Commonwealth Consolidated Acts Commonwealth Consolidated Acts(1) Subject to subsection (2), if a person is subject to a newly arrived resident's waiting period, the period:
(a) starts on the day on which the person first became an Australian resident or a special category visa holder residing in Australia; and
(b) ends when the person has been both:
(i) an Australian resident or a special category visa holder residing in Australia; and
(ii) in Australia;
for a period of, or for periods totalling, 208 weeks.
(2) If:
(a) a person is subject to a newly arrived resident's waiting period; and
(b) before, on or after the commencement of this subsection, the person applied for a visa that is in a class of visas determined by the Minister for the purposes of paragraph 739A(3)(b);
the waiting period:
(c) starts on the day on which the person applied for that visa; and
(d) ends when the person has been in Australia for a period of, or for periods totalling, 208 weeks after that day.