Bogus documents – PIC 4020- PIC – Public Interest Criteria (PIC) 4020 Waiver in false & misleading: Fraud Cases The Law: Public Interest Criterion (PIC) 4020 allows the Minister to refuse a visa if: An…
Administrative Appeals Tribunal – AAT. Cancelled Protection Visa/Refugee In late 2019 I was approached by a person whose protection visa had been cancelled pursuant to s109 of the Migration act. The department granted the visa:…
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…
Recently AR LAW Services were approached to assist with an appeal for a refused 457 visa (A sponsored work visa). due to alleged “bogus documents” being submitted and the consequential breach of PIC 4020. The…
A young professional’s life had been destroyed by a departmental decision to refuse to grant a skilled 189 visa pursuant to PIC 4020: not only did the department refuse the skilled visa application but as…
PIC 4020 – the integrity or “fraud” criteria following the recent Federal Court Case of “Singh” – the strict liability case – (Singh v Minister for Immigration and Border Protection [2018] FCAFC) which in turn…
In the recent decision of Singh v Minister for Immigration and Border Protection (2018) FCAFC 52 (5 April 2018) The Court held that: “it was open to the AAT to find that the applicant…
