Australia - Apply for Asylum Visa

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Procedure

The applicant should Complete Form 866, Application for a Protection Visa

• The applicant Prepares a Statement of Claim
• The applicant pays the fee for a provisional visa
• The applicant proceeds to have his fingerprints and photograph taken
• The applicant also takes a health and character check
• The applicant attends an interview with the Australian Department of Immigration and Citizenship.
• If this process is successful, the applicant will receive a Protection Visa

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Required Documents

1. Application form for protection visa
2. Valid passport
3. Proof of payment of protection visa fee.
4. Statement of claim

Office Locations & Contacts

Department of Immigration and Border Protection
Australian Capital Territory
Ground Floor
3 Lonsdale Street
Braddon ACT 2612
Postal address
GPO Box 717
Canberra ACT 2601
Fax: 02 6195 6077

Eligibility

For one to be eligible for Asylum in Australia they must be refugees as defined by the Refugee Convention.

Fees

The applicant for asylum should Pay $30 visa application charge for a protection visa

Validity

Australian asylum is valid for life until it is revoked or the applicant feels safe to return to their country of origin.

Documents to Use

http://www.immi.gov.au/allforms/pdf/866.pdf

Sample Documents

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Processing Time

It takes between 7 to 14 working days to approve the application for Australian asylum

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Instructions

You must be outside the country of nationality/former habitual residence to lodge application for asylum in Australia.

• You must have a well-founded fear.
• You must be a victim of persecution.
• Your grounds for persecution are based on race, religion, nationality, membership of a particular social group, or political opinion.
• You must be unable or unwilling to seek that country's protection or to return there.
• If you do not meet the refugee definition, you may still be granted protection in Australia if you are found to meet the complementary protection criteria:
• You must have "substantial grounds for believing that, as a necessary and foreseeable consequence of being removed from Australia to [your] home country, there is a real risk that [you] will suffer significant harm."
• You must Pass character and security checks
• The applicant must go through required health examinations
• Application for a Protection Visa must be made with the Australian Department of Immigration and Citizenship (DIAC).

Required Information

1. Name
2. Sex
3. Date of birth
4. Place of birth
5. Relationship status
6. Present country of citizenship
7. Passport details
8. Details of travel to Australia
9. Contacts
10. ethnic group
11. religion

Need for the Document

An asylum seeker in Australia is usually an applicant for a protection visa, who is assessed at the primary stage by the Department of Immigration and Border Protection, and at the merits review stage

Information which might help

• Commissioner for Refugees describes an asylum seeker as an individual who is seeking international protection.
• In countries with discrete refugee assessment procedures, an asylum seeker is someone whose claim for protection has not been decided by the country in which she or he has submitted their claim.
• Not every asylum seeker will ultimately be recognised as a refugee, but every refugee is initially an asylum seeker.'

Other uses of the Document/Certificate

Please explain what are other uses of obtaining this document/certificate.
e.g. Birth Certificate can be used as proof of identity.

External Links

http://www.refugeecouncil.org.au/f/myth-long.php
http://www.theguardian.com/news/datablog/2013/jul/02/australia-asylum-seekers

Others

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