Temporary Residence Program Review
Report of the 2000-02 review
The report, IN AUSTRALIA'S INTERESTS - A Review of the Temporary Residence Program, was published following the department's review into the operation of Australia's Temporary Entry program.
The June 2002 report makes a number of recommendations directed at:
- policy clarification;
- structural changes including abolition of some visas;
- standardising requirements;
- improving sponsorship arrangements; and
- streamlining processing.
The review's 35 recommendations are listed in the Executive Summary.
The report is available from this website in PDF format.*
- Message from Chairman and Contents
- Preface and Executive Summary
- Chapter 1 - Background
- Chapter 2 - Temporary Residence Policy
- Chapter 3 - Giving Effect to Temporary Residence Policy
- Chapter 4 - Sponsorship Requirements and Sponsorship Obligations
- Chapter 5 - Economic Stream - Temporary Business Entry - Long Stay
- Chapter 6 - Economic Stream - Arrangements for Short Visits for Business Purposes
- Chapter 7 - Economic Stream - Medical Practitioner
- Chapter 8 - Cultural and Social Stream
- Chapter 9 - Cultural and Social Stream - The Special Program Visa
- Chapter 10 - Cultural and Social Stream - The Entertainment Industry
- Chapter 11 - Cultural and Social Stream - Religious Worker Visa
- Chapter 12 - Social and Cultural Stream - Sport Visa
- Chapter 13 - International Relations Stream
- Chapter 14 - International Relations Stream - The Occupational Trainee Visa
- Chapter 15 - Future Directions
- List of Appendices
- Appendices A - F
- Appendices G - I
- Appendices J - L
- Appendices M - O
- List of Abbreviations
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