Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2025C00115:clause:2_2:p36
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2025C00115
Segment Type: clause
Provision Reference: sch 2 cl 2 (pt 36/37)
Character Range: 2346220–2348777

to travel to and enter Australia for 5 years from the date of grant.
893.6—Conditions

893.611
  If the applicant is outside Australia when the visa is granted and the applicant satisfies the secondary criteria:
 (a) first entry must be made before a date specified by the Minister for the purpose; and
 (b) condition 8515 may be imposed.

Subclass 988—Maritime Crew
Note: This Subclass is created in accordance with section 38B of the Act.
988.1—Interpretation
Note 1: Member of the crew and non‑military ship are defined in regulation 1.03.
Note 2: For this Part, a person will sign on to a ship in Australia after:
(a) travelling to Australia on another visa in order to join a ship as a member of the crew; or
(b) joining the ship in Australia after signing off another ship in Australia; or
(c) joining another ship after the ship on which the person travelled to Australia is imported under section 49A or 71A of the Customs Act 1901.
988.2—Primary criteria
Note: A member of the family unit of a member of the crew of a non‑military ship, or of a prospective member of the crew of a non‑military ship, need satisfy only the secondary criteria.
988.21—Criteria to be satisfied at time of application

988.211
  The applicant is:
 (a) a member of the crew of a non‑military ship; or
 (b) a person:
 (i) who has received an offer from the master, owner, agent, charterer or operator of a non‑military ship to become a member of the crew of the ship; and
 (ii) in relation to whom the offer is current; and
 (iii) who would be a member of the crew of the non‑military ship if the person signs on to the ship.
988.22—Criteria to be satisfied at time of decision

988.221
  The applicant is:
 (a) a member of the crew of a non‑military ship; or
 (b) a person:
 (i) who has received an offer from the master, owner, agent, charterer or operator of a non‑military ship to become a member of the crew of the ship; and
 (ii) in relation to whom the offer is current; and
 (iii) who would be a member of the crew of the non‑military ship if the person signs on to the ship.

988.222
  The applicant satisfies public interest criteria 4001, 4002, 4003, 4004, 4013, 4014, 4020 and 4021.

988.223
  The applicant satisfies special return criteria 5001 and 5002.

988.224
  The Minister is satisfied that the applicant's expressed intention to enter and remain in Australia for the purpose of being a member of the crew of a non‑military ship is genuine.
988.3—Secondary criteria
Note: These criteria must be satisfied by a member of the family unit of a member of