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1140 Pacific Engagement (Class PA)
(1) Form: The approved form specified by the Minister in a legislative instrument made for the purposes of this item under subregulation 2.07(5).
(A) an applicant seeking to satisfy the primary criteria for the grant of a Subclass 192 (Pacific Engagement) visa in the Pacific Engagement stream; or
(B) an applicant seeking to satisfy the secondary criteria for the grant of a Subclass 192 (Pacific Engagement) visa whose application is combined, or sought to be combined, with an application made by that person:
- 1 Base application charge $335
- 2 Additional applicant charge for an applicant who is at least 18 $80
- 3 Additional applicant charge for an applicant who is less than 18 $80
(A) an applicant seeking to satisfy the primary criteria for the grant of a Subclass 192 (Pacific Engagement) visa in the Treaty stream; or
(B) an applicant seeking to satisfy the secondary criteria for the grant of a Subclass 192 (Pacific Engagement) visa whose application is combined, or sought to be combined, with an application made by that person:
- 1 Base application charge $200
- 2 Additional applicant charge for an applicant who is at least 18 $50
- 3 Additional applicant charge for an applicant who is less than 18 $50
Note: Regulation 2.12C explains the components of the first instalment of visa application charge and specifies the amounts of subsequent temporary application charge and non‑Internet application charge. Not all of the components may apply to a particular application.
Additional applicant charge is paid by an applicant who claims to be a member of the family unit of another applicant and seeks to combine the application with that applicant’s application.
(a) An application must be made at the place, and in the manner, (if any) specified by the Minister in a legislative instrument made for this item under subregulation 2.07(5).
(b) An applicant may be in or outside Australia but not in immigration clearance.
(ca) An applicant seeking to satisfy the primary criteria for the grant of a Subclass 192 (Pacific Engagement) visa must nominate only one stream to which the application relates.
(d) An application by a person claiming to be a member of the family unit of a person who is an applicant for a Subclass 192 (Pacific Engagement) visa must be made at the same time as, and combined with, the application by that person.
(4) An applicant seeking to satisfy the primary criteria for the grant of a Subclass 192 (Pacific Engagement) visa in the Pacific Engagement stream must meet the requirements in the following table.
- 1 The applicant is a selected participant for a visa pre‑application process (the relevant process) conducted in relation to:(a) the Subclass 192 (Pacific Engagement) visa in the Pacific Engagement stream; and(b) a country that issued the applicant with a valid passport
- 2 At the beginning of the registration open period for the relevant process, the applicant must be aged at least 18 and no more than 45
- 3 At the time of registration of the applicant as a registered participant in the relevant process, the applicant held a valid passport issued by the country to which the relevant process relates
- 4 All of the following:(a) the applicant, or a parent of the applicant, was born in a country specified in Schedule 1 to the visa pre‑application process determination for the relevant process;(b) the applicant must be a citizen of the country to which the relevant process relates;(c) the applicant must not be a citizen of New Zealand
- 5 The application must be made on or before the date specified in the notice of selection given to the applicant as the date by which the applicant must make a valid visa application for a Subclass 192 (Pacific Engagement) visa in the Pacific Engagement stream
(4A) An applicant seeking to satisfy the primary criteria for the grant of a Subclass 192 (Pacific Engagement) visa in the Treaty stream must meet the requirements in the following table.
- 1 The applicant is a selected participant for a visa pre‑application process (the relevant process) conducted in relation to:(a) the Subclass 192 (Pacific Engagement) visa in the Treaty stream; and(b) a country that issued the applicant with a valid passport
- 2 At the beginning of the registration open period for the relevant process, the applicant must be aged at least 18
- 3 At the time of registration of the applicant as a registered participant in the relevant process, the applicant held a valid passport issued by the country to which the relevant process relates
- 4 All of the following:(a) the applicant, a parent of the applicant or a grandparent of the applicant was born in the country to which the relevant process relates;(b) the applicant is a citizen of that country and that citizenship was not obtained due to an investment to that country;(c) the applicant is not a citizen of New Zealand
- 5 The application must be made on or before the date specified in the notice of selection given to the applicant as the date by which the applicant must make a valid visa application for a Subclass 192 (Pacific Engagement) visa in the Treaty stream
Subclass 192 (Pacific Engagement)
(6) In this item:
notice of selection, in relation to a particular visa pre‑application process, means the notice of selection given to a selected participant in that process in accordance with the visa pre‑application process determination for that process.
registered participant, for a particular visa pre‑application process, means a person registered as a participant in that process in accordance with the visa pre‑application process determination for that process.
registration open period, for a particular visa pre‑application process, means the period during which the process is open for registration in accordance with the visa pre‑application process determination for that process.
selected participant, for a particular visa pre‑application process, means a person selected as a participant in that process in accordance with the visa pre‑application process determination for that process.
Note: The person must be a registered participant in that process: see subsection 46C(2) of the Act.
visa pre‑application process means a visa pre‑application process conducted under subsection 46C(1) of the Act.
visa pre‑application process determination, in relation to a particular pre‑visa application process, means the determination:
(a) made for the purposes of subsection 46C(14) of the Act that applies in relation to that process; and
(b) as in force at the beginning of the registration open period for that process.
Part 2—Temporary visas (other than bridging visas)