Home Affairs Legislation Amendment (Australia Travel Declaration and Other Matters) Regulations 2024 (F2024L01301)

Schedule 2   Migration amendments

Migration Regulations 1994

2   After regulation 2.07AR

Insert:

2.07AS Applications for Special Category (Temporary) (Class TY) visas

Despite anything in regulation 2.07, for the purposes of sections 45 and 46 of the Act, an application for a Special Category (Temporary) (Class TY) visa is taken to have been validly made by an applicant, in person, while in immigration clearance, if the applicant:

(a) presents to a clearance officer a New Zealand passport held by the applicant that is in force; and

(b) is not the holder of a permanent visa; and

(c) has submitted an Australia Travel Declaration; and

(d) has provided answers to the health and character questions required by the departmental system that processes such declarations; and

(e) complies with the requirements under regulation 3.03AB in relation to the provision of the Australia Travel Declaration.