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Nil Visa Application Charge (VAC) for Pacific Australia Card Holders (LIN 25/007)

Validated finding · five-country-2010-20260922-v118-evidence-presentation-fix

CountryAustralia
Operative dateMarch 22, 2025
CategoryEntry / short-stay & regional mobility
Policy toolVisa fee waiver / exemption
Affected groupHolders of a valid pacific australia card seeking a subclass 600 (visitor) visa in the tourist or business visitor stream while outside australia

Policy effect

Legislative Instrument LIN 25/007 specifies that holders of a valid Pacific Australia Card issued by the Government of Australia are in a specified class of persons for a nil Visa Application Charge (VAC) for the first instalment when applying outside Australia for a Subclass 600 (Visitor) visa in either the Tourist stream or the Business Visitor stream.

Official source excerpt

Quoted verbatim from the official source below. Ellipses indicate omitted text.

5 Class of persons for nil VAC—Subclass 600 (Visitor) visa For subparagraph 1236(2)(a)(iv) of Schedule 1 to the Migration Regulations, a person (the applicant) is specified to be in a class of persons if: (a) the person holds a valid Pacific Australia Card; and (b) the person seeks to satisfy the primary criteria for the grant of a Subclass 600 (Visitor) visa: (i) in the Tourist stream as set out in Subdivision 600.22 of Schedule 2 to the Migration Regulations; or (ii) in the Business Visitor stream as set out in Subdivision 600.24 of Schedule 2 to the Migration Regulations; and (c) the person is outside Australia at the time of application.
Federal Register of Legislation / Department of Home AffairsAustralian Government, Migration (Class of Persons for Nil VAC for Subclass 600 (Visitor) Visa Applications—Pacific Australia Card Holders) Specification 2025 (LIN 25/007) (16 March 2025).Open official source
Retrieved from https://www.legislation.gov.au/F2025L00364/asmade/2025-03-13/text/original/pdf

Review method

Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite extraction with independent Gemini 3.8 Flash verification

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