So unlike Sargent schultz is not knowing “nothing” enough, or need there be more than just “failing to reply”? The question was recently explored by the Federal Circuit Court in Bajwa v Minister for Immigration… Read More »Adverse information: can the AAT properly treat an applicant’s failure to reply to an invitation to comment as an “admission” of a fact that is damaging to the applicant’s case?

As readers of this post will note I regularly appear at the Administrative Appeals Tribunal (AAT) and Federal Court. Much of that work has to do with Health or Character cases: PIC 4007 or 4020… Read More »What to do when your visa is refused due to poor health? AAT & PIC 4007

Recently the Full Court of Federal Court of Australia it was held that in  DFQ17 and BMY18, in order for a notification of visa refusal under s 66(2)(d) to be valid, it had to “clearly state” the… Read More »Further “Hope” for out of TIME applications to the AAT