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Pre-Application Process and Selection Rules for Subclass 192 Visa (Treaty Stream)

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

CountryAustralia
Operative dateMay 1, 2025
CategoryLegal entry / administration
Affected groupPersons registering for a treaty stream visa pre-application process who hold a valid passport of the related country, are aged at least 18 at the beginning of the registration open period, have a birthplace connection to the country, are citizens not via investment, and are not new zealand citizens.

Policy effect

Establishes the rules for the conduct of the visa pre-application process (ballot registration framework) for a Subclass 192 (Pacific Engagement) visa in the Treaty stream.

Official source excerpt

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

For the purposes of subsection 46C(14) of the Act, this Part sets out the rules that apply in relation to the conduct of a visa pre-application process that is specified in section 6. … The eligibility requirements for registration of a person as a registered participant in a particular Treaty stream visa pre-application process are all of the following: (a) the person holds a valid passport issued by the country to which that process relates; (b) at the beginning of the registration open period for that process, the person is aged at least 18; (c) the person, or a parent of the person, or a grandparent of the person, was born in the country to which that process relates; (d) the person is a citizen of the country to which that process relates and that citizenship was not obtained due to an investment to that country; (e) the person is not a citizen of New Zealand.
Australian Federal Register of LegislationOpen official source
Retrieved from https://www.legislation.gov.au/F2025L00249/asmade/2025-02-25/text/original/pdf

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