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Immigration Act 2009

Visas - Classes of visa - Invitation to apply for visa

92: Expressions of interest

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“How to show interest in applying for certain visas”

If you want to apply for certain types of visas, you might need to be invited first. This is because some visas are only for specific groups of people. If you’re in one of these groups, you can let the government know you’re interested in getting an invitation. You do this by sending an ‘expression of interest’.

When you send your expression of interest, you need to do it in the way the government has said to do it. This is called the ‘prescribed manner’.

You also need to give two important pieces of information. First, you need to provide an address where people can contact you. Second, you need to give an address where official papers can be sent to you. This is called your ‘address for service’.

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Part 3 Visas
Classes of visa: Invitation to apply for visa

92Expressions of interest

  1. A person who, by virtue of immigration instructions, is of a class or category of person that may apply for a visa of a particular class or type only if invited to do so by the Minister or an immigration officer may notify his or her interest in obtaining such an invitation in the prescribed manner.

  2. A person submitting an expression of interest must provide a contact address and an address for service.

  3. Repealed

  4. Repealed
Notes
  • Section 92(2): replaced, on , by section 26 of the Immigration Amendment Act 2015 (2015 No 48).
  • Section 92(3): repealed, on , by section 26 of the Immigration Amendment Act 2015 (2015 No 48).
  • Section 92(4): repealed, on , by section 26 of the Immigration Amendment Act 2015 (2015 No 48).