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MIGRATION REGULATIONS (AMENDMENT) 1991 NO. 60

EXPLANATORY STATEMENT

Statutory Rules 1991 No. 60

Subject: Migration Act 1958

Migration Regulations (Amendment)

Section 181 of the Migration Act 1958 (the Act) provides that the Governor-General may make regulations for the purposes of the Act. In addition sections 23 and 33 of the Act enable him to make regulations providing for different classes of visas and entry permits.

The purpose of the Regulations is:

-       to provide for the grant of permanent residence to a person (and the dependent children of such a person) who has established a genuine and continuing non-familial interdependent relationship with an Australian citizen or permanent resident.

-       to enable a person who has become an illegal entrant by inadvertently or innocently providing false or misleading information to an officer of the Department when applying for a visa or entry permit, to apply for another entry permit so that he/she can remain in Australia.

-       to provide for the rejection of an application for a visitor visa by a person who has the characteristics of a class of persons for whom it has been established (from Departmental statistics), that, if granted a visa, would overstay the period specified in the visa. Provision is also being made that where such a person can establish that there is little likelihood that he/she will overstay, a visitor visa can be granted.

-       provide for the grant of a two-year period of temporary residence to people who seek permanent residence in Australia on the grounds of having become the spouse of an Australian citizen or permanent resident. Permanent residence will only be granted if the relationship is still assessed as genuine and continuing at the end of the two-year period. Dependent children of such people will also be eligible for permanent residence.

-       provide for persons who entered Australia as exempt noncitizens ie did not have to be granted an entry permit on entry, to be granted permanent residence where the person has lost his/her exempt status and thereby become an illegal entrant, eg. on marriage to an Australian citizen. Exempt non-citizens include, for example, military personnel and their dependants who enter Australia under certain defence arrangements. The amendment covering this (regulation 126(1)(a)(ii)(B)) has been made retrospective to 19 December 1989 in order to regularise the status of people who may have been granted a permanent entry permit to which they were not entitled. This amendment is only beneficial in nature.

-       provide for the grant of an entry permit to a person who holds a visa applied for before 19 December 1989, and for which there is no equivalent entry permit that can be granted on arrival in Australia. The regulations governing this (regulations 107D, 119L, and 119M) have all been made retrospective to 19 December 1989, so that people who have entered Australia on the basis of such a visa, and have been granted an entry permit to which they were not entitled, can regularise their status. These amendments are only beneficial in nature.

-       provide for the creation of the employer nomination. An employer nomination is submitted by an employer in relation to a position or positions an employer wishes to fill from overseas. Approval of the employer nomination means that the employer has established that there is no person reasonably available in Australia. When a suitable person is found overseas, that person then applies for an employer nomination visa under regulation 51.

-       a number of consequential amendments covering the insertion of code numbers and criteria in the Schedules to the Regulations, and the charging of appropriate fees.

-       a number of technical and other minor amendments to clarify the meaning of certain regulations, none of which involve policy changes.

Other regulations which have been made retrospective are:

-       131.2 and 131.3 which amend paragraph 131(c) and together allow for the regularisation of status of people who may have been granted an entry permit under regulation 131, though they failed to meet the criterion in the regulation that they held a valid temporary entry permit at the time of application. These amendments have been made retrospective to 20 February 1990 when paragraph 131(c) was inserted into the Regulations. These amendments are only beneficial.

-       Schedule 3 which allows for an assurance of support in respect of a spouse being granted permanent residence in Australia to be an optional requirement and not a mandatory one. This reflects actual policy and procedures. The amendment has been made retrospective to 19 December 1989, in order to regularise the status of spouses who have been granted permanent residence in Australia, but for whom an assurance of support was not obtained. As such it is only beneficial.

As the amendments made retrospectively are beneficial to applicants and no person will be disadvantaged, they are not in conflict with the provisions of the Acts Interpretation Act 1901.

Details of the regulations are set out in the Attachment.

Authority: Sections 23, 33, 181 of the Migration Act 1958

Cabinet Minute No 14797 of 22 January 1991

Issued by the Minister for Immigration, Local Government and Ethnic Affairs

ATTACHMENT

Regulation 1 - Commencement

Regulation 1.1 provides for these regulations, other than regulations 22, 29.2, 29.3 and 42.1, to commence on 15 April 1991.

