If a visa has been refused or cancelled while you are in Australia, section 48 can stop you applying for almost anything else onshore. Here is exactly when…
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Failing the health requirement ends some applications and not others. The difference is which public interest criterion attaches to your subclass, and whether the Department decides to exercise…
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Judicial review is not a second appeal. The court cannot decide whether you should get the visa, only whether the decision was made according to law - and…
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A visa refusal is not always the end. Here are your options - merits review, a fresh application, judicial review or ministerial intervention - the deadlines that decide…
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A plain-English guide to merits review at the Administrative Review Tribunal - who can apply, the deadlines, what the Tribunal actually does, and how the 2026 paper-based student…
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From 18 May 2026, certain student visa refusal reviews at the Administrative Review Tribunal are decided on the papers - no oral hearing. Written submissions now carry the…
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The Genuine Student (GS) requirement replaced the old GTE test in 2024 and sits at the centre of most student visa refusals. Here is what the GS questions…
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