Documents relating to the Arrival Control Determination, Iranian visitor visa information as at 25 March 2026, and visa overstay data by citizenship for financial years 2022-23, 2023-24 and 2024-25

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The release comprises ministerial submissions, draft legislative instruments, explanatory materials and visa data concerning the proposed Migration (Arrival Control) Determination 2026, made under new section 84B of the Migration Act 1958. The submissions, dated March 2026, propose temporarily suspending Subclass 600 (Visitor) visas held by Iranian passport holders outside Australia, affecting approximately 6,800 people, and seek agreement to delegate permitted travel certificate powers under section 84D to APS3 to SES Band 3 officers and Australian Border Force officers. The records also cover the six-month period of the determination, the exemptions in section 84C (including for parents of Australian citizens and certain family members), and ministerial and Prime Minister correspondence. Released data include 1,489 Iranian nationals with visa overstays as at 25 March 2026 (484 onshore, 1,005 offshore), and estimated unlawful non-citizen numbers by top-ten citizenship for 30 June 2023 and 2024, led by China (10,300 and 10,900) and Malaysia (6,500 and 7,100). Several passages are redacted, and the records note divisive public reception.