Regulation 1.2 provides for regulations 22 and 42.1 to be taken to have commenced on 19 December 1989.

Regulation 1.3 provides for subregulations 29.2 and 29.3 to commence on 20 February 1990, the date when regulation 131 was last amended.

The amendments made by regulations 22, 29.2, 29.3 and 42.1 of these regulations clarify the eligibility of certain applicants as intended under policy. No person is disadvantaged by backdating their commencement, and it is beneficial to applicants covered by their operation.

Regulation 2 - Amendment

This regulation provides for the Migration Regulations to be amended.

Regulation 3 - Regulation 2 (Interpretation)

This regulation amends some existing definitions in the Migration Regulations and adds new definitions of terms introduced by these regulations:

3.1 omits the definition of "de facto spouse" and replaces it by cross-reference to the new regulation 3A (Interpretation - de facto spouse) which sets out the new definition (see regulation 4).

3.2 makes a technical amendment to the definition of "extended eligibility entry permit".

3.3 omits the definition of "priority list of occupations".

3.4 amends the definition of "relative" so that it applies to the interpretation of the criteria for the interdependency (temporary) visa and entry permit, and the extended eligibility (interdependency) visa and entry permit, and the interdependency (permanent) visa and entry permit.

3.5 amends the definition of "sponsor" to include holders of an extended eligibility (spouse) entry permit and an extended eligibility (interdependency) entry permit.

3.6 amends the definition of "temporary resident visa", so that it includes the new interdependency (temporary) visa.

Regulation 4 - New regulation 3A (Interpretation - de facto spouse)

This regulation sets out the definition of "de facto spouse". The criteria are the same as those in the previous definition, but now include the additional criterion that the relationship should normally be of at least six months duration, unless there are exceptional reasons and compelling circumstances for reducing this period.

Regulation 5 - Regulation 13 (Grant of visa)

Regulation 13(2)(a) of the Migration Regulations provides that certain entry visas operating as entry permits shall not operate as permanent entry permits. This regulation amends regulation 13(2)(a) to include the new extended eligibility (spouse), interdependency (temporary) and extended eligibility (interdependency) visas.

Regulation 6 - Regulation 17 (Conditions in connection with grant of visa)

This regulation creates a new mandatory visa condition which will require that there is to be no material change in the circumstances on the basis of which the visa is granted. If this condition is breached the visa can be cancelled.

Regulation 7 - Regulation 22B (Certain applications for temporary entry permits to have effect as applications for processing entry permits)

7.1 makes a technical amendment to correct punctuation.

7.2 provides for an application for an extended eligibility (interdependency) entry permit to be also an application for a processing entry permit.

Regulation 8 - New regulation 22E

This regulation inserts a new regulation 22E into the Migration Regulations - Certain applications for temporary entry permits to have effect as applications for further temporary entry permits.

Regulation 22E will provide that an application for an extended eligibility (spouse) entry permit or an extended eligibility (interdependency) entry permit shall also operate in certain circumstances as an application for a further extended eligibility (spouse) entry permit or an extended eligibility (interdependency) entry permit (ie, the applicant will in those circumstances be able to be granted a further similar entry permit without needing to lodge a second application).

Regulation 9 - Regulation 28 (Conditions in connection with grant of temporary entry permits)

This regulation creates a new mandatory entry permit condition which will require that there is to be no material change in the circumstances on the basis of which the entry permit is granted. If this condition is breached, the entry permit can be cancelled.

Regulation 10 - Regulation 34A (satisfaction of prescribed criteria)

Regulation 34A states that unless otherwise provided criteria for the grant of visas and entry permits must be met at time of application. Regulation 34A makes certain exceptions among which was the criterion in regulation 135(d) which was to be met at the time of decision rather than application. This regulation omits references in regulation 34A to regulation 135. Regulation 135 as amended by these regulations (see regulation 135 below) now provides that all criteria for the spouse (after entry) entry permit must be met at the time of decision rather than at the time of application. Reference to regulation 135 is therefore no longer required in regulation 34A.

Regulation 11 - Regulation 35AA (Grant of entry permits illegal entrants)

Regulation 35AA prevents the grant of an entry permit to an illegal entrant except under certain circumstances. This amendment adds to these circumstances a person who has innocently or inadvertently become an illegal entrant through the operation of section 20 of the Migration Act (see regulation 13.4 below).

