Department of Immigration and Citizenship
DIAC
30 January 2007 – 18 September 2013
Previously Department of Immigration and Multicultural Affairs (2006–2007). Renamed Department of Immigration and Border Protection in 2013.
Department of State responsible for the migration and humanitarian programs, temporary entry and visas, immigration detention, citizenship, and settlement services and multicultural affairs.
Names over time
- Department of Immigration and Ethnic Affairs1975–1987
- Department of Immigration, Local Government and Ethnic Affairs1987–1993
- Department of Immigration and Ethnic Affairs1993–1996
- Department of Immigration and Multicultural Affairs1996–2001
- Department of Immigration and Multicultural and Indigenous Affairs2001–2006
- Department of Immigration and Multicultural Affairs2006–2007
- Department of Immigration and Citizenship2007–2013
- Department of Immigration and Border Protection2013–2017
- Department of Home Affairs2017–present
How it came into existence
Created on 30 January 2007 when the Department of Immigration and Multicultural Affairs was renamed by Administrative Arrangements Order in a Howard ministry reshuffle, putting citizenship in its title.
- Immigration
- Citizenship
- Multicultural affairs
- Settlement services
Changes during its life
- Registration and regulation of migration agents
How it ended
Renamed the Department of Immigration and Border Protection on 18 September 2013, with settlement services and multicultural affairs going to the Department of Social Services.
- Immigration and visas
- Citizenship
- Refugee and humanitarian program
- Immigration detention
- Adult Migrant English Program
- Settlement services for migrants and humanitarian entrants
- Multicultural affairs
Main functions
- Migration program and skilled migration
- Refugee and humanitarian program
- Temporary entry and visas
- Immigration detention and offshore processing
- Citizenship, including the citizenship test
- Settlement services and multicultural affairs
Lineage
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Sources
Primary sources
- Administrative Arrangements Order of 21 September 2006, as amended to 30 January 2007 (created it)
- Administrative Arrangements Order of 18 September 2013 (took effect as it ended)
7 more Administrative Arrangements Orders set it out
- Administrative Arrangements Order of 3 December 2007 (sets it out)
- Administrative Arrangements Order of 25 January 2008 (sets it out)
- Administrative Arrangements Order of 14 September 2010 (sets it out)
- Administrative Arrangements Order of 14 October 2010 (sets it out)
- Administrative Arrangements Order of 14 December 2011 (sets it out)
- Administrative Arrangements Order of 9 February 2012 (sets it out)
- Administrative Arrangements Order of 16 May 2013 (sets it out)