Migration (English Language Requirements for Subclass 192 (Pacific Engagement) Visa—Pacific Engagement Stream) Instrument 2025 (Cth)

LIN 25/025

Migration (English Language Requirements for Subclass 192 (Pacific Engagement) Visa—Pacific Engagement Stream) Instrument 2025

I, Tony Burke, Minister for Immigration and Multicultural Affairs, make the following instrument.

Dated 25 February 2025

Tony Burke Minister for Immigration and Multicultural Affairs

Contents 1 Name 2 Commencement 3 Authority 4 Definitions 5 Schedules 6 English language test requirements for Pacific Engagement stream visa 7 Application and transitional provisions Schedule 1—Repeals Migration (English Language Requirements for Subclass 192 (Pacific Engagement) Visa) Instrument (LIN 24/023) 2024

1 Name This instrument is the Migration (English Language Requirements for Subclass 192 (Pacific Engagement) Visa—Pacific Engagement Stream) Instrument 2025

2 Commencement This instrument commences on 1 May 2025.

3 Authority This instrument is made under clause 192.223 of Schedule 2 to the Migration Regulations.

4 Definitions In this instrument: Migration Regulations means the Migration Regulations 1994. Pacific Engagement stream visa means a Subclass 192 (Pacific Engagement) visa in the Pacific Engagement stream as set out in Subdivision 192.22 of Schedule 2 to the Migration Regulations.

5 Schedules Each instrument that is specified in a Schedule to this instrument is amended or repealed as set out in the applicable items in the Schedule concerned, and any other item in a Schedule to this instrument has effect according to its terms.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 English language test requirements for Pacific Engagement stream visa (1) For the purposes of clause 192.223 of Schedule 2 to the Migration Regulations, the following English language test requirements are specified: (a) the applicant, or (if the applicant's spouse or de facto partner has made a combined application for a visa with the applicant) the applicant's spouse or de facto partner, must undertake an English language test mentioned in subsection (2); and (b) the applicant, or (if the applicant's spouse or de facto partner has made a combined application for a visa with the applicant) the applicant's spouse or de facto partner, must achieve the test scores specified in Column 2 of an item in the table under subsection (3), in relation to the test undertaken; and (c) the test required under paragraph (1)(a) was undertaken within: (i) if evidence of the test is provided at the time the applicant makes an application for a Pacific Engagement stream visa—3 years immediately before the day of the visa application; or (ii) if evidence of the test is not provided at the time the visa application is made—3 years immediately before the day on which a decision to grant or refuse grant of the visa is made. (2) For the purpose of paragraph (1)(a), the English language tests are: (a) the Cambridge English: Advanced test (the CAE); (b) the International English Language Testing System (the IELTS); (c) the Occupational English Test (the OET); (d) the Pearson Test of English Academic (the PTE); (e) the Test of English as a Foreign Language internet-based Test (the TOEFL iBT), if the test was undertaken on or before 25 July 2023. (3) For the purposes of paragraph (1)(b), the test scores for an English language test required under paragraph (1)(a) are specified in Column 2 of an item in the following table in relation to the test mentioned in Column 1 of that item.