Commonwealth Consolidated Regulations

MIGRATION REGULATIONS 1994 - REG 2.09

         (1)   Subject to subregulation (2), if an item in Schedule 1 authorises oral application for a class of visa by a person in a specified class of persons, a person in that class may apply for a visa of that class by telephone to, or attendance at, an office of Immigration in Australia specified by the Minister in an instrument in writing as an office at which an oral application may be made, but only at a time, or during a period, specified by the Minister in an instrument in writing as a time at which, or period during which, an oral application may be made at that office.

         (2)   An oral application for a Return (Residence) (Class BB) visa may be made in person at an office of Immigration in Australia (whether or not the office has been specified in an instrument in writing for subregulation (1)).

         (3)   An oral application for a Return (Residence) (Class BB) visa may be made:

                (a)    using a telephone number specified by the Minister in an instrument in writing for this subregulation; and

               (b)    during the times specified in the instrument.

Note    In accordance with item 1128 of Schedule 1, the applicant must be in Australia when making this application.