Regulation 12 - Regulation 36 (Restrictions on re-entry)

Regulation 36 sets out the exclusion periods which apply to an applicant who is an illegal entrant or student on leaving Australia before being allowed to enter again.

12.1 corrects a punctuation error.

12.2 amends regulation 36(2). Regulation 36(1)(a)(iii) of the Migration Regulations provides that certain classes of persons shall not be eligible for the grant of a visa within two years of their last departure from Australia. This regulation amends regulation 36(2) so that this restriction does not apply to applicants for an extended eligibility (spouse) visa or entry permit, an interdependency (temporary) visa or entry permit, an extended eligibility (interdependency) visa or entry permit, or an interdependency (permanent) entry permit.

12.3 amends regulation 36(4). Regulation 36(1)(c) and (d) provides that certain classes of persons shall not be eligible for the grant of a visa or entry permit within prescribed periods of having left Australia. However, if the application is for a priority visa or a priority entry permit the prescribed period is reduced. This regulation amends regulation 36(4) so that the interdependency (temporary) visa, the extended eligibility (spouse) visa and the extended eligibility (interdependency) visa are included among the priority visas for which the reduced prescribed period applies.

This regulation also amends regulation 36(4) so that the interdependency (permanent) entry permit is included as a priority entry permit for which the reduced prescribed period also applies.

Regulation 13 - Regulation 40 (Prescribed chance in circumstances - paragraphs 36(1)(a) and 37(2)(a) of the Act)

Sections 36 and 37 of the Migration Act prevent in certain circumstances a second application for an entry permit after the refusal of a first application, unless there has been a prescribed change in the applicant's circumstances. Regulation 40 of the Migration Regulations prescribes these changes in circumstances. This regulation amends regulation 40 to make a number of changes in its provisions.

13.1 makes a technical amendment to regulation 40(1)(q)(ii) to clarify the policy intention relating to circumstances under which a person who applied for determination of refugee status, or for reconsideration of such a decision, or for an extended eligibility or other entry permit on humanitarian grounds, may make a second application.

13.2 makes a technical amendment to punctuation in regulation 40(1)(1).

13.3 make technical amendments to punctuation in regulation 40(1)(r).

13.4 inserts a new paragraph in regulation 40(1), to provide that certain persons who on entering Australia become illegal entrants under section 20 of the Migration Act and have received a notice by the Minister to that effect, may make an application for an entry permit even though they may have been refused an entry permit at the point of entry. This amendment is required to facilitate the Minister's decision that persons who innocently or inadvertently become illegal entrants on entry to Australia should be able to have their status regularised by grant of an entry permit.

13.5 makes a technical correction to punctuation in regulation 40(2).

13.6 inserts a new paragraph in subregulation 40(2) to provide that persons who can establish that they have a genuine established and continuing relationship with an Australian citizen or permanent resident before 19 December 1989 may apply for an entry permit even though they may have previously been refused an entry permit.

Regulation 14 - Regulation 42 (Classes of entry Permits)

Regulation 42 of the Migration Regulations enables holders of certain visas to be granted an equivalent entry permit on arrival in Australia. This regulation amends regulation 42 so that its provisions apply to applicants for special equivalent 1989 (permanent), special equivalent 1989 (temporary), interdependency (temporary), extended eligibility (interdependency) and extended eligibility (spouse) entry permits.

Regulation 15 - New regulation 44A

This regulation creates a new extended eligibility (spouse) visa to give holders of the extended eligibility (spouse) entry permit re-entry facilities during the period of two years conditional residence, and to enable the entry of their dependent children from overseas.

Regulation 16 - Regulation 51 (Employer nomination visa)

Regulation 51 provides for the grant of a visa to a person who has skills to fill a position nominated by an employer who is unable to fill that position from the Australia labour market. In new regulation (see regulation 34 below) the criteria for the acceptance of an employer nomination in respect of such a position have been set out. This regulation omits regulation 51 and substitutes a new regulation 51 so that it is consistent with new regulation 166A.

Regulation 17 - New regulation 79A

This regulation creates a new regulation 79A in the Migration Regulations -interdependency (temporary) visa (a temporary resident visa). Regulation 79A sets out the prescribed criteria to be met by applicants over 18 years who are seeking entry to Australia on a temporary basis, on the grounds of being in a nonfamilial relationship of emotional interdependence (interdependency) with a sponsoring Australian citizen or permanent resident. Regulation 79A also sets out the criteria to be met by any accompanying dependent children of applicants.

