Giving of fake document or false or misleading information will affect your visa application PIC 4020 false or misleading information or bogus document: PIC 4020 is an integrity Public Interest Criteria or PIC. PIC 4020 is normally a requirement for the grant of most visas. If you or your representative or agent have provided a...Read More

AAT affirmed visa refusal or visa cancellation – How do I appeal AAT decision? If the Department had refused your visa application or cancelled your visa and you applied to the AAT to review the refusal or cancellation, but the Tribunal affirmed the Department decision to refuse to grant you the visa or cancel your...Read More

Decision-maker has a duty to make inquiries before cancelling or refusing you a visa Visa cancelled visa refused – before the Department or AAT make an adverse decision, they have a duty to conduct a proper assessment and/or a duty to seek information and/or a duty to make obvious inquire about a critical fact that...Read More

You must comply with AAT invitation to provide information or comment AAT invitation to provide information, including documents, under s 359 must be complied. If you failed to comply with the AAT invitation to provide information, the Tribunal may make a decision on your review application without taking further action to obtain the information. You...Read More

Bridging visa to allow you to remain in Australia Bridging visa – the purpose of bridging visa is to provide lawful status for you to remain in Australia if you: have made (or intend to make) in Australia applications for substantive visas that have not been finally determined (BVA, BVB, BVC, BVD Subclass 040, BVE...Read More

You could still be granted a permanent partner visa if you suffered from family violence Family violence and visa – if you are holding or last held a Prospective Marriage Subclass 300 visa (click here to learn more) and before you applied for a Partner Subclass 820 visa (click here to learn more), your relationship...Read More

Designed by brgfx / Freepik Ministerial intervention under sections 351, 417 and 501J – if your visa application has been refused and the AAT has affirmed the Department’s decision to refuse you the visa, you may request the Minister under s 351 or 417 or 501J to substitute to a more favourable. Ministerial intervention under...Read More

Lifting Section 46A bar to apply for a visa Section 46A ministerial intervention – if you are an unauthorised maritime arrival or UMA entered Australia by sea without a valid visa, you are barred by s 46A(1) from applying for a visa. However, you may request for ministerial intervention under s 46A(2) to lift the...Read More

If you are unable to satisfy the character test, your visa may be cancelled or refused. Visa cancellation on character grounds under section 501(2) – tips on how to avoid visa cancellation. In MIBP v Stretton [2016] FCAFC 11, Griffiths J summarised 5 features of the Minister’s cancellation on character grounds under under s 501(2)...Read More

You can request the Tribunal to change your hearing date or adjourn the hearing to later Adjourning & Change AAT hearing date – usually you may ask the Tribunal to either adjourn or change the hearing to another date or day so that you can better prepare yourself. Click here to learn when to apply...Read More