Federal Court of Australia
FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA
Amoorthum v Minister for Immigration and Border Protection [2016] FCA 277 File number: VID 923 of 2015
Judge: TRACEY J
Date of judgment: 21 March 2016
Catchwords: MIGRATION – application for extension of time – application for judicial review of a decision of the Minister to refuse to grant a visa on the ground that the applicant did not pass the character test – where applicant was invited to provide information or comment on why the Minister should not refuse to grant the visa – where applicant's response to the invitation was not provided to the Minister – whether applicant was denied procedural fairness – whether Minister's decision was unreasonable
Legislation: Migration Act 1958 (Cth), ss 476A(1)(b), 477A, 501(1), 501(6)
Cases cited: Jarratt v Commissioner of Police (NSW) (2005) 224 CLR 44 Maxwell v Minister for Immigration and Border Protection [2016] FCA 47 Minister for Aboriginal Affairs v Peko-Wallsend Ltd (1986) 162 CLR 24 Minister for Immigration and Citizenship v Li (2013) 249 CLR 332 Minister for Immigration and Border Protection v Stretton [2016] FCAFC 11 Wei v Minister for Immigration and Border Protection (2015) 327 ALR 28
Date of hearing: 16 March 2016
Registry: Victoria
Division: General Division
National Practice Area: Administrative and Constitutional Law and Human Rights
Category: Catchwords
Number of paragraphs: 45
Counsel for the Applicant: Mr A Byrne
Solicitor for the Applicant: MyVisa Lawyers
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