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Migration (Arrangements for Protection, Refugee and Humanitarian Visas) Amendment (Internet Lodgement) Instrument 2025

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

CountryAustralia
Operative dateJuly 1, 2025
CategoryHumanitarian and asylum
Policy toolApplication procedure / digital processing
Affected groupSpecial humanitarian program applicants

Policy effect

Enables digital internet-based lodgement of Subclass 202 (Global Special Humanitarian) visa applications under the Special Humanitarian Program (SHP).

Official source excerpt

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

Instrument 2025 Schedule 1—Amendments Migration (Arrangements for Protection, Refugee and Humanitarian Visas) Instrument (LIN 20/169) 2020 1 Section 8 (table item 1) Repeal the table item, substitute: 1 An applicant whose entry to Australia has been proposed in accordance with approved form 681 842 (Internet) and 681 (Internet) (a) The application must be made as an Internet application; (b) If the application cannot be made in accordance with paragraph (a) and the Department has given written notice authorising the person to do so, it can be made using form 842 and 681 and: (i) posted with sufficient prepaid postage, to: Special Humanitarian Processing Centre Department of Home Affairs GPO Box 9984 SYDNEY NSW 2001; or (ii) made via the online portal at the following address: https://www.homeaffairs.gov.au/humvisaapplic ation 1A An applicant whose entry to Australia has been proposed in accordance with approved form 1417 842 and 1417 Application must be: (a) posted with sufficient prepaid postage to: Special Humanitarian Processing Centre Department of Home Affairs GPO Box 9984 SYDNEY NSW 2001; or (b) made via the online portal at the following address: https://www.homeaffairs.gov.au/humvisaapplicationAuthorised …
Department of Home AffairsMigration (Arrangements for Protection, Refugee and Humanitarian Visas) Amendment (Internet Lodgement) Instrument 2025, Department of Home Affairs.; Federal Register of Legislation, Migration (Arrangements for Protection, Refugee and Humanitarian Visas) Amendment (Internet Lodgement) Instrument 2025 (LIN 25/050 / F2025L00750).Open official source
Retrieved from https://www.legislation.gov.au/F2025L00750/latest/text

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