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Social Security (Class of Visas - Qualifying Residence Exemption) Determination 2009

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This determination lists specific visa holders who can receive Australian social security payments immediately, exempting them from the usual 2–4 year qualifying residence wait. It covers partner/spouse and interdependency visa holders and certain humanitarian entrants, ensuring families reunited and vulnerable newcomers have an immediate safety net. It also replaces the earlier 2003 determination to update the visa list.

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Social Security (Class of Visas - Qualifying Residence Exemption) Determination 2009

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Social Security (Class of Visas—Qualifying Residence Exemption) Determination 2009

I, JENNY MACKLIN, Minister for Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs, make this Determination under paragraph 7(6AA)(f) of the Social Security Act 1991.

Dated 25th June 2009

J Macklin

Minister for Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs

Name of Determination

This Determination is the Social Security (Class of Visas—Qualifying Residence Exemption) Determination 2009.

Commencement

This Determination commences on the later of:

(i) 1 July 2009; or

(ii) the day after it is registered.

Revocation

The Social Security (Declaration of Visa in a class of Visas—Qualifying Residence Exemption) Determination 2003 is revoked.

Class of visas

For the purposes of paragraph 7(6AA)(f) of the Social Security Act 1991 the classes of visas are:

(i) subclass 100—Partner;

(ii) subclass 100—Spouse;

(iii) subclass 110—Interdependency;

(iv) subclass 801—Partner;

(v) subclass 801—Spouse;

(vi) subclass 814—Interdependency;

(vii) subclass 832—Close ties; and

(viii) subclass 833—Certain unlawful non-citizens.

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1 Social Security (Class of Visas - Qualifying Residence Exemption) Determination 2009