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Special Purpose Visa - Humanitarian Entry without Passport

NauruHumanitarian protection

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What exactly is this: asylum, temporary protection, humanitarian admission, resettlement or another protection mechanism?

This is a discretionary humanitarian entry mechanism: a Special Purpose Visa for a person who arrives in Nauru without a passport, where the Director considers the person should nonetheless be permitted to enter and remain on humanitarian or other grounds. It is a discretionary admission tool, not a refugee-status determination process.

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  • Immigration Regulations 2014, reg 11(2)(e)
    (e) a person arriving in Nauru without a passport and who, in the opinion of the Director, should be permitted to enter and remain in Nauru on humanitarian or other grounds;

Which population, circumstances or geographic group does the mechanism cover?

It covers any person who arrives in Nauru without a passport, regardless of the circumstances, provided the Director forms the opinion that permitting entry is warranted on humanitarian or other grounds.

See recorded sources
  • Immigration Regulations 2014, reg 11(2)(e)
    (e) a person arriving in Nauru without a passport and who, in the opinion of the Director, should be permitted to enter and remain in Nauru on humanitarian or other grounds;

Where can protection be requested, and is this a direct application, border/in-country request, referral or other process?

The checked official sources did not provide enough route-specific evidence to confirm where and how protection is requested.

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Limits of the record
  • Not established: the correction failed a second independent check (NAO_SUSTENTA: Reg 11(1) only proves application timing; 'entry under this mechanism is obtained through an application' is not stated (11(2)(e) rests on the Director's opinion on arrival).)

What happens after the request: registration, family handling, major support and rights where officially stated?

If granted, the special purpose visa is for any period specified in it, for a single entry or multiple entries, and must specify the purpose for which it is granted. The holder may not, except with the Secretary's approval, engage in any activity for which a business visa may be granted other than one covered by the visa. The official source does not state registration, family handling or support provisions.

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Limits of the record
  • No registration, family-handling or support provisions are stated in the captured text.

Which competent authority, UN body or official assistance channel should the person use?

The Director is the immigration authority named in the official Regulations for this visa, and may grant it subject to any other reasonable condition, not inconsistent with the Act or the Regulations, that the Director considers necessary or desirable.

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Limits of the record
  • No UN body, assistance channel, contact point or fraud/scam warning is named in the captured text.

These are the answers currently recorded in the catalogue. A missing or partial answer is not an eligibility decision.

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