If you are refused a student visa by the Department of Immigration, you can “appeal” that decision by seeking review in the Administrative Appeals Tribunal (AAT).

For de facto couples, one of the toughest parts of the partner visa process is establishing that you have been in a de facto relationship for 1 year prior to making the application for a partner visa (1 year requirement)

If you are looking to sponsor your partner to come to Australia, or looking to move to Australia to be with your partner, you have several visa options to consider.

If you have suffered family violence at the hands of your sponsor and your relationship has broken down, you can still be granted a permanent partner visa under what I will call the family violence related criteria.

Requests from the Department are not unusual and not always something to be overly concerned about. Although other times you should be.

If your visa has been cancelled under s 501 of the Migration Act 1958 (Cth) then, unless it was cancelled by the Minister personally, you have a right to apply for merits review to the Administrative Appeals Tribunal (AAT).

My main area of practice is in seeking judicial review of migration decisions (colloquially known as appeals to the Federal Court or appealing visa decisions).

If you fail the character test, your visa application is liable to refusal under section 501(1) of the Migration Act. If you receive a notice of intention to consider refusal under section 501(1) of the Migration Act 1958, get in contact with us quickly.

If you fail the character test, your visa is liable to cancellation under section 501(2) of the Migration Act.

If you receive a notice of visa cancellation under s501(3A) of the Migration Act 1958, you must act fast if you wish to regain your visa. If you wait longer than 28 days to respond to the cancellation, in many cases you will lose your right to challenge it.