Commonwealth of Australia
 
Migration Regulations 1994
 
SPECIFICATION OF COUNTRIES
(Paragraph 2.25A(1)(b))
 
 
I, SCOTT MORRISON, Minister for Immigration and Border Protection, acting under
paragraph 2.25A(1)(b) of the Migration Regulations 1994 (‘the Regulations’) hereby:
 
1.         REVOKE Instrument IMMI 11/072 signed on 31 October 2011; and
 
2.                  SPECIFY the countries listed in Schedule A for the purposes of paragraph 2.25A(1)(b) of the Regulations.
 
This Instrument, IMMI 13/161, commences on 22 March 2014.
 
 
 
Dated 17 March 2014
 
 
                                                           
                                                           
SCOTT MORRISON
                                     Minister for Immigration and Border Protection
 
 
Schedule A
 
Afghanistan
Albania
Algeria
American Samoa

Andorra
Angola
Anguilla
Antigua and Barbuda

Argentina
Armenia
Aruba
Australia

Austria
Azerbaijan Bahamas
Bahrain
Bangladesh

Barbados
Belarus
Belgium
Benin

Bermuda
Bhutan
Bolivia
Bosnia and Herzegovina

Botswana
British Virgin Islands
British West Indies
Brunei Darussalam

Burkina Faso
Burundi
Belize
Brazil

Bulgaria Cambodia
Cameroon
Canada
Cape Verde

Cayman Islands
Central African Republic
Chad
Channel Islands

Chile
China (People’s Republic of)
Colombia
Comoros

Congo (Republic of the)
Cook Islands
Costa Rica
Cote d’Ivoire (Ivory Coast)

Croatia
Cuba
Cyprus
Czech Republic

Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (North Korea)
Democratic Republic of the Congo (Zaire)
Denmark Djibouti
Dominican Republic

Dominica East Timor (Timor Leste)
Ecuador
Egypt
El Salvador

Equatorial Guinea
Eritrea
Estonia
Ethiopia Falkland Islands

Faroe Islands
Fiji
Finland
France

French Guiana
French Polynesia Gabon
Gambia
Georgia

Germany
Ghana
Gibraltar
Greece

Greenland
Guadeloupe
Grenada
Guam

Guatemala
Guinea
Guinea-Bissau
Guyana Haiti

Hong Kong SAR of the PRC
Honduras
Hungary Iceland
India

Indonesia
Iran
Iraq
Ireland

Isle of Man
Israel
Italy
Jamaica

Jan Mayen
Japan
Jordan
Kazakhstan

Kenya
Kiribati
Kosovo
Kuwait

Kyrgyzstan
Lao People’s Democratic Republic
Latvia
Lebanon

Lesotho
Liberia
Libya
Liechtenstein

Lithuania
Luxembourg
Macau SAR of the PRC
Macedonia (the former Yugoslav Republic of)

Madagascar
Malawi
Malaysia
Maldives

Mali
Malta
Marshall Islands
Martinique

Mauritania
Mauritius
Mayotte
Melanesia

Mexico
Micronesia (Federated States of)
Moldova
Monaco

Mongolia
Montenegro
Montserrat
Morocco

Mozambique
Myanmar (Burma)
Namibia
Nauru

Nepal
Netherlands
Netherlands Antilles
New Zealand

Nicaragua
Niger
Nigeria
Northern Mariana Islands

New Caledonia
Niue
Norway
Oman

Pakistan
Palau (Republic of)
Panama
Papua New Guinea

Paraguay
Peru
Philippines
Pitcairn Islands

Pleasant Island
Poland
Portugal
Puerto Rico

Qatar
Republic of Korea (South Korea)
Reunion Islands
Romania Russian Federation

Rwanda
Saint Helena
Saint Barthélémy
Saint Kitts and Nevis

Saint Lucia
Saint Martin
Saint Pierre and Miquelon
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

Samoa
San Marino
Sao Tome and Principe
Saudi Arabia

  Senegal
Serbia
Seychelles
Sierra Leone

Singapore
Slovakia
Slovenia
Solomon Islands

Somalia
South Africa
South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands
Spain

Sri Lanka
Sudan
Suriname
South Sudan

Svalbard
Swaziland
Sweden
Switzerland

Syria
Tahiti
Taiwan
Tajikistan

Tanzania
Thailand
Tibet
Tokelau

Togo
Tonga
Trinidad and Tobago
Tunisia

Turkey
Turkmenistan
Turks and Caico Islands
Tuvalu

United Arab Emirates
United Kingdom and Northern Ireland
United States of America
United States Virgin Islands

Uganda
Ukraine
Uruguay
Uzbekistan

Vatican City
Vanuatu
Venezuela
Vietnam

Wallis and Futuna Islands
West Bank and Gaza Strip
Yemen
Zambia

Zimbabwe