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Migration Regulations 1994 - Specification of Transit Passengers who are Eligible for a Special Purpose Visa - IMMI 14/090

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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