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Section 57: A Guide To Natural Justice Letters [Update July 2022]

Nilesh Nandan · July 18, 2022

Home » Immigration Guides » Section 57: A Guide To Natural Justice Letters [Update July 2022]

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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 your visa application ought to be refused.

The department it’s been kind. the purpose of the section 57 letter also known as a natural justice letter is to give you an opportunity to recover from a likely refusal position.

It could be that the decision-maker has missed something fundamental all that something critical to the application is simply not appearing on the departmental file.

It could also be that are very basic requirements of criteria that need to be satisfied either at the time of application or the time of the decision, appears to the case officer not to be satisfied. 

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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 then you might be better off withdrawing your application. 

Whether you should respond to the letter or you should simply withdraw the application it’s something that requires careful consideration.

One thing that I see you all the time is people providing far more information that is required in relation to the letter. 

In providing the wrong information or too much information or information responses that are not properly worded, or which did 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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  1. Umesh says

    July 3, 2022 at 4:14 am

    I got Natural Justice in 2020. I Withdrawaled my Study Visa application. Can I apply for Study Visa application for Canada ?

    Reply
  2. Ben Beyene says

    June 28, 2022 at 10:46 am

    Hello, I have been issued with a s57 natural justice letter. Can we please discuss. Thank you.

    Reply
  3. Ben says

    June 24, 2022 at 4:07 pm

    Hi I need help with s57 Natural Justice letter..Thank you

    Reply
  4. Ben says

    June 24, 2022 at 4:05 pm

    Need help with s57 Natural Justice Letter.. Thank you

    Reply
  5. Zumar Zahid says

    May 25, 2022 at 5:01 am

    Sir , I got natural justice letter from Australia high commission, I applied for subclass 500 and department verified my job letter which I attached in my file ,they called my job office and me as well and did cross verification,I am genuine employee there and some point we’re mismatched in verification and please guide me what should I do for further, I’m so upset because I struggled hard and in the end they gave me natural justice 😑

    Reply
  6. Sanjeet says

    April 1, 2022 at 5:46 pm

    Hi i just received a section 57 letter
    About a debt in commonwealth bank
    So i am confused if i pay all my overdues will they provide me the visa ?

    Reply
  7. Maria Lourdes Baldoza says

    March 16, 2022 at 12:57 pm

    hello my name is Maria, I applied for a partner visa Sept 2021 but my husband suddenly died Oct21, I inform the Immi immediately and they asked me to send the DC and to withdraw my partner visa application, but when i submitted the DC I made a letter to reconsider my application and they replied with this S57, I don’t know how will I start my letter , what will be the content of my letter, pls can i have a 10 mins. talk ? so I will be enlighten, thank you very much you reply will be highly appreciated.

    Reply
    • Nilesh Nandan says

      March 16, 2022 at 2:03 pm

      Sure.

      Book a quick 10 minute chat with me here: https://myvisa.com.au/10-Minute

      Xr

      Reply
      • Maria says

        March 16, 2022 at 3:14 pm

        hi sorry pls delete my comment because my full name was published there in your comment section. I am just requesting you to enlighten me about how will I reply to s57. but you’re asking 97 dollars so forget about my question and delete my comment thank you..
        Maria

        Reply
  8. Oni says

    March 5, 2022 at 8:09 pm

    Good morning Sir/Ma
    I am Olumide by name , an applicant for Australian student visa subclass TU 500, I got a letter from Natural justice informing me to provide and invitation comment on the information provided to them on the 22nd of February which they suspected a bogus information which is my personal bank statement not my sponsors own …the fault came from my local agent when submitted my bank statement. I will so much glad to advice me on what to do next .

    Thank you!

    Reply
  9. Vuthy Reth says

    February 23, 2022 at 1:47 am

    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

    Reply
  10. Jenny says

    December 6, 2021 at 5:50 pm

    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.!

    Reply
    • Nilesh Nandan says

      December 10, 2021 at 6:33 am

      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.

      *In the interest of speed, my communications are transcribed and transmitted using voice-to-text software – please ignore any unintended topographical or interpretation errors. Please also see the standard Notes and Disclosures which apply to my communications. These are located at the footer of my work emails.

      Book a quick 10 minute chat with me here: https://myvisa.com.au/10-Minute

      Reply
  11. Kamalpreet Dhiman says

    October 14, 2021 at 1:18 am

    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

    Reply
  12. John Edelmar Austria says

    June 29, 2021 at 8:09 pm

    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

    Reply
    • Nilesh Nandan says

      July 24, 2021 at 3:09 pm

      Hi John

      Please book in with me using the link below.

      Thank you for contacting me.
      Regards,
      Nilesh Nandan.
      Immigration Lawyer.
      MyVisa® Lawyers.
      Australia’s #1 Immigration Law Advisory
      https://myvisa.com.au/10-minute-chat/

      Reply
  13. Deep says

    June 26, 2021 at 12:58 pm

    Hi brother, how much time department take for giving result for s 57.

    Reply
  14. Baljeet Kaur says

    June 25, 2021 at 8:24 pm

    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.

    Reply
  15. Erick Felipe Mota says

    June 18, 2021 at 11:04 am

    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.

    Reply
  16. Ajay says

    April 16, 2021 at 8:34 pm

    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

    Reply
  17. Harvinder kaur says

    March 28, 2021 at 5:25 pm

    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

    Reply
    • Nilesh Nandan says

      March 28, 2021 at 9:45 pm

      This is a difficult question to answer without more details. Let’s arrange a chat soon. Use this link to book a time with me 😉.

      Reply

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