Commonwealth of Australia
Migration Regulations 1994
TRANSIT PASSENGERS WHO ARE ELIGIBLE FOR A SPECIAL PURPOSE VISA
(Paragraph 2.40(1)(n))
I, the Honourable SCOTT MORRISON, Minister for Immigration and Border Protection, acting under paragraph 2.40(l)(n) of the Migration Regulations 1994 (the Regulations):
1. REVOKE Instrument number IMMI 14/029 (F2014L00450) signed on 17 April 2014 specifying transit passengers for the purposes of paragraph 2.40(1)(n) of the Regulations; AND
2. SPECIFY each class of persons specified in clauses (a) to (d) of the schedule to this Instrument as a class of persons for the purposes of paragraph 2.40(1)(n) of the Regulations.
This Instrument, IMMI 14/090, commences on 6 October 2014.
Dated 2.10.2014
Scott Morrison
The Honourable Scott Morrison Minister for Immigration and Border Protection
SCHEDULE
(a) Citizens of the following foreign countries:
Andorra
Kiribati
Republic of South Africa
Argentina
Latvia
Republic of Marshall Islands
Austria
Liechtenstein
Samoa
Belgium
Lithuania
San Marino
Brunei
Luxembourg
Singapore
Canada
Malaysia
Slovakia
Cyprus
Malta
Slovenia
Czech Republic
Mexico
Solomon Islands
Denmark
Monaco
South Korea
Estonia
Nauru
Spain
Federated States of Micronesia
Netherlands
Sweden
Fiji
New Zealand
Switzerland
Finland
Norway
Thailand
France
Palau
Tonga
Germany
Oman
Tuvalu
Greece
Papua New Guinea
United Arab Emirates
Hungary
Philippines
United Kingdom (including its colonies)
Iceland
Poland
United States of America
Indonesia
Portugal
Vanuatu
Ireland
Qatar
Vatican
Italy
Republic of Bulgaria
Japan
Republic of Chile
(b) Residents of Hong Kong holding Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) passports or British National Overseas (BNO) passports.
(c) Residents of Taiwan holding a passport issued by the authorities of Taiwan (other than passports purported to be official or diplomatic passports).
(d) Diplomatic passport holders, excluding holders of:
Arab Non-National Passports; and
Diplomatic passports from the following foreign countries:
Afghanistan
Jordan
Russian Federation
Algeria
Kuwait
Saudi Arabia
Angola
Lebanon
Sierra Leone
Bahrain
Libya
Somalia
Comoros
Madagascar
Sudan
Democratic People’s Republic of Korea
Mauritania
Syria
Egypt
Morocco
Tunisia
Iran
Pakistan
Zimbabwe
Iraq
Republic of Yemen