ARRANGEMENTS FOR VISITOR VISA APPLICATIONS 2016/102

(Item 1236)

I, HAMISH HANSFORD, Delegate of the Minister for Immigration and Border Protection, acting under subregulation 2.07(5) of the Migration Regulations 1994 (the Regulations):

1. REVOKE Instrument IMMI 16/009 (F2016L00675), Arrangements for Visitor Visa Applications 2016/009, signed 2 May 2016.
2. SPECIFY for the purposes of subitems 1236(1) and 1236(3) of Schedule 1 to the Regulations, the approved form and the place and the manner for making an application for a Visitor (Class FA) visa in Schedule 1 to this Instrument.
3. SPECIFY for the purposes of subitems 1236(1) and 1236(4) of Schedule 1 to the Regulations, the approved form and the place and the manner for making an application for a Visitor (Class FA) visa in Schedule 2 to this Instrument.
4. SPECIFY for the purposes of subitems 1236(1) and 1236(5) of Schedule 1 to the Regulations, the approved form and the place and the manner for making an application for a Visitor (Class FA) visa in Schedule 3 to this Instrument.
5. SPECIFY for the purposes of subitems 1236(1) and 1236(6) of Schedule 1 to the Regulations, the approved form and the place and the manner for making an application for a Visitor (Class FA) visa in Schedule 4 to this Instrument.
6. SPECIFY for the purposes of Item 3 of the table in subitem 1236(6) of Schedule 1 to the Regulations the travel agents listed in Schedule 5 to this Instrument.
7. SPECIFY for the purposes of Item 2(b) of the table in in subitem 1236(6A) of Schedule 1 to the Regulations that the applicant must be in the People’s Republic of China.
8. SPECIFY for the purposes of Item 3 of the table in subitem 1236(6A) of Schedule 1 to the Regulations the applicant must hold a valid passport of the People’s Republic of China, indicating that the applicant is a national of the People’s Republic of China.
9. SPECIFY for the purposes of subitems 1236(1) and 1236(6A) of Schedule 1 to the Regulations, the approved form and the place and the manner for making an application for a Visitor (Class FA) visa in Schedule 6 to this Instrument.

This Instrument, Arrangements for Visitor Visa Applications 2016/102,
IMMI 16/102, commences on 12 December 2016.

Dated: 8 December 2016

Hamish Hansford

HAMISH HANSFORD

Acting Senior Executive Service, Band two, Immigration and Citizenship Policy Division and Delegate of the Minister for Immigration and Border Protection

SCHEDULE 1

For an applicant seeking to satisfy the primary criteria for a Subclass 600 (Visitor) visa in the Tourist stream

