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Special Purpose Visa - Residual Approved Purpose

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Explore the five recorded questions, answers and sources for this pathway.

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What exactly is the official special programme/status and why does it exist?

This is the residual, catch-all Special Purpose Visa: it exists for a person who is not exempt from needing a visa but is not eligible for any other visa class, where the Director considers they should be permitted to enter and remain for a purpose specified in the visa.

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  • Immigration Regulations 2014, reg 11(2)(g)
    (g) a person who is not exempt from the requirement to hold a visa but is not eligible to hold a visa of any other class and who, in the opinion of the Director, should be permitted to enter and remain in Nauru for a purpose specified in the visa.

Which specific population, role, circumstance or historical/legal situation does it cover?

It covers anyone who does not fit any other visa class defined in the Regulations and is not otherwise exempt from needing a visa, whatever their individual circumstance, provided the Director considers entry appropriate for a purpose specified in the visa.

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What circumstance, event, relationship, nomination, invitation or status activates access?

Access is triggered purely by the Director's opinion that the person should be permitted to enter or remain for a specified purpose that does not fit any other visa class.

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What sponsor, authority, nomination, certification, evidence or other step must occur before the status can be obtained?

The visa depends on the Director considering that the person should be permitted to enter and remain for a purpose specified in the visa. An application for a special purpose visa may be made before, on or after entry into Nauru. The official source does not name any sponsor, nomination, certification or evidence document.

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Limits of the record
  • The capture names no sponsor, nomination, certification or evidence document for this residual sub-class; the Director's opinion (reg 11(2)(g)) is cited in other boxes of this via.

What immigration status and rights result, how long do they last, can family be included, and what happens if the special qualifying circumstance ends?

The special-purpose visa lasts for the period specified in it and may be issued for a single entry or multiple entries. Without approval from the Secretary, the holder may not engage in an activity requiring a business visa unless that activity is covered by this visa. The official source does not state family inclusion or what happens when the qualifying purpose ends.

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Limits of the record
  • The mapping of regulation 11(2)(g) to the fee table is not explicit; no exact fee is inferred. Other entry conditions, family rights and consequences when the qualifying purpose ends remain unestablished.
  • Immigration Regulations 2014, reg 11(3)(a)
    f weather or a medical or other emergency or other similar cause; or (g) a person who is not exempt from the requirement to hold a visa but is not eligible to hold a visa of any other class and who, in the opinion of the Director, should be permitted to enter and remain in Nauru for a purpose specified in the visa. (3) A special purpose visa may be granted: (a) for any period specified in it; and (b) for a single entry or multiple entries. (4) A special purpose visa: (a) shall specify the purpose for which it is granted; (b) is granted subject to the condition that the holder shall not, except with the approval of the Secretary, engage in any activity for which a business visa may be granted, other than one covered by the visa; and (c) if granted to

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

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