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Migration law: HCA grounds to appeal


Information for proposers who arrived in Australia as minors

On 14 December 2011 the High Court of Australia held that a Global Special Humanitarian visa should be granted to the mother of a refugee, who had proposed her for the visa when under the age of 18, but had turned 18 by the time of the decision.

Any person who has had an application for a parent refused for the reason that their parent was no longer deemed to be a member of their immediate family may now have grounds to appeal that decision, subject to relevant time limits.

Such persons are urged to seek legal advice as soon as possible about whether this decision may have an effect on their family’s chances of migrating to Australia under the Humanitarian Programme.
 

More information on this decision can be found here.



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