LIN 26/081
Migration (Arrangements for Child Visa Applications) Instrument 2026
I, Matt Thistlethwaite, Assistant Minister for Immigration, make the following instrument.
Dated 31 August 2026
Matt Thistlethwaite
Assistant Minister for Immigration
Contents
1 Name 1
2 Commencement 1
3 Authority 1
4 Schedules 1
5 Definitions 1
6 Form, manner and place for making an application 1
7 Specified countries and periods for Child (Migrant) (Class AH) and Child (Residence) (Class BT) visa applications 1
8 Application 2
Schedule 1—Approved form, manner, and place 3
Schedule 2—Specified country and period 4
Schedule 3—Repeals 5
Arrangements for Child Visa Applications 2016/051 5
1 The whole of the instrument 5
This instrument is the Migration (Arrangements for Child Visa Applications) Instrument 2026.
This instrument commences on the day after it is registered.
This instrument is made under subregulation 2.07(5) of the Migration Regulations 1994.
Each instrument that is specified in a Schedule to this instrument is amended or repealed as set out in the applicable items in the Schedule concerned, and any other item in a Schedule to this instrument has effect according to its terms.
In this instrument:
class, in relation to a visa, has the meaning given by regulation 2.01 of the Migration Regulations.
Migration Regulations means the Migration Regulations 1994.
6 Form, manner and place for making an application
(1) For the purposes of subitems 1108(1), 1108A(1) and 1211(1) of Schedule 1 to the Migration Regulations, an application for a visa of a class mentioned in an item of the table in Schedule 1 to this instrument must be made using the form mentioned for the item.
(2) For the purposes of paragraphs 1108(3)(a), 1108A(3)(a) and 1211(3)(a) of Schedule 1 to the Migration Regulations, an application for a visa of a class mentioned in an item of the table in Schedule 1 to this instrument must be made in the manner and at the place mentioned for the item.
7 Specified countries and periods for Child (Migrant) (Class AH) and Child (Residence) (Class BT) visa applications
(1) For the purposes of subparagraphs 1108(3)(c)(ii) and 1108A(3)(f)(ii) of Schedule 1 to the Migration Regulations, a country mentioned in Column 1 of the table in Schedule 2 to this instrument is specified.
(2) For the purposes of subparagraphs 1108(3)(c)(iii) and 1108A(3)(f)(iii) of Schedule 1 to the Migration Regulations, a period mentioned in Column 2 of the table in Schedule 2 to this instrument, in relation to the country, is specified.
An application for a class of visa mentioned in Column 2 of the table at Schedule 1 that is received at an address specified in an instrument that was in force immediately before the commencement of this instrument is taken to:
(a) be made in accordance with this instrument; and
(b) be received on the day it was first received and stamped at that address.
Schedule 1—Approved form, manner, and place
Item |
Column 1 Item of Schedule 1 of the Migration Regulations |
Column 2 Class of visa |
Column 3 Approved form |
Column 4 Manner and place |
1 |
1108 |
Child (Migrant) (Class AH) |
47CH |
Application must be: (a) posted with sufficient pre-paid postage to: Department of Home Affairs Child and Other Family Processing Centre GPO Box 241 Port Melbourne VIC 3008 Australia; or
(b) delivered by courier service to: Department of Home Affairs Child and Other Family Processing Centre Wellington Central 836 Wellington Street, West Perth WA 6005 Australia. |
2 |
1108A |
Child (Resident) (Class BT) |
47CH |
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3 |
1211 |
Extended Eligibility (Temporary) (Class TK) visa |
918 |
Schedule 2—Specified country and period
Column 1 Specified Country |
Column 2 Specified Period |
Pakistan |
No limitation on time period. |
Arrangements for Child Visa Applications 2016/051
Repeal the instrument.
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