Migration Regulations 1994

For section 501D of the Act, information or material must be:

in writing; and

received by the Minister or Immigration within 28 days after the person is invited by the Minister or Immigration to submit information or material.

A document containing the information or material must be:

the original document; or

a copy of the original document that is certified in writing to be a true copy by:

a Justice of the Peace; or

a Commissioner for Declarations; or

a person before whom a statutory declaration may be made under the Statutory Declarations Act 1959; or

if the copy is certified in a place outside Australia:

a person who is the equivalent of a Justice of the Peace or a Commissioner for Declarations in that place; or

a Notary Public.

The document must contain, or be accompanied by, the following written information:

the full name of the person who is the subject of the decision to which the information or material contained in the document relates;

the date of birth of that person;

one of the following:

the applicant’s client number;

the Immigration file number;

the number of the receipt issued by Immigration when the visa application was made;

if the visa application was made outside Australia—the name of the Australian mission or Immigration office at which the visa application was given to the Minister.

If the document is submitted in a language other than English, it must be accompanied by an accurate English translation.