Commonwealth of Australia
  Migration Regulations 1994     SPECIFICATION OF ASSESSMENT LEVELS FOR KINDS OF ELIGIBLE PASSPORTS IN RELATION TO SUBCLASSES OF STUDENT VISA FOR THE PURPOSES OF REGULATION 1.41 OF THE MIGRATION REGULATIONS 1994     I, AMANDA VANSTONE, Minister for Immigration and Multicultural and Indigenous Affairs, acting under regulations 1.17 and 1.41 of the Migration Regulations 1994 (‘the Regulations’):   1.         REVOKE the Gazette Notice made for the purposes of regulation 1.41 and signed on
22 March 2005 specifying the assessment level for a kind of eligible passport, in relation to each subclass of student visa, to which an applicant for a student visa who seeks to satisfy the primary criteria will be subject; AND   2.                  SPECIFY, in relation to an application for a student visa made on or after 1 November 2005, the assessment level for a kind of eligible passport in relation to each subclass of student visa referred to in the Schedule to this Instrument, to which an applicant for a student visa who seeks to satisfy the primary criteria will be subject, for the purposes of regulation 1.41.       This Instrument takes effect on and from 1 November 2005.     Dated               12 October                  2005     AMANDA VANSTONE Minister for Immigration and Multicultural and Indigenous Affairs         [NOTE 1:                Regulation 1.17 of the Migration Regulations provides that the Minister may, by notice published in the Gazette, specify matters required by individual provisions of the Regulations to be specified for the purposes of those provisions. NOTE 2:  Subregulation 1.40(1) provides that for Division 1.8 of the Regulations, a passport is an eligible passport if it is a valid passport of a kind specified by Gazette Notice for this regulation; and the conditions (if any) specified by Gazette Notice for passports of that kind are satisfied. NOTE 3:  Subregulation 1.41(1) provides that the Minister must specify by Gazette Notice an assessment level for a kind of eligible passport, in relation to each subclass of student visa, to which an applicant for a student visa who seeks to satisfy the primary criteria will be subject, other than an applicant who is a person designated under regulation 2.07AO and applies for a Subclass 571 (Schools Sector) visa, a Subclass 572 (Vocational Education and Training Sector) visa, a Subclass 573 (Higher Education Sector) visa or a Subclass 574 (Postgraduate Research Sector) visa. NOTE 4:  Subregulation 1.41(4) provides that the assessment level specified for a kind of eligible passport must be a number from 1 to 5, with assessment level 1 specified for a passport, holders of which pose a very low risk and assessment level 5 specified for a passport, holders of which pose an extremely high risk, and is not required to be the same for each subclass of student visa.]
Schedule
 

Subclass 570 Independent ELICOS Sector
 
Kind of eligible passport – Assessment level 1
Andorra Austria Belgium Bahrain Brunei Canada Chile Denmark Estonia Finland France Germany Greece Iceland
Republic of Ireland Italy Japan Kuwait Liechtenstein Luxembourg Malaysia Malta Monaco Netherlands Norway Poland Portugal San Marino
Singapore Slovenia Spain Sweden Switzerland Taiwan United Kingdom [excluding British National (Overseas), British Dependent Territories Citizen, British Overseas Citizen, British Protected Person, British Subject] United Arab Emirates United States of America Vatican City State (Holy See)
Kind of eligible passport – Assessment level 2
Argentina Bahamas Barbados Botswana Brazil British National (Overseas) Colombia Cuba Cyprus Czech Republic East Timor Egypt Grenada Guam  
Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People’s Republic of China Hungary Israel Republic of Korea Latvia Lithuania Macau Special Administrative Region of the People’s Republic of China Mauritius Mexico New Caledonia New Zealand North Mariana Islands Oman Papua New Guinea
Paraguay Peru Puerto Rico Qatar Romania Saudi Arabia Seychelles Slovak Republic South Africa St Kitts-Nevis St Lucia St Vincent & Grenadines Thailand Trinidad and Tobago Uruguay Venezuela
Kind of eligible passport – Assessment level 3
Bangladesh Bhutan Myanmar (Burma) Ecuador Fiji Ghana India Indonesia Iran Jordan
Kenya Kiribati Maldives Mongolia Nauru Nepal Nigeria Philippines Russian Federation  
Western Samoa Solomon Islands Sri Lanka Tanzania Tonga Turkey Tuvalu Zambia Zimbabwe All eligible passports not elsewhere specified
Kind of eligible passport – Assessment level 4
Cambodia, Kingdom of People’s Republic of China, excluding passports issued by the Special Administrative Regions of Hong Kong and Macau  
Laos Lebanon Pakistan Vietnam
Kind of eligible passport – Assessment level 5
None specified
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Subclass 571 Schools Sector
 
