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The purpose of the instrument is as follows:
(a) to provide an additional manner for lodging a paper application form for the Refugee and Humanitarian (Class XB) visas that was not specified in the previous instrument IMMI 17/051;
(b) to remove the Onshore Protection Victoria and the Special Humanitarian Processing Centre in Melbourne as approved places for lodging a Protection (Class XA) visa application or a Refugee and Humanitarian (Class XB) visa application that was available in the previous instrument IMMI 17/051.
Despite these centres no longer accepting paper application forms, paper applications are accepted via post to the specified addresses in Schedule 1 to the instrument.
Source: LIN18029-instrument.pdf (Instrument)
LIN18029-explanatory-statement.pdf (Explanatory Statement)