VET Student Loans Act 2016
The student must be: (a) an Australian citizen; or (b) the holder of a permanent humanitarian visa, or a Pacific engagement visa, who is usually resident in Australia; or (c) a qualifying New Zealand citizen.
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Hide history note11(1A)
Permanent humanitarian visa has the same meaning in this Act as in the Migration Regulations 1994 .
11(1B)
A Pacific engagement visa is: (a) a visa referred to in the Migration Regulations 1994 as a Subclass 192 (Pacific Engagement) visa; or (b) a visa of a kind determined under subsection (1C) .
11(1C)
The Minister may, by legislative instrument, determine a kind of visa for the purposes of paragraph (1B)(b) if the Minister has been advised by the Minister administering the Migration Act 1958 (the Immigration Minister ) that, in the opinion of the Immigration Minister: (a) the kind of visa has replaced or will replace:
(i) the kind of visa mentioned in paragraph (1B)(a) ; or
(b) the replacement kind of visa is intended to give the same benefits as the replaced kind of visa.
(ii) a kind of visa previously determined under this subsection; and
11(2)
A qualifying New Zealand citizen is a New Zealand citizen who: (a) holds a special category visa; and (b) has been usually resident in Australia for at least 10 years; and (c) was a dependent child when he or she was first usually resident in Australia; and (d) has been in Australia for periods totalling 8 years during the previous 10 years; and (e) has been in Australia for periods totalling 18 months during the previous 2 years.
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