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Migration Regulations 1994 - Specification of Specified Work and Holiday Visa Applicants Excluded from Requirement to Provide Evidence of Government Support - IMMI 07/085

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What this does

This instrument exempts United States passport holders from a visa requirement that applies to most other nationalities. When applying for a Work and Holiday visa (a temporary visa allowing young people to travel and work in Australia), applicants normally need a “letter of government support”—an official endorsement from their home government confirming it backs the trip. This rule specifies that Americans do not need to provide this letter.

Who it affects

Young United States citizens applying for Australian Work and Holiday visas.

Why it matters

This removes a significant bureaucratic hurdle for American applicants. While people from most other eligible countries must obtain official paperwork from their own government departments before applying, United States passport holders can skip this step, making the application process faster and simpler for them.

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Migration Regulations 1994 - Specification of Specified Work and Holiday Visa Applicants Excluded from Requirement to Provide Evidence of Government Support - IMMI 07/085

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Migration Regulations 1994

SPECIFIED WORK AND HOLIDAY VISA APPLICANTS EXCLUDED FROM REQUIRMENT TO PROVIDE EVIDENCE OF GOVERNMENT SUPPORT

(SUBPARAGRAPH 1224A(3)(b)(iii))

I, TERESA GAMBARO, Assistant Minister for Immigration and Citizenship, acting under subparagraph 1224A(3)(b)(iii) of Schedule 1 to the Migration Regulations 1994 (‘the Regulations’):

SPECIFY for the purposes of subparagraph 1224A(3)(b)(iii) of Schedule 1 to the Regulations that persons who hold a passport issued by the United States of America are a class of persons who do not have to provide evidence of government support for the grant of the visa

This Instrument, IMMI 07/085, commences on 31 October 2007.

Dated 17 October 2007

TERESA GAMBARO

Assistant Minister for Immigration and Citizenship

[NOTE 1: Subparagraph 1224A(3)(b)(iii) of Schedule 1 to the Regulations provides that unless the applicant is a member of a class of persons specified by the Minister by an instrument in writing, the applicant must provide evidence that they have support for the grant of the visa from the government of the foreign country mentioned in paragraph 1224A(3)(a).]

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