Commonwealth of Australia
Migration Regulations 1994
TRANSIT PASSENGERS WHO ARE ELIGIBLE FOR A SPECIAL PURPOSE VISA
(Paragraph 2.40(1)(n))
I, BRENDAN O’CONNOR, Minister for Immigration and Citizenship, acting under paragraph 2.40(l)(n) of the Migration Regulations 1994 (‘the Regulations’):
1. REVOKE Instrument number IMMI 12/072, signed on 7 June 2012 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 13/053, commences on 1 July 2013.
Dated May 24 2013
Brendan O’Connor
Minister for Immigration and Citizenship
SCHEDULE
(a) Citizens of the following foreign countries:
Andorra
Japan
Republic of South Africa
Argentina
Kiribati
Republic of Marshall Islands
Austria
Latvia
Samoa
Belgium
Liechtenstein
San Marino
Brunei
Lithuania
Singapore
Canada
Luxembourg
Slovakia
Cyprus
Malaysia
Slovenia
Czech Republic
Malta
Solomon Islands
Denmark
Mexico
South Korea
Estonia
Monaco
Spain
Federated States of Micronesia
Nauru
Sweden
Fiji
Netherlands
Switzerland
Finland
New Zealand
Thailand
France
Norway
Tonga
Germany
Palau
Tuvalu
Greece
Oman
United Arab Emirates
Hungary
Papua New Guinea
United Kingdom (including its colonies)
Iceland
Philippines
United States of America
Indonesia
Poland
Vanuatu
Ireland
Portugal
Vatican
Italy
Qatar
(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
Iraq
Republic of Yemen
Algeria
Jordan
Russian Federation
Angola
Kuwait
Saudi Arabia
Bahrain
Lebanon
Sierra Leone
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Libya
Somalia
Comoros
Madagascar
Sudan
Democratic People’s Republic of Korea
Mauritania
Syria
Egypt
Morocco
Tunisia
Iran
Pakistan
Zimbabwe