Australian Immigration Daily News

Purpose

The purpose of the instrument is to update the approved form, place and manner (the arrangements) for making an application for a Special Category (Temporary) (Subclass 444) (Class TY) visa (SCV).

Item 1219 of Schedule 1 to the Regulations prescribes the requirements that an applicant for an SCV must meet to make a valid visa application. These requirements include that the application must be made in the approved form, place and manner for an SCV specified in a legislative instrument made under subregulation 2.07(5) of the Regulations (see also subitem 1219(1) and paragraph 1219(3)(a)).

The instrument removes references to ‘Electronic Form 15’ (the eIPC) and replaces it with an updated approved form, ‘Form 444 (Web)’. The eIPC included questions relating to customs functions, which
have been omitted from Form 444 (Web). Form 444 (Web) contains, in substance, the same migration questions as the eIPC.

The instrument removes arrangements for making an application ‘in immigration clearance outside Australia travelling to Australia on a pre-cleared flight’. In practice applications are not made in this circumstance.

The instrument also updates the drafting of LIN 19/058 to align with current standards and remove redundant provisions.

Source: LIN22020.pdf and LIN22020-Explanatory-Statement.pdf