r 2.07 — Application for visa — general — Migration Regulations 1994

2.07 Application for visa — general

(1) For sections 45 and 46 of the Act (which deal with applications for visas), if an application is required for a particular class of visa:

(a) the relevant item of Schedule 1 sets out the approved form (if any) to be completed by an applicant; and

(b) regulation 2.12C and the relevant item of Schedule 1 set out:

(i) the visa application charge (if any) payable in relation to an application; and

(ii) the components that may be applicable to a particular application for the visa; and

(c) the relevant item of Schedule 1 sets out other matters relating to the application.

Note: An item of Schedule 1 may provide for matters to be specified by the Minister in a legislative instrument made under subregulation (5).

(3) An applicant must complete an approved form in accordance with any directions on it.

(4) An application for a visa that is made using an approved form is not a valid application if the applicant does not set out his or her residential address:

(a) in the form; or

(b) in a separate document that accompanies the application.

(5) If an item of Schedule 1 prescribes criteria or requirements by reference to a legislative instrument made under this subregulation, the Minister may, by legislative instrument, specify any of the following matters:

(a) an approved form for making an application for a visa of a specified class;

(b) the way in which an application for a visa of a specified class must be made;

(c) the place at which an application for a visa of a specified class must be made;

(d) any other matter.

Note 1: For paragraph (b), examples of the way in which an application must be made include by the internet, orally, or by posting, faxing or emailing the application to a specified number or address.

Note 2: Regulation 2.10 sets out where an application for a visa must be made if no location for making the application is prescribed in relation to the visa in Schedule 1.

(6) The legislative instrument may specify different matters for:

(a) different kinds of visa (however described); and

(b) different classes of applicant.