A new instrument has been registered specifying the classes of persons who may not lodge a Student visa application while in Australia, in substitution for LIN 26/068.
The Migration (Student Visa Applications to Be Made from outside Australia) Instrument 2026 (LIN 26/102) was made on 1 October 2026. It is made under paragraph 1222(5)(e) of Schedule 1 to the Migration Regulations 1994.
The instrument repeals the Migration (Visas that Preclude a Person from Lodging a Student Visa Application in Australia) Instrument 2026 (LIN 26/068). A person who holds one of the following visas, granted under the stream stated, falls within the specified class and must apply from outside Australia:
- Subclass 400 (Temporary Work (Short Stay Specialist)) – any stream
- Subclass 403 (Temporary Work (International Relations)) – Domestic Worker (Diplomatic or Consular) stream only
- Subclass 407 (Training) – any stream
- Subclass 408 (Temporary Activity) – any stream
- Subclass 417 (Working Holiday) – any stream
- Subclass 457 (Temporary Work (Skilled)) – any stream
- Subclass 462 (Work and Holiday) – any stream
- Subclass 482 (Skills in Demand) – any stream
- Subclass 482 (Temporary Skill Shortage) – any stream
- Subclass 485 (Temporary Graduate) – any stream
- Subclass 600 (Visitor) – any stream
- Subclass 601 (Electronic Travel Authority) – any stream
- Subclass 602 (Medical Treatment) – any stream
- Subclass 651 (eVisitor) – any stream
- Subclass 771 (Transit) – any stream
- Subclass 988 (Maritime Crew) – any stream
- Subclass 995 (Diplomatic (Temporary)) – any stream, where the visa was granted on satisfying the criteria in Division 995.2 of Schedule 2 to the Migration Regulations
Click here: LIN 26/102 – Migration (Student Visa Applications to Be Made from outside Australia) Instrument 2026
