to whom paragraph (f) does not apply must be in Australia, but not in immigration clearance, when making his or her application.
(h) An application by a person claiming to be a member of the family unit of a person who seeks to satisfy the primary criteria may be made at the same time and place as, and combined with, an application by that person.
(i) An applicant seeking to satisfy the primary criteria for the grant of a Subclass 487 (Skilled — Regional Sponsored) visa must meet the requirements of subitem (3A) or (3B).
(j) An applicant seeking to satisfy the primary criteria for the grant of a Subclass 485 (Temporary Graduate) visa must nominate only one stream to which the application relates.
(k) An applicant seeking to satisfy the primary criteria for the grant of a Subclass 485 (Temporary Graduate) visa in the Graduate Work stream must nominate a skilled occupation for the applicant that is specified by the Minister in an instrument in writing for this paragraph.
(l) An applicant seeking to satisfy the primary criteria for the grant of a Subclass 485 (Temporary Graduate) visa in the Post‑Study Work stream:
(i) must hold a Student Temporary (Class TU) visa that:
(A) was granted on the basis of an application made on or after 5 November 2011; and
(B) is the first Student Temporary (Class TU) visa that the applicant has held; or
(ii) must have held a Student Temporary (Class TU) visa that:
(A) was granted on the basis of an application made on or after 5 November 2011; and
(B) was the first Student Temporary (Class TU) visa that the applicant had held.
(m) An applicant seeking to satisfy the primary criteria for the grant of a Subclass 485 (Temporary Graduate) visa must meet the requirements of subitem (4).
(n) An applicant who is seeking to satisfy the criteria for the grant of a Subclass 487 (Skilled — Regional Sponsored) visa must also meet the requirements of subitem (4), (5), (6), (7) or (9).
(3A) An applicant seeking to satisfy the primary criteria for the grant of a Subclass 487 (Skilled — Regional Sponsored) visa must be nominated by a State or Territory government agency.
(3B) An applicant seeking to satisfy the primary criteria for the grant of a Subclass 487 (Skilled — Regional Sponsored) visa must meet all of the following requirements:
(a) the applicant is sponsored by a person who:
(i) has turned 18; and
(ii) is an Australian citizen, an Australian permanent resident or an eligible New Zealand citizen;
(b) the applicant has declared on the application that the sponsor:
(i) is usually resident in a designated area of Australia; and
(ii) is related to the applicant, or the applicant’s spouse or de facto partner (if the applicant’s spouse or de facto partner is also seeking to satisfy the criteria for a Subclass 487 (Skilled — Regional Sponsored) visa), as:
(A) a parent; or
(B) a child or step‑child; or
(C) a brother or sister, an adoptive brother or sister, or a step‑brother or step‑sister; or
(D) an aunt or uncle, an adoptive aunt or uncle, or a step‑aunt or step‑uncle; or
(E) a nephew or niece, an adoptive nephew or niece, or a step‑nephew or step‑niece; or
(F) a grandparent or first cousin;
(c) each person who:
(i) is an applicant; and
(ii) claims to be a member of the family unit of the applicant;
is sponsored by the same person;
(d) the sponsorship was entered into on Form 1277 (Internet) or Form 1277.
Note: For designated area, see regulation 1.03.
