Commonwealth of Australia

Migration Regulations 1994

 

ARRANGEMENTS FOR PROTECTION, HUMANITARIAN AND REFUGEE VISAS 2015

(Items 1401, 1402, 1403 and 1404)

I, michaelia cash, Assistant Minister for Immigration and Border Protection, acting under subregulation 2.07(5) of the Migration Regulations 1994 (the Regulations) for items 1401, 1402, 1403 and 1404 of Schedule 1 to the Regulations:

 

  1. REVOKE instrument IMMI 13/026 (F2013L00851) specifying classes of persons and addresses for item 1402(3)(a) signed on 16 May 2013; AND

 

2.                  SPECIFY for subitems 1401(1), 1402(1), 1403(1) and 1404(1) of Schedule 1 to the Regulations the following approved forms and for paragraphs 1401(3)(a), 1402(3)(a), 1403(3)(a) and 1404(3)(a) the following place and manner for making an application:

 

 

Item and Visa

Form

Place and Manner

1

Item 1401

Protection (Class XA)

Subclass 866 (Protection) visa

866

Application must be made at an office of Immigration in Australia.

2

Item 1402

Refugee and Humanitarian (Class XB)

Subclasses:

200 (Refugee)

201 (In-country Special Humanitarian)

202 (Global Special Humanitarian)

203 (Emergency Rescue)

204 (Woman at Risk)

842

  1.                Application by a person:

(a)                whose entry to Australia has been proposed in accordance with approved form 681 and who are present in one of the countries listed in Schedule A to this instrument; or

(b)               whose entry to Australia has been proposed in accordance with approved form 1417 and who are outside Australia must be made by

(i) posting the application with correct prepaid postage to:

 

Offshore Humanitarian Processing Centre

Department of Immigration and Border Protection

GPO Box 241

MELBOURNE  VIC  3001; or

 

(ii) by having the application delivered by courier service to:

 

Offshore Humanitarian Processing Centre

Department of Immigration and Border Protection

2 Lonsdale Street

MELBOURNE  VIC  3000

 

 

2.                   Application by a person whose entry to Australia has been proposed in accordance with approved form 681 and who are present in one of the countries referred to in Schedule B to this instrument must be made by:

 

(i)            Posting the application with correct prepaid postage to:

 

Offshore Humanitarian Processing Centre

Department of Immigration and Border Protection

GPO Box 9984

SYDNEY  NSW  2001; or

 

(ii)          having the application delivered by courier service to:

 

Offshore Humanitarian Processing Centre

Department of Immigration and Border Protection

Level 3

26 Lee Street

SYDNEY  NSW  2000 

 

3. Application by any other person must be made at a diplomatic, consular or migration office maintained by or on behalf of the Commonwealth outside Australia.

 

Note: An application made under paragraph 1402(3)(a) is taken to have been made outside Australia - see regulation 2.07AM.

 

3

Item 1403

Temporary Protection (Class XD)

Subclass 785 (Temporary Protection)

866

Application must be made at an office of Immigration in Australia.

4

Item 1404

Safe Haven Enterprise (Class XE)

Subclass 790

790

Application must be made at an office of Immigration in Australia.

 

This Instrument, number IMMI 15/045, commences on 18 April 2015.

 

Dated   16 April 2015   

 

 

 

 

Michaelia Cash

Assistant Minister for Immigration and Border Protection

 

 

 

 

Schedule A

Afghanistan

Pakistan

Bahrain

Qatar

Iran

Iraq

Syria

Kuwait

United Arab Emirates

Yemen

 

 

 

 

 

Schedule B

Any country not listed in Schedule A.