Migration (Annual Applicant Limits for Subclass 202 (Global Special Humanitarian) Visas) Instrument 2026

law://au/li/2026/f2026l00975@2026-11-13

Contents

1 Name #

This instrument is the Migration (Annual Applicant Limits for Subclass 202 (Global Special Humanitarian) Visas) Instrument 2026.

2 Commencement #

This instrument commences on the day after registration.

3 Authority #

This instrument is made under subitem 1402(3D) of Schedule 1 to the Migration Regulations 1994.

Note: Subitem 1402(3E) of Schedule 1 to the Migration Regulations 1994 provides that without limiting subitem 1402(3D), an instrument made under that subitem may make provision for working out which applicants are to be counted, and which applicants are to be disregarded, in determining whether the specified limit would be exceeded.

4 Definitions #

In this instrument:

Act means the Migration Act 1958.

approved proposing organisation has the meaning given by clause 202.111 of the Migration Regulations.

Community Support Program has the meaning given by clause 202.223 of the Migration Regulations.

financial year has the meaning given by section 2B of the Acts Interpretation Act 1901.

Migration Regulations means the Migration Regulations 1994.

5 Schedules #

Each instrument that is specified in a Schedule to this instrument is amended or repealed as set out in the applicable items in the Schedule concerned, and any other item in a Schedule to this instrument has effect according to its terms.

6 Limit on the number of applicants #

For the purposes of paragraph 1402(3A)(d) of the Migration Regulations, the limit (if any) on the number of applicants that an approved proposing organisation may propose in a financial year is specified in the table in Schedule 1 to this instrument.

7 Determining whether a specified limit would be exceeded #

(1)In determining whether the specified limit under section 6 would be exceeded, applicants are to be counted:

(a)in relation to the limit specified for the approved proposing organisation that has proposed the applicant at the time of making the application;

(b)in relation to the limit specified for the approved proposing organisation for the financial year in which the applicant applies for the visa; and

(c)regardless of whether the applicant is seeking to satisfy the primary criteria or secondary criteria for the visa in Schedule 2 to the Migration Regulations.

(2)In determining whether the limit under section 6 would be exceeded, applicants are to be disregarded in relation to the limit specified for an approved proposing organisation that proposes the applicant after the application is made.

Note: In determining whether the specified limit under section 6 would be exceeded, an applicant who is proposed by an APO at the time of making the application, and is counted towards the limit specified for the APO under paragraph 7(1)(a), continues to be counted towards the limit for that APO, despite the applicant being disregarded in counting towards the limit specified for any APO that may subsequently propose the applicant under subsection 7(2).

8 Application #

(1)Section 6 applies, for the purposes of paragraph 1402(3A)(d) of Schedule 1 to the Migration Regulations, in relation to an application for a visa that is made on or after the commencement of this instrument.

(2)For the purposes of working out whether a limit specified under section 6 would be exceeded in relation to an application mentioned in subsection (1), a person may be counted or disregarded as an applicant under this instrument whether the person’s visa application is made before, on or after the commencement of this instrument.

1 Applicant limits for financial year 2026-27

For section 6 of this instrument, the limit on the number of applicants an approved proposing organisation may propose, in the financial year commencing on 1 July 2026 and ending on 30 June 2027, is the number specified in column 2 of an item in the following table in relation to the organisation specified in column 1 of that table item.

Item	Column 1	Column 2
1	Assyrian Australian Association	50
2	Australian Migrant Resource Centre	50
3	Australian Refugee Association Inc	50
4	Eastern Christian Welfare Australia Ltd	0
5	Illawarra Multicultural Services	50
6	International Organization for Migration	75
7	Multicultural Australia Ltd	50
8	Multicultural Community Services Geelong Inc trading as Cultura	75
9	Settlement Services International Ltd	0
10	Spectrum Migrant Resource Centre	50
11	AMES Australia	75

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Migration (Annual Applicant Limits for Subclass 202 (Global Special Humanitarian) Visas) Instrument 2026

Migration (Annual Applicant Limits for Subclass 202 (Global Special Humanitarian) Visas) Instrument 2026

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2 Commencement #

3 Authority #

4 Definitions #

5 Schedules #

6 Limit on the number of applicants #

7 Determining whether a specified limit would be exceeded #

8 Application #

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1 Name #

2 Commencement #

3 Authority #

4 Definitions #

5 Schedules #

6 Limit on the number of applicants #

7 Determining whether a specified limit would be exceeded #

8 Application #