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The purpose of the instrument is to clarify that Somali passports are a class of passport that an applicant cannot hold in order to satisfy Public Interest Criterion 4021 when applying for a visa.
This is a clarification of the previous determination (IMMI 14/073) which specified that “Somali travel documents” are a class of passport that cannot be held to satisfy Public Interest Criterion 4021, and “travel documents” includes “passports”.
Source:
Instrument: Class-of-passports-instrument-IMMI-18001.pdf
Explanatory Statement: Class-of-passports-explanatory-statement.pdf