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CTM/djh

[Handwritten, underlined:] Air Mail

Canberra, 11th July, 1938.

Dear Mr. Caldwell,

With further reference to your personal letter of 7th May, 1938, enquiring as to conditions under which migrants are admitted to Australia, I am now in a position to supply you with the required information.

The issue of Landing Permits is confined as a rule to the following classes:-

[Underlined heading:] A. Aliens admitted subject to guarantee.

[Underlined subheading:] (i) Dependent relatives of persons already settled in Australia:

This class of person includes wives, parents, children under the age of twentyone [sic] years, adult single daughters, unmarried sisters and fiancées. Guarantees for maintenance of the applicant must be furnished to the satisfaction of the Department of the Interior.

[Underlined subheading:] (ii) Aliens other than dependent relatives:

Permits may be issued to such persons if they:

(a) are nominated by persons in Australia guaranteeing to the satisfaction of the Department of the Interior that the nominees will not be permitted to become a charge upon the State; and

(b) will engage in trades and occupations in which there is opportunity for their absorption without detriment to Australian workers; and

(c) are in possession of at least £50 (Australian) landing money.

[Addressed to:] W Caldwell, Esq.,

International Labour Office,

League of Nations,

[underlined] GENEVA.

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[Underlined heading:] B. Aliens admitted without guarantee.

Applicants of this class must be in possession of at least £200 (Australian) landing money, and must be able to engage in trades or occupations in which there is opportunity for their absorption without detriment to Australian workers.

All immigrants are required to be in sound health and to be in possession of valid passports. No assistance is granted by the Commonwealth Government to alien immigrants.

Aliens who have no guarantors in Australia should make application on Form 47, six copies of which are forwarded herewith. Should you require further copies, these should be available at the office of the Commonwealth High Commissioner in London.

It may be mentioned that during the past few months thousands of applications have been received from Jewish residents of Austria, Germany and other European countries for permission to enter the Commonwealth. In view of Australia’s limited absorptive capacity and the necessity for carefully regulation alien immigration into this country, it will not be practicable to grant more than a small proportion of the applications received.

I am informed by the Department of the Interior that there is no record at present of an application having been received from Mr. Heinrich Gross, but that the particulars which you furnished have been noted and will be borne in mind if he submits an application.

Yours sincerely,

[Stamped in blue ink:] (Sgd.) [Signed] W.R. HODGSON