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The Department of Home Affairs has published this information on it's Facebook page today:
A cancelled migration agent has been sentenced to jail after an Australian Border Force investigation into unlawful immigration assistance.
Don’t risk being exposed to migration fraud. If you want help with your visa application, use a person who is registered with the OMARA. There are Australian registered migration agents working all around the world, visit www.mara.gov.au
| Broadbent v Minister for Home Affairs [2021] FCAFC 116 Full Court of the Federal Court of Australia Nicholas, Wigney & Anderson JJ Migration law - Minister's delegate cancelled applicant's Class WR Subclass 070 Bridging R (Removal Pending) visa under s501(3A) Migration Act 1958 (Cth) - Minister refused to revoke cancellation - SC Derrington J, of Federal Court of Australia, refused judicial review application - applicant sought to appeal - whether to grant extension of time to appeal - whether Minister lacked power under s501CA Migration Act to revoke visas cancellation - whether erroneous failure to consider 'evidence of significance' concerning question whether to revoke visa's cancellation - whether applicant made representation that he was, or might be a Zambian citizen - whether Minister required to consider applicant's connection with Zambia - whether misconstruction of s256 Migration Act - held: extension of time to appeal refused. Broadbent |
| Chetcuti v Minister for Immigration, Citizenship, Migrant Services and Multicultural Affairs [2021] FCAFC 98 Full Court of the Federal Court of Australia Logan, Charlesworth & Wheelahan JJ Migration law - Minister cancelled appellant's visa under s501(3) Migration Act 1958 (Cth) (cancellation decision) - appellant challenged cancellation decision - Bromberg J, of Federal Court of Australia, dismissed judicial review application - appellant contended Minister had misunderstood operation of 501(3) Migration Act 'by believing it precluded him from' effecting procedural fairness rules - appellant also contended Minister was 'precluded from re-exercising the power to cancel' visa where a previous Minister had declined to cancel the visa ('2012 decision') 'and no relevant new fact or circumstance had arisen since' 2012 decision - appellant also contended Minister failed to have regard to 'mandatory relevant consideration' - whether to grant leave to raise new appeal grounds - whether 'separate powers' conferred between s501(2) Migration Act and s501(3) Migration Act - whether Minister was 're-exercising power' when cancellation decision made - held: appeal dismissed. Chetcuti |
Source: Benchmark
The offences involved fraudulent conduct by the woman between December 2014 and December 2017. They indicated that she was providing false documents to her clients purporting to be from the Department of Home Affairs in order to convince clients they had been granted visas or, in some instances, to pay over $15,000 as a security for a supposed visa grant.
The woman continued to represent herself as a registered migration agent after her registration was cancelled in April 2016.
As a result of her conduct, some of her clients became unlawful in Australia despite believing they held valid visas, some only discovering the fraud after attempting to return to Australia from offshore and being denied boarding because they did not hold a valid visa.
Source: Woman-sentenced-to-nine-months-in-prison-for-providing-unregistered-migration.pdf
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