After entering Australia with the interdependency (temporary) visa, holders of the interdependency (temporary) entry permit will be able to apply for the new extended eligibility (interdependency) entry permit (see regulation 28 below).

Regulation 18 - Regulation 89 (Close family visitor)

This regulation corrects an error by substituting "close" for "immediate".

Regulation 19 - New regulation 107C

Regulation 107C creates a new visa class - extended eligibility (interdependency) visa. The new regulation sets out the criteria to be met for this visa, which has been created to enable holders of the extended eligibility (interdependency) entry permit to leave and re-enter Australia during the period of two years temporary stay before they are eligible for grant of the interdependency (permanent) entry permit. The regulation also sets out the criteria to be met by dependent children of holders of an extended eligibility (interdependency) entry permit or visa for grant of the visa to enable entry from overseas. In addition, the regulation prescribes the mandatory condition to which on the visa is subject.

Regulation 20 - Regulation 108 (Grant of visa or entry permit to family unit members)

20.1 makes a technical drafting amendment to regulation 108(6)(b).

20.2 amends regulation 108 of the Migration Regulations. This regulation enables family unit members of an applicant for certain visas and entry permits to be included in the application.

As eligibility for the new interdependency (temporary) visa, the extended eligibility (interdependency) visa and entry permit and the extended eligibility (spouse) visa and entry permit is restricted to the dependent children (rather than family unit members as defined in regulation 7 of the Migration Regulations) of applicants and holders under specific criteria prescribed in regulations 79A, 107C and 130A, 44A and 126 respectively, this regulation amends regulation 108 so that applications for these visas and entry permits are excluded from its provisions.

Regulation 21 - Regulation 117A (Domestic protection (temporary) entry permit)

This regulation makes technical amendments to regulation 117A for the purpose of clarifying the policy intention and operation of the provisions of that regulation. There are no policy changes involved.

Regulation 22 - New regulations 119L and 119

This regulation inserts a new regulation 119L (special equivalent 1989 (temporary) entry permit) and a new regulation 119M (special equivalent 1989 (permanent) entry permit). These regulations provide for the grant of a temporary entry permit or a permanent entry permit to a person who holds a visa applied for before 19 December 1989 and for which there is no equivalent entry permit.

Regulation 23 - Regulation 120 (Grant of temporary entry permit to holders of visitor visa. visitor entry permit or prescribed temporary entry permit)

Regulation 120 of the Migration Regulations enables the grant of certain further temporary entry permits to persons in Australia as visitors. However, the interdependency (temporary) entry permit is only to be granted to holders of an interdependency (temporary) visa on arrival in Australia (ie, it is not to be granted as a further temporary entry permit). Therefore, this regulation amends regulation 120 so that visitors in Australia are not eligible for the grant of an interdependency (temporary) entry permit.

Regulation 24 - Regulation 121 (Grant of temporary entry permit to holders of working holiday visa or entry permit or prescribed temporary entry permit)

Regulation 121 of the Migration Regulations enables the grant of certain further temporary entry permits to persons in Australia as holders of working holiday visas or entry permits. However, the interdependency (temporary) entry permit is only to be granted to holders of an interdependency (temporary) visa on arrival in Australia (ie, it is not to be granted as a further temporary entry permit). Therefore, this regulation amends regulation 121 so that working holiday makers in Australia are not eligible for the grant of an interdependency (temporary) entry permit.

Regulation 25 - Regulation 122 (Grant of temporary entry permit to holders of certain student visas or entry permits or of a prescribed temporary entry permit)

Regulation 122 of the Migration Regulations enables the grant of certain further temporary entry permits to persons in Australia as students. However, the interdependency (temporary) entry permit is only to be granted to holders of an interdependency (temporary) visa on arrival in Australia (ie, it is not to be granted as a further temporary entry permit). Therefore, this regulation amends regulation 122 so that students in Australia are not eligible for the grant of an interdependency (temporary) entry permit.

