CLASSES OF PERSONS
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This instrument sets who may apply for a student visa while remaining in Australia. It lets certain current student visa holders subject to work‑ban condition 8101 seek a student visa that permits work, and allows some family members on visas with conditions 8101 or 8104 to apply onshore if they claim to be in the family unit of a student visa holder obligated by course condition 8202. It enables onshore visa changes for these narrowly defined groups.
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Direct links to the current provisions in Migration Regulations 1994 - Specification of Classes of Persons - IMMI 14/046.
I, MICHAELIA CASH, Assistant Minister for Immigration and Border Protection, acting under subparagraph 1222(1)(aa)(ii) of the Migration Regulations 1994 (‘the Regulations’) hereby:
REVOKE IMMI 05/062 signed on 20 June 2005 and published in Gazette Notice 25 (FRLI Registration F2005L01807), specifying a class of persons for the purpose of subparagraph 1222(1)(aa)(ii) of the Regulations; AND
SPECIFY the following classes of persons for the purpose of 1222(1)(aa)(ii) of the Regulations:
Class 1
Persons who seek a student visa that is not subject to condition 8101 and who:
(a) are not in immigration clearance; and
(b) hold a student visa that is subject to condition 8101; and
(c) are either
(i) enrolled in a registered course; or
(ii) a Foreign Affairs student, Defence student or secondary exchange student.
Class 2
(a) are not in immigration clearance; and
(b) hold a student visa that is subject to condition 8101 or 8104; and
(c) claim to be a member of the family unit of the holder of a student visa that is subject
to condition 8202.
This Instrument, IMMI 14/046 commences on 1 July 2014 immediately after the commencement of Migration Legislation Amendment (2014 Measures No. 1) Regulation 2014.
Dated 13 June 2014
Michaelia Cash
Assistant Minister for Immigration and Border Protection
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I, MICHAELIA CASH, Assistant Minister for Immigration and Border Protection, acting under subparagraph 1222(1)(aa)(ii) of the Migration Regulations 1994 (‘the Regulations’) hereby:
REVOKE IMMI 05/062 signed on 20 June 2005 and published in Gazette Notice 25 (FRLI Registration F2005L01807), specifying a class of persons for the purpose of subparagraph 1222(1)(aa)(ii) of the Regulations; AND
SPECIFY the following classes of persons for the purpose of 1222(1)(aa)(ii) of the Regulations:
Class 1
Persons who seek a student visa that is not subject to condition 8101 and who:
(a) are not in immigration clearance; and
(b) hold a student visa that is subject to condition 8101; and
(c) are either
(i) enrolled in a registered course; or
(ii) a Foreign Affairs student, Defence student or secondary exchange student.
Class 2
(a) are not in immigration clearance; and
(b) hold a student visa that is subject to condition 8101 or 8104; and
(c) claim to be a member of the family unit of the holder of a student visa that is subject
to condition 8202.
This Instrument, IMMI 14/046 commences on 1 July 2014 immediately after the commencement of Migration Legislation Amendment (2014 Measures No. 1) Regulation 2014.
Dated 13 June 2014
Michaelia Cash
Assistant Minister for Immigration and Border Protection