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Brisbane 2032-accredited participants designated for nil-VAC Subclass 408 treatment

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

CountryAustralia
Operative dateJanuary 21, 2026
CategoryMigration policy
Affected groupA person who is: (a) approved for accreditation for the event by the organising committee; and (b) a member or personnel of any of the following: (i) the international olympic committee (ioc); (ii) ioc controlled entities; (iii) national olympic committees; (iv) international federations; (v) rights-holding broadcasters; (vi) the official timekeeper; (vii) ioc marketing partners; (viii) media.

Policy effect

The instrument designates the Brisbane 2032 Olympic and Paralympic Games and the specified class of accredited participants for nil visa-application-charge treatment under the Subclass 408 Temporary Activity visa provisions.

Conditions and exceptions

Recorded validated scope: Nil VAC for Subclass 408 (Temporary Activity) visa.

Official source excerpt

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

Visa Application Charge. 5 Specified event for paragraph 408.229(b) For paragraph 408.229(b) of Schedule 2 to the Regulations, the Brisbane 2032 Olympic and Paralympic Games is a specified event. 6 Specified class of persons for paragraph 408.229(c) For paragraph 408.229(c) of Schedule 2 to the Regulations, the class of persons specified in relation to the event specified in section 5 is a person who is: (a) approved for accreditation for the event by the Organising Committee; and (b) a member or personnel of any of the following: (i) the International Olympic Committee (IOC);Authorised Version … F2026L00008 registered 09/01/2026 2 Migration (Class of Persons for Nil VAC for Subclass 408 Visas—Brisbane 2032 Olympic and Paralympic Games) Instrument 2025 (ii) IOC Controlled entities; (iii) National Olympic Committees; (iv) International Federations; (v) Rights-Holding Broadcasters; (vi) the Official Timekeeper; (vii) IOC Marketing Partners; (viii) Media. 7 Visa application charge For subparagraph 1237(2)(a)(i) of Schedule 1 to the Regulations, the specified class of persons is a person who is: (a) seeking to satisfy clause 408.229 of Schedule 2 to the Regulations; and (b) in the class of …
Australian Federal Register of LegislationMigration (Class of Persons for Nil VAC for Subclass 408 (Temporary Activity) – Brisbane 2032 Olympic and Paralympic Games) Instrument 2025, ss. 2, 5–7; commenced 21 January 2026.Open official source
Retrieved from https://www.legislation.gov.au/F2026L00008

Review method

Two separate automated exact-claim source reviews

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