Have you received a Natural Justice Letter?
The people at immigration are not so bad. Usually, you will receive the letter under section 57 of the Migration Act when a case officer has formed a view that they should refuse your visa application.
The Department is being kind. The purpose of the section 57 letter (also known as a Natural Justice Letter) is to allow you to recover from a likely refusal position.
It could be that the decision-maker has missed something fundamental. Or something critical to the application simply does not appear on the Departmental file.
It could also be that the case officer is not satisfied that you have met very basic requirements. This could be either at the time of your application or the time of the Department’s decision.
This letter is an opportunity for the case officer to be fair with you. Yes, they can be nice! What you need to do is to ensure that your application does have merits given the concern or multiple concerns raised by the departmental officer in their letter.
If your application does not have merit, you might be better off withdrawing your application.
Whether you should respond to the Natural Justice Letter or you should simply withdraw the application it’s something that requires careful consideration.
One thing that I see all the time is people providing far more information than is required in relation to the letter.
Providing the wrong information or too much information or information responses that are not properly worded, or which do not address the point being raised will certainly prejudice your already weak position.
To discuss how best to respond to a Natural Justice Letter, please book a consultation with me.
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Hi Sir,
I am applying visa 491 from offshore. Yesterday I received S57 nature justice letter from CO. They caught my mistake of not declaring previous visa refusal.I was asked to comment/clarify this point. To be honest, I completely forgot to disclose my Canada visa refusal that happened in 2019. It was an oversight mistake when completing form 80. Can you advice me how to overcome this? What are the best reasons I need to response to CO. Thanks
Sir,
Is receiving Australian immi s57 natural justice a lifetime black mark, that would restrict me from migrating even to any other country.?
Kindly guide.!
Not always.
You see there are section 57 letters and there are section 57 letters. Get what I mean. Some section 57 letters are rather easy to navigate others can be a scar upon any further application for Australia or indeed for any other country. It all depends on the culpability and the type of adverse information that has been uncovered.
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Hi,
When I first time applied for student visa, my agent forget to mention my child . Now when I applied for her dependent visa. I got s57 letter that previously she was not mentioned. Now what u suggest what I have to say in order to convince immi officer.
Thanks
Hi there. I received an s57 today regarding “not meeting health requirement”.
Is it possible to book a time with your for a quick call?
Thank you in advance
Hi John
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Nilesh Nandan.
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Hi brother, how much time department take for giving result for s 57.
Hi I am from Perth now on study visa and we are apply joint visa with my husband but now we got 57 letter from the department.
My husband at the moment in india we apply for visa last year in November 6. But in this same month on 14.6.2021 we got 57 justice letter what we do next I am so confused.
Please give me good advice sir.
Hi there,
How much time do I have to provide all the information requested after receiving this letter? And after providing what they've asked how long does it take to get a response? Thank you.
Hello guys , I applied for visa extension for subclass 500 then i got response from department of home affair australia .. i got invitation to comment on information letter for my long stay in india i provided my all medical documents verified by doctor . I just wanna ask is there any chance for visa approval after this letter or this is just they doing excuses for refusal
Hi my brother got natural justice letter but his all documents are genuine .. he had all the proof like Instagram chat and mails WhatsApp chat .. is it good to response high commission
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