(1) This instrument is the Migration (LIN 18/173: Arrangements for Working Holiday Visa Applications) Instrument 2018.

(2) This instrument may be cited as LIN 18/173.

This instrument commences 1 November 2018.

This instrument is made under the following provisions of the Regulations:

(a) subregulation 2.07(5);

(b) subitem 1225(5) of Schedule 1;

Note: A number of expressions used in this instrument are defined in the Regulations, including working holiday eligible passport.

In this instrument:

authorising email means an email authorising the applicant to make an application in a different place or a different manner.

Regulations means the Migration Regulations 1994.

5 Schedules

Each instrument that is specified in a Schedule to this instrument is amended or repealed as set out in the applicable items in the Schedule concerned, and any other item in a Schedule to this instrument has effect according to its terms.

Part 2—Arrangements for Working Holiday Visa Applications

6 Working Holiday (Temporary) (Class TZ) visa applications

(1) For the purposes of subitem 1225(1) of Schedule 1 to the Regulations, the approved forms are specified in Column 2 of the table in Schedule 1, corresponding with the class of persons specified in Column 1 of that table.

(2) For the purposes of subitem 1225(3) of Schedule 1 to the Regulations, the place and manner for making an application is specified:

(a) in Column 3 of the table in Schedule 1, corresponding with the class of persons specified in Column 1 of that table; and

(b) if an officer of the Department has sent an authorising email to the applicant—then:

(i) by attaching a copy of the authorising email to the approved form identified in subsection (1); and

(ii) by the end of the next day after which the authorising email was sent (AEST or AEDST as applicable to the date on which the authorising email was sent)—submitting the application in accordance with the directions in the authorising email.

Part 3—Working Holiday Eligible Passports

7 Subclass 417 (Working Holiday) visa eligible passports

(1) For the purposes of paragraph 417.211(2)(a) of Schedule 2 to the Regulations, a working holiday eligible passport is specified as a passport of a kind that:

(a) is issued by a foreign country specified in Column 1 of the table in Schedule 2; and

(b) satisfies the condition specified in Column 2 of the table in Schedule 2, for the corresponding foreign country in Column 1 of that table.

(2) For the purposes of paragraph 417.211(2)(a) and subparagraph 417.211(2)(b)(ii) of Schedule 2 to the Regulations, the maximum age of an applicant is specified in Column 3 of the table in Schedule 2, for the corresponding foreign country in Column 1 of that table.

Schedule 1—Working Holiday (Temporary) (Class TZ) visa—place, manner and form for making an application

The table in this Schedule specifies the class of persons that may make a Working Holiday (Temporary) (Class TZ) visa application, the required approved form and the place and manner in which the application must be made.

Item	Column 1 Class of persons	Column 2 Approved form	Column 3 Place and manner
1	All applicants	An approved form is: (a) 1150 (Internet); or (b) if authorised by an officer of the Department in paragraph 6(2)(b) of this instrument—1150.	Application must be made: (a) as an internet application; or (b) if an officer of the Department has sent an authorising email to the applicant—in accordance with paragraph 6(2)(b) of this instrument.

Item

Column 1

Class of persons

Column 2

Approved form

Column 3

Place and manner

All applicants

An approved form is:

(a) 1150 (Internet); or

(b) if authorised by an officer of the Department in paragraph 6(2)(b) of this instrument—1150.

Application must be made:

(a) as an internet application; or

(b) if an officer of the Department has sent an authorising email to the applicant—in accordance with paragraph 6(2)(b) of this instrument.

Schedule 2—Working Holiday (Temporary) (Class TZ) visa and Subclass (Working Holiday) visa—countries, conditions and age requirements

The table in this Schedule specifies the conditions a passport must satisfy for the passport to be a working holiday eligible passport, the foreign countries that that passport must be issued from and the maximum age of the applicant for the corresponding foreign country.

Note: For items 2 and 10, there is no maximum age specified in Column 3. If no maximum age is specified in the following table, then the maximum age the applicant must be no more than is 35: see paragraph 417.211(2)(b) of Schedule 2 to the Regulations.

Item	Column 1 Foreign countries	Column 2 Conditions	Column 3 Maximum age
1	Belgium	Passport must indicate that the applicant is a national of Belgium	30
2	Canada	Passport must indicate that the applicant is a national of Canada	No maximum age specified
3	Denmark	Passport must indicate that the applicant is a national of Denmark	30
4	Finland	Passport must indicate that the applicant is a national of Finland	30
5	France	Passport must indicate that the applicant is a national of France	30
6	Italy	Passport must indicate that the applicant is a national of Italy	30
7	Norway	Passport must indicate that the applicant is a national of Norway	30
8	Sweden	Passport must indicate that the applicant is a national of Sweden	30
9	The Netherlands	Passport must indicate that the applicant is a national of The Netherlands	30
10	The Republic of Ireland	Passport must indicate that the applicant is a national of the Republic of Ireland	No maximum age specified
11	The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	Passport must indicate that the applicant’s nationality is British Citizen or British National (Overseas)	30
12	Estonia	Passport must indicate that the applicant is a national of Estonia	30
13	Germany	Passport must indicate that the applicant is a national of Germany	30
14	Japan	Passport must indicate that the applicant is a national of Japan	30
15	Malta	Passport must indicate that the applicant is a national of Malta	30
16	Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, People’s Republic of China	Nil	30
17	The Republic of Cyprus	Passport must indicate that the applicant is a national of the Republic of Cyprus	30
18	The Republic of Korea	Passport must indicate that the applicant is a national of the Republic of Korea	30
19	Passports issued by the authorities of Taiwan	Passport must not purport to be an official or diplomatic passport	30

Schedule 3—Amendments

Migration (IMMI 18/102: Arrangements for Work and Holiday and Working Holiday Visa Applications) Instrument 2018 (F2018L00773)

1 Sections 8 and 9

Repeal the sections.

2 Schedules 3 and 4

Repeal the Schedules.