Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2025C00115:clause:2_2:p3
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2025C00115
Segment Type: clause
Provision Reference: sch 2 cl 2 (pt 3/37)
Character Range: 2263817–2266635

of the applicant who satisfies the primary criteria need satisfy only the secondary criteria.
887.21—Criteria to be satisfied at time of application

887.211
  The applicant meets the requirements set out in subitem 1136(7) of Schedule 1.

887.212
 (1) Subject to subclause (2), the applicant must have lived in a specified regional area for a total of at least 2 years as the holder of 1 or more of the following visas:
 (a) a Skilled—Independent Regional (Provisional) (Class UX) visa;
 (b) a Skilled—Designated Area‑sponsored (Provisional) (Class UZ) visa;
 (c) a Subclass 475 (Skilled—Regional Sponsored) visa;
 (d) a Subclass 487 (Skilled—Regional Sponsored) visa;
 (e) a Skilled—Regional Sponsored (Provisional) (Class SP) visa;
 (f) a Bridging A (Class WA) visa, or a Bridging B (Class WB) visa, that was granted on the basis of a valid application for:
 (i) a Skilled—Independent Regional (Provisional) (Class UX) visa; or
 (ii) a Skilled (Provisional) (Class VC) visa; or
 (iii) a Skilled—Regional Sponsored (Provisional) (Class SP) visa.
 (2) For the purposes of working out the length of time the applicant has lived in a specified regional area, the applicant is taken to have lived in a specified regional area for a period of 6 months (or such longer period as the Minister specifies in a legislative instrument under subclause (3)) if the applicant:
 (a) was outside Australia during a concession period; and
 (b) made the application outside Australia during the concession period; and
 (c) either:
 (i) is the holder of a visa mentioned in subclause (1); or
 (ii) was the holder of a visa mentioned in subclause (1) that expired during the concession period.
 (3) The Minister may, by legislative instrument, specify a longer period for the purposes of subclause (2).

887.213
 (1) The applicant must have worked full‑time in a specified regional area:
 (a) for a total of at least one year as the holder of one or more of the visas mentioned in subclause 887.212(1); or
 (b) if subclause (2) applies—for a total of 9 months (or such shorter period as the Minister specifies for the purposes of this paragraph in a legislative instrument under subclause (3)) as the holder of one or more of the visas mentioned in subclause 887.212(1).
 (2) This subclause applies if the applicant held a visa mentioned in subclause 887.212(1) during a concession period and made the application no later than 3 months after the end of the concession period.
 (3) The Minister may, by legislative instrument, specify a shorter period for the purposes of paragraph (1)(b).
887.22—Criteria to be satisfied at time of decision

887.221
 (1) While the applicant was the holder of:
 (a) a Skilled—Independent Regional (Provisional) (Class UX) visa; or
 (b) a Skilled—Designated Area‑sponsored (Provisional) (Class UZ) visa;