Description of series:
Correspondence is bound with a metal binder in the top left hand corner & plac- ed between 2 seperate sheets of manilla cardboard, the file being 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 examiniation 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 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 and the papers for each person of family emigrating on that flight or ship are filed in the one file in alphabetical order of surname.
 
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) Mainten- ance 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 transferred to Australia. (the receiving State Office.) The directive also instructed that personal documents should be given a registration number according to the flight or vessel in 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., Registry. Transferring department:  , Immigration, S.A.,
Date of transfer:         15/04/1970
Archives file number:     AP591

AP591/1 was relocated from South Australia to the ACT in November 2021