<table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="width:489.8pt; border:0.75pt solid #000000; border-collapse:collapse"><tbody><tr><td style="width:3.35pt; border-right:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.03pt; padding-left:5.03pt; vertical-align:top; background-color:#d9d9d9"><p style="margin-top:6pt; margin-right:2.85pt; margin-bottom:6pt; text-align:center"><span style="font-weight:bold"></span></p></td><td style="width:142.95pt; border-right:0.75pt solid #000000; border-left:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.03pt; padding-left:5.03pt; vertical-align:top; background-color:#d9d9d9"><p style="margin-top:6pt; margin-right:2.85pt; margin-bottom:6pt; text-align:center"><span style="font-weight:bold">KINDS OF </span><span style="font-weight:bold">APPLICANT</span></p></td><td style="width:76.45pt; border-right:0.75pt solid #000000; border-left:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.03pt; padding-left:5.03pt; vertical-align:top; background-color:#d9d9d9"><p style="margin-top:6pt; margin-right:2.85pt; margin-bottom:6pt; text-align:center"><span style="font-weight:bold">FORM</span></p></td><td style="width:223.1pt; border-left:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.03pt; padding-left:5.03pt; vertical-align:top; background-color:#d9d9d9"><p style="margin-top:6pt; margin-right:2.85pt; margin-bottom:6pt; text-align:center"><span style="font-weight:bold">PLACE AND MANNER</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="width:3.35pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-right:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.03pt; padding-left:5.03pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="margin-top:6pt; margin-right:2.85pt; margin-bottom:6pt; text-align:center; line-height:115%"><span>1</span></p></td><td style="width:142.95pt; border:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.03pt; padding-left:5.03pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="margin-top:6pt; margin-right:2.85pt; line-height:115%"><span>If the applicant:</span></p><p style="margin-right:2.85pt; line-height:115%"><span>(a) </span><span>is </span><span>outside Australia; and</span></p><p style="margin-right:2.85pt; line-height:115%"><span>(b) holds a passport issued by a country or territory </span><span>specified in C</span><span>olumn 1 of the table in Schedule </span><span>7</span><span> to this Instrument and subject to the co</span><span>nditions (if any) specified in C</span><span>olumn 2</span><span> </span><span>of the table in Schedule </span><span>7</span><span> to this Instrument</span><span>; and</span></p><p style="margin-right:2.85pt; margin-bottom:6pt; line-height:115%"><span>(c) makes his or her</span><span> application through the services of an agent from that country who is party to an agree</span><span>ment with </span><span>the Department</span><span> to use an i</span><span>nternet facility for offshore visitor visa applications</span><span>.</span></p></td><td style="width:76.45pt; border:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.03pt; padding-left:5.03pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="margin-top:6pt; margin-right:2.85pt; line-height:115%"><span>1419 (I</span><span>nternet)</span></p><p style="margin-right:2.85pt; line-height:115%"><span>1419</span></p></td><td rowspan="4" style="width:223.1pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-left:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.03pt; padding-left:5.03pt; vertical-align:top"><ol style="margin:0pt; padding-left:0pt"><li style="margin:6pt 2.85pt 6pt 15.7pt; line-height:115%; padding-left:0.2pt"><span>A</span><span>pplications must be made at</span><span> </span><span>an office of Immigration in Australia, if the person is located in Australia; or</span></li><li style="margin:6pt 2.85pt 6pt 15.7pt; line-height:115%; padding-left:0.2pt"><span>If the applicant is outside Australia the application must be made at a diplomatic, consular or migration office maintained by or on behalf of the Commonwealth of Australia.</span></li></ol></td></tr><tr><td style="width:3.35pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-right:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.03pt; padding-left:5.03pt; vertical-align:top; background-color:#f2f2f2"><p style="margin-top:6pt; margin-right:2.85pt; margin-bottom:12pt; text-align:center; line-height:115%"><span>2</span></p><p style="margin-top:12pt; margin-right:2.85pt; margin-bottom:6pt; text-align:center; line-height:115%"><span></span></p></td><td style="width:142.95pt; border:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.03pt; padding-left:5.03pt; vertical-align:top; background-color:#f2f2f2"><p style="margin-top:6pt; margin-right:2.85pt; margin-bottom:6pt; line-height:115%"><span>If the applicant is outsi</span><span>de Australia and the holder of the </span><span>passport issued by a cou</span><span>ntry or territory specified in C</span><span>olumn 1 </span><span>of Schedule </span><span>8</span><span> to this Instrument and subject to the conditions (if any) specified in Column 2 of Schedule </span><span>8</span><span> to this Instrument</span><span>.</span></p></td><td style="width:76.45pt; border:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.03pt; padding-left:5.03pt; vertical-align:top; background-color:#f2f2f2"><p style="margin-top:6pt; margin-right:2.85pt; line-height:115%"><span>1419 (</span><span>I</span><span>nternet)</span></p><p style="margin-right:2.85pt; margin-bottom:6pt; line-height:115%"><span>1419</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="width:3.35pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-right:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.03pt; padding-left:5.03pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="margin-top:6pt; margin-right:2.85pt; margin-bottom:6pt; text-align:center; line-height:115%"><span>3</span></p></td><td style="width:142.95pt; border:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.03pt; padding-left:5.03pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="margin-top:6pt; margin-right:2.85pt; margin-bottom:6pt; line-height:115%"><span>If the applicant is in Australia and is the holder of any substantive visa</span><span>.</span></p></td><td style="width:76.45pt; border:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.03pt; padding-left:5.03pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="margin-top:6pt; margin-right:2.85pt; line-height:115%"><span>1419 (</span><span>I</span><span>nternet)</span></p><p style="margin-right:2.85pt; margin-bottom:6pt; line-height:115%"><span>1419</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="width:3.35pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-right:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.03pt; padding-left:5.03pt; vertical-align:top; background-color:#f2f2f2"><p style="margin-top:6pt; margin-right:2.85pt; margin-bottom:6pt; text-align:center; line-height:115%"><span>4</span></p></td><td style="width:142.95pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-right:0.75pt solid #000000; border-left:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.03pt; padding-left:5.03pt; vertical-align:top; background-color:#f2f2f2"><p style="margin-top:6pt; margin-right:2.85pt; margin-bottom:6pt; line-height:115%"><span>Any other applicant</span><span>.</span></p></td><td style="width:76.45pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-right:0.75pt solid #000000; border-left:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.03pt; padding-left:5.03pt; vertical-align:top; background-color:#f2f2f2"><p style="margin-top:6pt; margin-right:2.85pt; margin-bottom:6pt; line-height:115%"><span>1419</span></p></td></tr></tbody></table>