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Migration Alliance has been asked to distribute the following information to the profession:
The offices of the Migration Review Tribunal and the Refugee Review Tribunal (the tribunals) will be closed over the Christmas and New Year period. Offices will close from 5:00pm on Tuesday, 24 December 2013 and will reopen from 8:30am on Thursday, 2 January 2014.
Applications for review or any responses to correspondence or any other matters which have a due date or deadline on one of the days on which the offices are closed, can be lodged or provided on Thursday, 2 January 2014 and no later than that date.
Fax facilities will remain operational during the period. Please note that applications for review can be lodged by fax, however the tribunals cannot currently accept applications lodged by email. Please contact the tribunals prior to 24 December 2013 or on 2 January 2014 for further information.
Happy Christmas everyone !