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Migration Regulations 1994 - Specification of Regional Area 2015 - IMMI 15/075

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This instrument lists which postcodes are legally treated as “regional areas” for Australian migration law, functioning as a postcode-to-legal-classification lookup used across the visa system. It affects applicants for visas that require or reward regional residence—e.g., skilled visas, regional sponsorships, or extra points for studying/working in regional Australia.

The NSW excerpt marks many postcode ranges as regional while explicitly excluding Sydney, Newcastle, the Central Coast and Wollongong; similar tables apply for other states.

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Commonwealth of Australia

Migration Regulations 1994

SPECIFICATION OF REGIONAL AREA 2015

(Subclause 1404(4))

I, PETER DUTTON, Minister for Immigration and Border Protection, acting under subclause 1404(4) of Schedule 1 to the Migration Regulations 1994 (the Regulations) SPECIFY that each postcode of each location in the Schedule to this Instrument is a regional area.

This Instrument, IMMI 15/075, commences on 1 July 2015.

Dated 17 June 2015

Peter Dutton

Minister for Immigration and Border Protection

SCHEDULE

Regional areas

NEW SOUTH WALES<br>(Excludes Sydney, Newcastle, the Central Coast and Wollongong)
2311 to 2312<br>2328 to 2411<br>2420 to 2490<br>2536 to 2551<br>2575 to 2594<br>2618 to 2739<br>2787 to 2898

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