Legal Journey
Understanding your visa situation can be confusing.
It is not always easy to know what your visa status means or what stage of the process you are in. This uncertainty can feel overwhelming and distressing. That is why we have created the legal journey below — to help you make sense of the process and know when and how to get the right advice and support.
1. Overview
- – How to Get Legal Help at ASRC
- – Getting help from other lawyers in Victoria
- – Editable Referral Form to HRLP
- – CLC Referral Sheet (Vic)
- – CLC Referral Sheet (Criminal Law)
- – CLC Referral Sheet (Family and Domestic Violence)
- Working with your Lawyer
- How do Australia’s migration laws work for people seeking asylum
2. Applying for a Protection Visa
- How do I apply for a Protection Visa in Australia?
- I’m a Fast Track applicant – how do I apply for a Protection Visa in Australia?
- I arrived on Ashmore Reef – how does the law apply to me?
3. Refused by Department- Administrative Review Tribunal
4. How do I apply to the courts for a review of my visa refusal?
5. How do I apply for Ministerial Intervention?
6. Emerging Legal Trends
- The Migration Amendment Act 2024 / Persian Translation / Tamil Translation
- Prohibited Items Law / Persian Translation / Tamil Translation
- Talking to the Australian Border Force: Know Your Rights
- Data breach infosheet
- Palestine
- Class Action – South Sudanese Refugees
- Permanent Visa Pathways for TPV/SHEV Holders & Applicants
- Pathway to Permanence infosheet
- Download the infosheet in your language:
Dari, Urdu, Arabic, Tamil
- Impact of High Court decision on people in detention – Infosheet here.
7. Apply for Protection from outside of Australia
- HRLP Infosheet – Applying for an Offshore Humanitarian Visa
- For info about family in Afghanistan or other countries, see infokit here
- Who can you include in your application: Guide here
- FAQ after lodging application: View here
- Proposing someone for a visa: click here
- If you are in Afghanistan: infosheet here
- Information session in Dari/English about visa options for Afghan Australians with family impacted by the crisis in Afghanistan.
- If you are seeking legal assistance to sponsor family in Afghanistan, click here.
8. How to… Medicare, Immicard, non- legal things
Other considerations
Immigration detention
- I came to Australia through Medevac – what are my legal options?
Do you need legal assistance?
New and existing legal clients can contact us by phone on Monday and Thursday between 10:00am-12:30pm by calling 03 9274 9889.
Please note: We are closed on Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday and we do not offer walk-in legal support.
If you require legal assistance on other days, please call Refugee Legal on 03 9413 0100.
We receive a large number of urgent requests, so if our team has reached capacity for the day, you may need to call back. We appreciate your patience.
If you are already receiving assistance from the HRLP, please wait for us to contact you directly.
If you are in immigration detention, you can email us at legal@asrc.org.au. Please note we can only respond to emails from people currently in detention.
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