Kind of eligible passport – Assessment level 1
Andorra Austria Bahrain Belgium Brunei Canada Chile Denmark Estonia Finland France Germany Greece Hungary
Iceland Republic of Ireland Italy Japan Kuwait Liechtenstein Luxembourg Malaysia Malta Monaco Netherlands Norway Peru Poland
Portugal San Marino Singapore Slovenia Spain Sweden Switzerland United Arab Emirates United Kingdom [excluding British National (Overseas), British Dependent Territories Citizen, British Overseas Citizen, British Protected Person, British Subject] United States of America Vatican City State (Holy See)
Kind of eligible passport – Assessment level 2
Afghanistan Argentina Bahamas Barbados Botswana Brazil British National (Overseas) Colombia Cyprus Czech Republic East Timor Egypt Grenada Guam  
Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People’s Republic of China Indonesia Republic of Korea Latvia Lithuania Macau Special Administrative Region of the People’s Republic of China Mauritius Mexico New Caledonia New Zealand North Mariana Islands Oman Paraguay  
Papua New Guinea Puerto Rico Qatar Romania Saudi Arabia Seychelles Slovak Republic South Africa St Kitts-Nevis St Lucia St Vincent & Grenadines Taiwan Thailand Trinidad and Tobago Venezuela  
Kind of eligible passport – Assessment level 3
Bangladesh Bhutan Myanmar (Burma) Ecuador Fiji Ghana India Iran Israel Jordan Kenya Kiribati
Laos Maldives Mongolia Nauru Nepal Nigeria Philippines Russian Federation Western Samoa Solomon Islands Sri Lanka Tanzania
Tonga Turkey Tuvalu Uruguay Vietnam Zambia Zimbabwe All eligible passports not elsewhere specified
Kind of eligible passport – Assessment level 4
Cambodia, Kingdom of People’s Republic of China [excluding passports issued by the Special Administrative Regions of Hong Kong and Macau]
Lebanon Pakistan  
Kind of eligible passport – Assessment level 5
None specified
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Subclass 572 Vocational Education and Training Sector
 
Kind of eligible passport – Assessment level 1
Andorra Austria Bahrain Belgium British National (Overseas) Brunei Canada Chile Denmark Estonia Finland France Germany Greece  
Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People’s Republic of China Iceland Republic of Ireland Italy Japan Kuwait Liechtenstein Luxembourg Malaysia Malta Monaco Netherlands Norway Portugal
Poland San Marino Singapore Slovenia Spain Sweden Switzerland United Arab Emirates United Kingdom [excluding British National (Overseas), British Dependent Territories Citizen, British Overseas Citizen, British Protected Person, British Subject] United States of America Vatican City State (Holy See)
Kind of eligible passport – Assessment level 2
Argentina Bahamas Barbados Botswana Brazil Colombia Cyprus Czech Republic East Timor Egypt Grenada Guam Hungary Israel
Latvia Lithuania Macau Special Administrative Region of the People’s Republic of China Mauritius Mexico New Caledonia New Zealand North Mariana Islands Oman Papua New Guinea Paraguay Peru
Puerto Rico Qatar Romania Saudi Arabia Seychelles Slovak Republic South Africa St Kitts-Nevis St Lucia St Vincent & Grenadines Taiwan Thailand Trinidad and Tobago Uruguay Venezuela
Kind of eligible passport – Assessment level 3
Bangladesh Bhutan Myanmar (Burma) Ecuador Ghana Indonesia Iran Jordan Kenya Kiribati
Republic of Korea Laos Maldives Mongolia Nauru Nigeria Philippines Russian Federation Western Samoa Solomon Islands
Tanzania Tonga Turkey Tuvalu Vietnam Zambia Zimbabwe All eligible passports not elsewhere specified
Kind of eligible passport – Assessment level 4
Cambodia, Kingdom of People’s Republic of China [excluding passports issued by the Special Administrative Regions of Hong Kong and Macau] Fiji India
Lebanon Nepal Pakistan Sri Lanka
Kind of eligible passport – Assessment level 5
None specified

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Subclass 573 Higher Education Sector
 
Kind of eligible passport – Assessment level 1
Andorra Austria Bahamas Bahrain Barbados Belgium Brunei British National (Overseas) Canada Czech Republic Chile Denmark Estonia Finland France Germany Greece
Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People’s Republic of China Hungary Iceland Republic of Ireland Italy Japan Kuwait Liechtenstein Luxembourg Malaysia Malta Monaco Netherlands Norway Peru
Poland Portugal San Marino Singapore Slovenia Spain Sweden Switzerland Taiwan United Arab Emirates United Kingdom [excluding British National (Overseas), British Dependent Territories Citizen, British Overseas Citizen, British Protected Person, British Subject] United States of America Vatican City State (Holy See)
Kind of eligible passport – Assessment level 2
Argentina Botswana Brazil Colombia Cyprus East Timor Ecuador Egypt Grenada Guam Indonesia Israel Republic of Korea Latvia
Lithuania Macau Special Administrative Region of the People’s Republic of China Mauritius Mexico New Caledonia New Zealand North Mariana Islands Oman Papua New Guinea Paraguay Puerto Rico Qatar
Romania Saudi Arabia Seychelles Slovak Republic South Africa St Kitts-Nevis St Lucia St Vincent & Grenadines Thailand Trinidad and Tobago Uruguay Venezuela Zimbabwe
Kind of eligible passport – Assessment level 3
Bangladesh Bhutan Myanmar (Burma) Fiji Ghana India Iran Jordan Kenya Kiribati
Laos Maldives Mongolia Nauru Nepal Nigeria Philippines Russian Federation Western Samoa Solomon Islands
Sri Lanka Tanzania Tonga Turkey Tuvalu Vietnam Zambia All eligible passports not elsewhere specified
Kind of eligible passport – Assessment level 4
Cambodia, Kingdom of People’s Republic of China [excluding passports issued by the Special Administrative Regions of Hong Kong and Macau]
Lebanon Pakistan
Kind of eligible passport – Assessment level 5
None specified

