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Migration Reform (Transitional Provisions) Regulations
30BCombined application for internal review
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30B Combined application for internal review
(1) If:
(a) 2 or more visa applicants have combined their pre-reform visa applications in Australia, in a way permitted by the Migration (1989) Regulations or the Migration (1993) Regulations; and
(b) the Minister’s decisions in respect of 2 or more of those visa applicants are that visas not be granted;
the visa applicants referred to in paragraph (b) may combine their applications for internal review of the Minister’s decisions.
(a) a person has nominated or sponsored 2 or more members of a family unit in respect of pre-reform visa applications by them for visas of a class for which it was a criterion that an applicant be sponsored or nominated; and
(b) the members of a family unit referred to in paragraph (a) have combined their pre-reform visa applications in a way permitted by the Migration (1989) Regulations or the Migration (1993) Regulations; and
(c) the Minister’s decisions in respect of 2 or more of the members of that family unit are that visas not be granted;
the nominator or sponsor may combine his or her applications for internal review of the Minister’s decisions in respect of each of the members of the family unit to whom the Minister refused to grant a visa.
(3) If:
(a) 2 or more visa applicants have combined their pre-reform visa applications, in a way permitted by the Migration (1989) Regulations or the Migration (1993) Regulations, for visas of a class for which it was a criterion that an applicant have a parent, spouse, child, brother or sister who is an Australian citizen or an Australian permanent resident; and
(b) the Minister’s decisions in respect of 2 or more of those visa applicants are that visas not be granted;
an Australian citizen or Australian permanent resident who is a parent, spouse, child, brother or sister of the visa applicants may combine his or her applications for internal review of the Minister’s decisions in respect of each of those visa applicants to whom the Minister refused to grant a visa.