The following persons are considered to have a prescribed status for the purpose of receiving a special purpose visa:
- members of the Royal Family and Royal Party;
- guests of the government;
- SOFA forces members and SOFA forces civilian component members;
- Asia-Pacific forces members;
- Commonwealth forces members;
- foreign armed forces dependants;
- foreign naval forces members;
- members and family of the crew of non-military ships (other than ships being imported into Australia);
- members of the crew of ships being imported into Australia;
- airline crew members and airline positioning crew members;
- persons visiting or in transit to or from Macquarie Island
- children born in Australia:
of a mother who at the time of the birth holds a special purpose visa, if only the mother is in Australia at that time; or
to parents both of whom, at the time of birth, hold special purpose visas, if at that time both parents are in Australia;
- Indonesian citizens, or persons having a right to return to Indonesia, visiting the casino on Christmas Island;
- Singaporean citizens visiting the casino on Christmas Island.