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Subclass 574 Postgraduate Research Sector
 
Kind of eligible passport – Assessment level 1
Andorra Austria Bahamas Bahrain Barbados Belgium Brunei British National (Overseas) Canada Chile Denmark Estonia Finland France Germany Greece  
Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People’s Republic of China Iceland Republic of Ireland Italy Japan Republic of Korea Kuwait Liechtenstein Luxembourg Malaysia Malta Monaco Netherlands Norway Peru Poland
Portugal San Marino Singapore Slovenia Spain Sweden Switzerland Taiwan Thailand United Arab Emirates United Kingdom [excluding British National (Overseas), British Dependent Territories Citizen, British Overseas Citizen, British Protected Person, British Subject] United States of America Vatican City State (Holy See)
Kind of eligible passport – Assessment level 2
Argentina Botswana Brazil Colombia Cyprus Czech Republic East Timor Egypt Grenada Guam Hungary Indonesia Israel Lithuania
Latvia Macau Special Administrative Region of the People’s Republic of China Mauritius Mexico New Caledonia New Zealand North Mariana Islands Oman Papua New Guinea Paraguay Puerto Rico  
Qatar Romania Saudi Arabia Seychelles Slovak Republic South Africa St Kitts-Nevis St Lucia St Vincent & Grenadines Trinidad and Tobago Uruguay Venezuela Vietnam Zimbabwe
Kind of eligible passport – Assessment level 3
Bangladesh Bhutan Myanmar (Burma) Ecuador Fiji Ghana India Iran Jordan Kenya
Kiribati Laos Maldives Mongolia Nauru Nepal Nigeria Pakistan Philippines Russian Federation
Western Samoa Solomon Islands Sri Lanka Tanzania Tonga Turkey Tuvalu Zambia All eligible passports not elsewhere specified
Kind of eligible passport – Assessment level 4
Cambodia, Kingdom of People’s Republic of China [excluding passports issued by the Special Administrative Regions of Hong Kong and Macau]
Lebanon  
Kind of eligible passport – Assessment level 5
None specified

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Subclass 575 Non-Award Sector
 
Kind of eligible passport – Assessment level 1
Andorra Austria Bahrain Belgium Brunei Canada Chile Denmark Estonia Finland France Germany Greece Hungary Iceland Republic of Ireland
Italy Japan Kuwait Liechtenstein Luxembourg Malaysia Malta Monaco Netherlands Norway Peru Poland Portugal San Marino Singapore Slovenia
Spain Sweden Switzerland Taiwan United Kingdom [excluding British National (Overseas), British Dependent Territories Citizen, British Overseas Citizen, British Protected Person, British Subject] United Arab Emirates United States of America Vatican City State (Holy See)
Kind of eligible passport – Assessment level 2
Argentina Bahamas Barbados Botswana Brazil British National (Overseas) Colombia Cyprus Czech Republic East Timor Egypt Grenada Guam  
Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People’s Republic of China Israel Republic of Korea Latvia Lithuania Macau Special Administrative Region of the People’s Republic of China Mauritius Mexico New Caledonia New Zealand North Mariana Islands Oman Papua New Guinea Paraguay
Puerto Rico Qatar Romania Saudi Arabia Seychelles Slovak Republic South Africa St Kitts-Nevis St Lucia St Vincent & Grenadines Thailand Trinidad and Tobago Venezuela  
Kind of eligible passport – Assessment level 3
Bangladesh Bhutan Myanmar (Burma) Ecuador Fiji Ghana India Indonesia Iran Jordan  
Kenya Kiribati Maldives Mongolia Nauru Nepal Nigeria Philippines Russian Federation Western Samoa  
Solomon Islands Sri Lanka Tanzania Tonga Turkey Tuvalu Uruguay Zambia Zimbabwe All eligible passports not elsewhere specified
Kind of eligible passport – Assessment level 4
Cambodia, Kingdom of People’s Republic of China [excluding passports issued by the Special Administrative Regions of Hong Kong and Macau]
Laos Lebanon Pakistan Vietnam
Kind of eligible passport – Assessment level 5
None specified

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Subclass 576 AusAID or Defence Sector
 
Kind of eligible passport
Assessment level
None specified
Assessment level 1
All eligible passports
Assessment level 2
None specified
Assessment level 3
None specified
Assessment level 4
None specified
Assessment level 5
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