Regulation 26 - Regulation 125 (Prescribed criteria for grant of temporary entry permit to lawful temporary residents or holders of prescribed temporary entry permits)

Regulation 125 of the Migration Regulations enables the grant of certain further temporary entry permits to persons in Australia as temporary residents. However, the interdependency (temporary) entry permit is only to be granted to holders of an interdependency (temporary) visa on arrival in Australia (ie, it is not to be granted as a further temporary entry permit), and this regulation amends regulation 125 so that temporary residents in Australia are not eligible for the grant of an interdependency (temporary) entry permit.

Regulation 27 - Regulation 126 (Extended eligibility (spouse) entry permit) This regulation amends regulation 126 to:

•       clarify the intention of policy that certain persons who entered Australia as exempt non-citizens and dependants of those exempt non-citizens, and therefore did not require an entry permit on entry, are eligible for the extended eligibility (spouse) entry permit even though on marriage to an Australian citizen or permanent resident they may technically have become illegal entrants by losing exempt non-citizen status;

•       provide for the grant of the entry permit to the dependent children of holders;

•       provide for the grant of a further extended eligibility (spouse) entry permit;

•       remove the inability of visitors to apply for the extended eligibility (spouse) entry permit; and

•       make special provision for the grant of the extended eligibility (spouse) entry permit in circumstances where the Australian citizen or permanent resident spouse has died since the application was lodged but the applicant is able to demonstrate the existence of close links with Australia.

Regulation 28 - New regulation 130A (Extended eligibility (interdependency) entry permit)

This regulation creates a new regulation in the Migration Regulations - extended eligibility (interdependency) entry permit. This entry permit has been created to enable applicants who have a genuine and continuing non-familial relationship of emotional interdependence to remain in Australia for a period of two years before they become eligible for grant of resident status on these grounds. This entry permit is valid for the purposes of section 47 of the Migration Act.

The regulation also provides for the grant of the extended eligibility (interdependency) entry permit to the dependent children of holders, and for the grant of a further extended eligibility (interdependency) entry permit in certain circumstances.

Regulation 29 - Regulation 131 (Processing entry permit)

Regulation 131 enables the grant of processing entry permits to certain applicants for entry permits to give them, or ensure that they retain, legal status during processing of their applications.

29.1 makes a technical amendment to subparagraph 131(b) to correct punctuation.

29.2 and 29.3 retrospectively amend paragraph 131(c) to validate the grant of a processing entry permit to applicants under the pre-19 December 1989 policy who at the time of application did not meet the requirement of section 47 of the Migration Act to hold a valid entry permit. (Grant of processing entry permits to these applicants has been the Department's practice since February 1990.) This amendment is beneficial and failure to make it retrospective will significantly disadvantage persons granted this entry permit.

29.4 makes a technical amendment to paragraph 131(e) to correct punctuation.

29.5 inserts a new provision in regulation 131 to provide for the grant of processing entry permits to certain exempt non-citizens applying for the extended eligibility (spouse) entry permit.

Regulation 30 - Regulation 135 (Spouse (after entry) entry permit)

Regulation 135 sets out the criteria for the grant of a permanent entry permit to an applicant on the grounds of the applicant's marriage to an Australian citizen or permanent resident.

This regulation amends regulation 135 to insert additional criteria, namely that the application must have been lodged at least two years before the date of the decision (except in cases of applicants whose processing for the grant of resident status on spouse grounds commenced but was not completed under the previous provisions, and in the case of certain illegal entrants granted special concessions under regulation 42(1C), and to waive the two year requirement, where the Australian citizen or permanent resident has died, and the applicant has established close links with Australia.

Regulation 31 - New regulation 142D

This regulations creates a new interdependency (permanent) entry permit which provides for the grant of a permanent entry permit on the grounds that the applicant has established a close relationship which involves living together on the basis of a commitment to emotional and financial support with an Australian citizen or permanent resident, and that relationship has existed for two years prior to the decision to grant the permit.

Regulation 32 - Regulation 144 (Waiver of health criteria)

Regulation 144 provides for relaxed health requirements in the case of certain applicants. This regulation amends regulation 144 to make provision for relaxed health criteria to apply in relation to applicants for an interdependency (temporary) visa or entry permit, an interdependency (permanent) entry permit, an extended eligibility (interdependency) visa or entry permit and an extended eligibility (spouse) visa or entry permit.

Regulation 33 - Regulation 146 (Qualifications - suitability for employment)

Regulation 146 allocates the points an applicant for migrant entry receives on the basis of the applicant's occupational qualifications. The amendments to this regulation are directed towards clarifying the regulation and making a number of technical drafting changes. There are no policy changes involved.