(4) The following requirements must be met:
(a) one of the following subparagraphs must be satisfied by the applicant:
(i) the applicant holds an eligible student visa;
(ii) the applicant must hold a Bridging A (Class WA) visa or Bridging B (Class WB) visa that was granted on the basis of a valid application for a visa other than one of the following visas:
(A) a Subclass 570 (Independent ELICOS Sector) visa;
(B) a Subclass 571 (Schools Sector) visa;
(C) a Subclass 572 (Vocational Education and Training Sector) visa, a Subclass 573 (Higher Education Sector) visa, or a Subclass 574 (Postgraduate Research Sector) visa, that was applied for on the basis that the applicant seeking to satisfy the primary criteria for the grant of that visa intends to undertake a course of study paid for, wholly or in part, by the Commonwealth, the government of a State or Territory, the government of a foreign country or a multilateral agency and for which a condition of payment by that body for the course is that the student will leave Australia on the completion of the course;
(D) a Subclass 572 (Vocational Education and Training Sector) visa, a Subclass 573 (Higher Education Sector) visa, or a Subclass 574 (Postgraduate Research Sector) visa that was applied for on the basis that the applicant seeking to satisfy the primary criteria for the grant of that visa intends to undertake a course of study or training under a scholarship scheme or training program approved by the AusAID Minister or the Defence Minister;
and for which a condition of that scheme or program is that the student will leave Australia on completion of the course;
(E) a Subclass 575 (Non‑Award Sector) visa;
(F) a Subclass 576 (AusAID or Defence Sector) visa;
and must also have held an eligible student visa at any time during the period of 6 months ending immediately before the day on which the application is made;
(iii) the applicant must:
(A) hold a substantive visa other than a visa mentioned in sub‑subparagraphs (ii) (A) to (F); and
(B) have held an eligible student visa at any time during the period of 6 months ending immediately before the day on which the application for the Skilled (Provisional) (Class VC) visa is made;
(iv) the applicant must have been taken, under sections 368C, 368D and 379C of the Act, to have been notified that the Migration Review Tribunal has set aside and substituted the Minister’s decision not to revoke the cancellation of the applicant’s eligible student visa not more than 28 days before the day on which the application is made;
(b) the applicant seeking to satisfy the primary criteria for the grant of the visa must be less than 50.
(5) If the applicant is seeking to satisfy the criteria for the grant of a Subclass 487 (Skilled — Regional Sponsored) visa:
(a) the applicant must hold:
(i) a Subclass 476 (Skilled — Recognised Graduate) visa; or
(ii) a Subclass 485 (Temporary Graduate) visa; and
(b) if the applicant is seeking to satisfy the primary criteria for the grant of the visa, the applicant must:
(i) have been granted the visa mentioned in paragraph (a) on the basis of satisfying the primary criteria for the grant of that visa; and
(ii) nominate a skilled occupation for the applicant that is specified by the Minister in an instrument in writing for this subparagraph.
(6) If the applicant is seeking to satisfy the criteria for the grant of a Subclass 487 (Skilled — Regional Sponsored) visa:
(a) the applicant must hold a Subclass 471 (Trade Skills Training) visa; and
(b) if the applicant is seeking to satisfy the primary criteria for the grant of the visa, the applicant:
(i) must have held, for a total of at least 2 years before the day on which the application was made, of the Subclass 471 (Trade Skills Training) visa mentioned in paragraph (a) that was granted on the basis of satisfying the primary criteria for the grant of that visa; and
(ii) must be less than 50; and
(iii) must nominate a skilled occupation for the applicant that is specified by the Minister in an instrument in writing for this subparagraph.
(7) If the applicant is seeking to satisfy the criteria for the grant of a Subclass 487 (Skilled — Regional Sponsored) visa:
(a) the applicant must hold:
(i) a Subclass 417 (Working Holiday) visa; or
(ii) a Subclass 442 (Occupational Trainee) visa that was granted on the basis of satisfying the primary criteria for that visa; and
(b) if the applicant is seeking to satisfy the primary criteria for the grant of the visa, the applicant:
(i) must be less than 50; and
(ii) must nominate a skilled occupation for the applicant that is specified by the Minister in an instrument in writing for this subparagraph.
(9) If the applicant is seeking to satisfy the criteria for the grant of a Subclass 487 (Skilled — Regional Sponsored) visa, the applicant must claim to be a member of the family unit of an applicant who holds a Skilled (Provisional) (Class VC) visa granted on the basis of satisfying the primary criteria for the grant of the visa.
(10) Subclasses:
Subclass 485 (Temporary Graduate)
Subclass 487 (Skilled — Regional Sponsored).