Description of series:
Correspondence is bound with metal binder in the top left hand corner placed between 2 seperate sheets of manilla cardboard, the file held by a rubber band. The files include the following forms and
correspondence: 1. Form L.E.M. 2 -Application for assisted passage. 2. Employment Form E-Shows employment history, qualifications, preferences,etc 3. Form P.52(a)(f) -Acknowledgement of receipt of application. 4. Form I 4(S) -Advice of appointment with Australian Migration Officer. 5. Interview Sheet. 6. Form I 14(S) -Letter to applicant re medical examination. 7. Form K -Medical examination form. 8. Form P.2 -Advice to applicant of approval. 9. Letter to applicant requesting preference re time of travel. 10. Statement by applicant re International Vaccination Certificate. 11. bank receipt slip as evidence of payment of passage money to Aust. Govt. 12. Letter to applicant advising flight or ship and date of departure. A seperate file is created for each flight or vessel & the papers for each person or family emigrating on those are filed in 1
file,alpha.order of surname e
 
History Prior/Subsequent to Transfer:
PTT- This series was introduced following an Immigration Dept. directive, copy attached, dated 29th April, 1965 advising a change in procedures. Prior to the introduction of the new procedures the personal documents transferred to Aust. for each person/family were (a) Application and Employment form (b) Medical & X-Ray report (c) Approval letter (d) Special Medical Report -if any (e) Maintenance Guarantee- if any and in the case of minors or one spouse only (f) Consent forms. From the introduction of the new procedures all Documents were transferr- ed to Australia. (the recieving State Office.) The directive also instructed that personal documents should be given a registration number according to the flight or vessel on which the migrants arrived.
 
Administrative information
 
The following data was keyed from the paper documentation:
Form number:              CA 17
Creating department:      , Dept. of Immigration S.A., Management                           Services branch, Registry Section.
Transferring department:  , Immigration, Adelaide, Registry.
Date of transfer:         12/04/1970
Archives file number:     AP576
 
AP576/1 was relocated from South Australia to the ACT in November 2021