Migration (Class of persons for Visitor (Class FA) visa nil VAC) Instrument (LIN 21/021) 2021
I, Jodie Bjerregaard, delegate of the Minister for Immigration, Citizenship, Migrant Services and Multicultural Affairs, make this instrument under subparagraph 1236(2)(a)(iv) of Schedule 1 to the Migration Regulations 1994 (the Regulations).
Dated 24 February 2021
Jodie Bjerregaard
Senior Executive Service, Band One
Immigration Programs Division
Department of Home Affairs
This instrument is the Migration (Class of persons for Visitor (Class FA) visa nil VAC) Instrument (LIN 21/021) 2021.
This instrument commences on 27 February 2021.
In this instrument:
VAC means visa application charge.
Note visa application charge is defined in the Migration Act 1958.
4 Class of persons for nil VAC
For subparagraph 1236(2)(a)(iv) of Schedule 1 of the Regulations, an applicant for a Subclass 600 (Visitor) visa is specified if:
(a) the applicant is outside Australia at the time of application; and
(b) the application is made between 27 February 2021 and 31 December 2022; and
(c) the applicant was granted a Subclass 600 (Visitor) visa, other than in the Frequent Traveller stream, while outside Australia before 21 March 2020; and
(d) that visa expired, or will expire between 20 March 2020 and 31 December 2021; and
(e) that visa was:
(i) a multiple entry visa; or
(ii) a single entry visa that was not used to enter Australia; and
(f) if the applicant has made a previous application after the commencement of this instrument—a decision has not been made to grant or refuse to grant the visa.
5 Repeal
Migration (LIN 20/045: Class of persons for Visitor (Class FA) visa applications) Instrument 2020 (F2020L00157) is repealed.