Commonwealth of Australia Migration Regulations 1994
 
 
ARRANGEMENTS FOR WORK AND HOLIDAY VISA APPLICANTS FROM
THAILAND, IRAN, CHILE, TURKEY, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND MALAYSIA
(ITEM 1224A AND PARAGRAPH 462.221(c))
 
I, CHRIS EVANS, Minister for Immigration and Citizenship, acting under item 1224A of Schedule 1 and paragraph 462.221(c) of Schedule 2 to the Migration Regulations 1994 (‘the Regulations’):
 
1.                  REVOKE Instrument IMMI 09/004, signed on 27 January 2009, specifying foreign countries, educational qualifications and addresses for the purposes of item 1224A of Schedule 1 to the Regulations and paragraph 462.221(c) of Schedule 2 to the Regulations.
 
2.                  SPECIFY for the purpose of paragraph 1224A(3)(a) of Schedule 1 to the Regulations the following foreign countries AND SPECIFY for the purposes of paragraph 462.221(c) of Schedule 2 to the Regulations the educational qualifications in relation to the corresponding foreign country:
 
Country
Educational Qualification

Islamic Republic of Iran
Diploma or Degree

Kingdom of Thailand
Diploma or Degree

Chile
Tertiary qualification or have satisfactorily completed or have been approved to undertake a third year of undergraduate university study

The Republic of Turkey
Hold tertiary qualifications, or have satisfactorily completed at least two years of undergraduate university study

United States of America
Hold secondary school qualifications

Malaysia
Hold tertiary qualifications, or have successfully completed at least two years of undergraduate university study

 
3.         SPECIFY for the purposes of paragraph 1224A(3)(aa) of Schedule 1 to the Regulations the following postal address for applicants from the Islamic Republic of Iran:
 
            Department of Immigration and Citizenship
            PO Box 717
            CANBERRA CITY  ACT  2601
 
4.         SPECIFY for the purposes of paragraph 1224A(3)(aa) of Schedule 1 to the Regulations the following street address for applicants from the Islamic Republic of Iran:
 
            Department of Immigration and Citizenship
            3 Lonsdale Street
            BRADDON  ACT  2612
 
5.         SPECIFY for the purposes of paragraph 1224A(3)(aa) of Schedule 1 to the Regulations the
following postal and street address for applicants from Thailand:
 
            Australian Embassy, Bangkok, Thailand           
37 South Sathorn Road
            Bangkok  10120
            THAILAND
 
6.         SPECIFY for the purposes of paragraph 1224A(3)(aa) of Schedule 1 to the Regulations the following postal and street address for applicants from Chile:
 
            Isidora Goyenechea 3621 Torre – B, Piso 12
            Las Condes
            SANTIAGO DE CHILE
 
7.         SPECIFY for the purposes of paragraph 1224A(3)(aa) of Schedule 1 to the Regulations the following postal address for applicants from the Republic of Turkey:
 
Australian Embassy, Ankara, Turkey
PK 32,
Cankaya 06552
Ankara
TURKEY
 
8.         SPECIFY for the purposes of paragraph 1224A(3)(aa) of Schedule 1 to the Regulations the following street address for applicants from the Republic of Turkey:
 
Australian Embassy, Ankara, Turkey
MNG Building
Ugur Mumcu Caddesi 88, 7th Floor
Gaziosmanpasa
Ankara 06700
TURKEY
 
9.                  SPECIFY for the purposes of paragraph 1224A(3)(aa) of Schedule 1 to the Regulations the following street address for applicants from Malaysia:
Australian High Commission
6 Jalan Yap Kwan Seng
Kuala Lumpur 50450
MALAYSIA
 
10.              SPECIFY for the purposes of paragraph 1224A(3)(aa) of Schedule 1 to the Regulations the following postal address for applicants from Malaysia:
PO Box 10921
Kuala Lumpur
MALAYSIA 50730
 
11.              SPECIFY for the purposes of paragraph 1224A(3)(ab) of Schedule 1 to the Regulations that persons who hold a passport issued by the United States of America are a class of persons whose applications may be made in any foreign country.
 
 
 
This Instrument, IMMI 09/010, commences on 15 May 2009.
 
 
 
Dated               6 April 2009
 
 
 
 
 
 
CHRIS EVANS
Minister for Immigration and Citizenship
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
[NOTE 1:         Paragraph 1224A(3)(a) of Schedule 1 to the Regulations provides that an applicant for a Work and Holiday (Temporary) (Class US) visa must hold a valid passport issued by a foreign country specified in an instrument in writing.
NOTE 2:          Paragraph 1224A(3)(aa) of Schedule 1 to the Regulations  provides that, subject to paragraph 1224A(3)(ab), an application  for a Work and Holiday (Temporary) (Class US) visa made using form 1208 by a person who holds a valid passport mentioned in paragraph 1224A(3)(a) must be made at an address specified for the country of issue in an instrument in writing.
NOTE 3:          Paragraph 1224A(3)(ab) of Schedule 1 to the Regulations provides that an application for a Work and Holiday (Temporary) (Class US) visa made using form 1208 by a person in a class of persons specified in an instrument in writing may be made in any foreign country.
NOTE 4:          Subregulation 2.10(2) of Division 2.2 of Part 1 of the Regulations provides that where an application for a visa is made outside Australia, and there are no further requirements as to where the application must be made in Division 2.2 of Part 1 of the Regulations, or the item in Schedule 1 to the Regulations that relates to the visa, the application must be made at a diplomatic, consular or migration office maintained by or on behalf of the Commonwealth of Australia.
NOTE 5:          Paragraph 462.221(c) of Schedule 2 to the Regulations provides that an applicant is the holder of an educational qualification specified in an instrument in writing, in relation to the foreign country that issued the passport mentioned in paragraph 462.221(aa), which refers to paragraph 1224A(3)(a).]