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MIGRATION REGULATIONS 1994 - REG 2.61A

Application for approval as family sponsor

  (1)   For the purposes of subsection   140F(1) of the Act, a person may apply to the Minister for approval as a family sponsor, in relation to a class of sponsor specified in subregulation   2.58(2), in accordance with the process set out in this regulation.

  (2)   An application for approval as a family sponsor:

  (a)   must not be made by a person who is an approved family sponsor; and

  (b)   must not be made by a person at a particular time if:

  (i)   the person, or the spouse or de facto partner of the person, has previously made such an application; and

  (ii)   at that time, that application has not been finally determined; and

  (c)   must not be made after a day, or during a period, specified in an instrument under subregulation   (4).

  (3)   An application for approval as a family sponsor:

  (a)   must be made using the internet; and

  (b)   must be made using the form specified in an instrument under subregulation   (4); and

  (c)   must be accompanied by the fee specified in an instrument under subregulation   (4).

  (4)   The Minister may, by legislative instrument, specify any or all of the following:

  (a)   a day, or a period, for the purposes of paragraph   (2)(c);

  (b)   a form for the purposes of paragraph   (3)(b);

  (c)   a fee for the purposes of paragraph   (3)(c).


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