Description of series:
Correspondence is bound with a metal binder in the top left hand corner and placed between two separate sheets of manilla cardboard, the file thus made 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 histroy, qualifications, preferences, etc.
3. Form P.52 (a) (F) - Acknowledgement of receipt of application
4. Form I 4 (S) - Advice of appointment with Aust. 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 separate file was created for each flight or vessel and the papers for each person or family emigrating on that flight or ship are filed in the one file in alphabetical order of surname.
History Prior/Subsequent to Transfer:
Prior to Transfer: This series was introduced following an Immigration Department directive, copy attached, dated 29 April, 1965 advising a change in procedures. Prior to the introduction of the new procedures the personal documents transferred to Australia 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 procedure 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 on which the migrants arrived.
Administrative information
The following data was keyed from the paper documentation:
Form number: CA 17
Creating department: , Immigration, S.A., Registry
Transferring department: , Immigration, S.A., Records
Date of transfer: 28/01/1971
Archives file number: AP645
AP645/1 was relocated from South Australia to the ACT in November 2021