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1.1.S.50 Special category visa

Definition

An SCV is a temporary visa issued to a person who is:

  • an Australian non-citizen
    • who is a New Zealand citizen who entered Australia on a New Zealand passport, and
    • is neither a behaviour concern non-citizen nor a health concern non-citizen, or
  • a person declared by the regulations, to be a person for whom a visa of another class would be inappropriate, or
  • a person in a class of persons declared by the regulations, to be persons for whom a visa of another class would be inappropriate.

Act reference: Migration Act 1958 section 32(2) Special category visas

Policy reference: PPL Guide 2.4 PPL scheme Australian residency test & absences from Australia for PLP

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