MIGRATION REGULATIONS 1994 - REG 2.07 Application for visa--general

MIGRATION REGULATIONS 1994 - REG 2.07

  (1)   For sections   45 and 46 of the Act (which deal with applications for visas), if an application is required for a particular class of visa:

  (a)   the relevant item of Schedule   1 sets out the approved form (if any) to be completed by an applicant; and

  (b)   regulation   2.12C and the relevant item of Schedule   1 set out:

  (i)   the visa application charge (if any) payable in relation to an application; and

  (ii)   the components that may be applicable to a particular application for the visa; and

  (c)   the relevant item of Schedule   1 sets out other matters relating to the application.

Note:   An item of Schedule   1 may provide for matters to be specified by the Minister in a legislative instrument made under subregulation   (5).

  (3)   An applicant must complete an approved form in accordance with any directions on it.

  (4)   An application for a visa that is made using an approved form is not a valid application if the applicant does not set out his or her residential address:

  (a)   in the form; or

  (b)   in a separate document that accompanies the application.

  (5)   If an item of Schedule   1 prescribes criteria or requirements by reference to a legislative instrument made under this subregulation, the Minister may, by legislative instrument, specify any of the following matters for the purposes of such a criterion or requirement:

  (a)   an approved form for making an application for a visa of a specified class;

  (b)   the way in which an application for a visa of a specified class must be made;

  (c)   the place at which an application for a visa of a specified class must be made;

  (d)   any other matter.

Note 1:   For paragraph   (b), examples of the way in which an application must be made include by the internet, orally, or by posting, faxing or emailing the application to a specified number or address.

Note 2:   Regulation   2.10 sets out where an application for a visa must be made if no location for making the application is prescribed in relation to the visa in Schedule   1.

  (6)   The legislative instrument may specify different matters for:

  (a)   different kinds of visa (however described); and

  (b)   different classes of applicant.