Regulation 34 - New Part 6A

This regulation sets out the criteria to be met for acceptance of an employer nomination. An employer nomination is submitted by an employer in relation to a position or positions an employer wishes to fill from overseas. Approval of the employer nomination means that the employer has established that there is no suitable person reasonably available in Australia. When a suitable person is found overseas, that person then applies for an employer nomination visa under regulation 51.

Regulation 35 - Regulation 186 (Fee on application for certain entry permits)

Regulation 186 prescribes the fee for certain permanent entry permits. This regulation removes the spouse (after entry) entry permit from the uniform fee provisions for other permanent entry permits granted after arrival.

Regulation 36 - New regulation 186A, 186B and 186C

This regulation makes three new regulations which prescribe the fee for applications for an extended eligibility

(spouse) entry permit (regulation 186A), a spouse (after entry) entry permit (regulation 186B) and an extended eligibility (interdependency) entry permit (regulation 186C).

Regulation 37 - Regulation 191 (Fee on application for visa to enable re-entry)

Regulation 191 prescribes the fee payable for a visa granted in Australia to enable the holder of a temporary entry permit to travel and re-enter Australia. This regulation includes the newly created visas (ie, the interdependency (temporary) visa, the extended eligibility (interdependency) visa, the special equivalent 1989 (temporary) visa and the extended eligibility (spouse) visa) and also the domestic protection (temporary) visa.

Regulation 38 - New regulation 191A

This regulation prescribes the fee to be paid in respect of an employer nomination.

Regulation 39 - New regulation 202

This regulation provides that no fee will be charged for an application for any entry permit where that application is made pursuant to new subregulation 35AA(1A) ie. the person is applying for an entry permit because the person has become illegal innocently or inadvertently through the operation of subsection 14(2) of the Migration Act.

Regulation 40 - Schedule 1 (Criteria and representative symbols)

This regulation a-mends item 6 (public interest and health clearance of family unit members required before entry permit or visa issue) of Schedule 1 so that the criterion may be applied to any application for an entry permit or visa and is not restricted to applications for permanent entry permits.

Regulation 41 - Schedule 2 (Classes of visas, prescribed criteria and code numbers)

41.1 inserts the new extended eligibility (spouse), interdependency (temporary), and extended eligibility (interdependency) visas in Part 1 of Schedule 2.

41.2 inserts the special equivalent (temporary) visa in Part 3 of Schedule 2.

Regulation 42 - Schedule 3 (Classes of entry permits)

This regulation makes amendments in relation to additional criteria prescribed in Schedule 3.

42.1 makes an amendment which provides that request of an Assurance of Support is optional in relation to the spouse (after entry) entry permit. (This was the pre-19 December 1989 policy and continued to be the Department's practice, but by an oversight the Migration Regulations since then have made request of an assurance of support mandatory, not optional.)

42.2, 42.3, 42.4 and 42.5 makes the necessary technical adjustments to include the special equivalent 1989 (permanent), special equivalent 1989 (temporary), interdependency (permanent), interdependency (temporary) and extended eligibility (interdependency) entry permits in Schedule 3.

Regulation 43 - Schedule 4 (Prescribed qualifications and prescribed number of points)

43.1 makes a technical correction.

43.2       prevents an applicant from receiving points from being sponsored if the sponsor is in receipt of a social security pension or benefit (other than the age pension or service pension) allows for additional points to be granted if the sponsor of an applicant has been resident for the 2 years immediately preceding the sponsorship in an area specifically designated by the Minister.

Regulation 44 - Schedule 5 (Mandatory conditions for grant of visas and entry Permits)

This regulation prescribes the mandatory conditions subject to which the new extended eligibility (spouse) visa, the extended eligibility (interdependency) visa, the interdependency (temporary) visa and the special equivalent (temporary) visa and the equivalent entry permits are granted.

Regulation 45 - Schedule 8 (Fees)

Schedule 8 prescribes the fee structure for visas and entry permits.

45.1 inserts the fee for the extended eligibility (spouse) visa.

45.2 changes the fee for the spouse (after entry) entry permit (by reference to the new regulation 186B).

45.3 changes the fee for the extended eligibility (spouse) entry permit (by reference to the new regulation 186A) and prescribes no fee for the grant of the interdependency (permanent) entry permit.


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