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GENERAL INFORMATION

If you are an asylum seeker seeking legal assistance, we ask you that you consult these pages to inform yourself of the legal options available to you before contacting RACS.

What we do:

RACS may;
  • Assist you in lodging a Protection Visa application,
  • Assist you in preparing for interviews with the Department of Immigration and Citizenship and attend these interviews and discuss the decision with you, and
  • Assist you in applications to the Refugee Review Tribunal, should an application be necessary, as well as attend your hearing at the Refugee Review Tribunal.
  • Provide you with one off advice about your case, either over the phone or face to face at a booked appointment;
  • Provide you with minor assistance(e.g. help in filling out a form) at a booked appointment; take your matter on as one of our cases, in which case we may:

    • Assist you to prepare a Protection Visa application and any relevant supporting material,
    • Assist you to prepare for interviews with the Department of Immigration and Citizenship and attend those interviews with you as well as provide you with any relevant legal submission on your behalf;
    • Assist you in a review application to the Refugee Review Tribunal, should an application be necessary, as well as attend your hearing at the RRT and provide any relevant legal submissions on your behalf.
What we do not do:

RACS will not assist you in applying for visas that are not associated with claims for refugee status. For free general immigration advice contact the Immigration Advice and Rights Centre at: Level 5,362 Kent St Sydney; Ph 92623833 (Tues and Thurs 2-4pm).

RACS does not provide advice about Judicial Review (ie. appeals to the Federal Magistrates Court of Australia, the Federal Court of Australia or the High Court of Australia).

If RACS takes your case on, we can represent you in relation to your application to the Department and in relation to your merits review application to the Refugee Review Tribunal. However, we are not able to represent you in relation to any Judicial Review application or in any request to the Minister for immigration and Citizenship. We can however provide you with advice on making a request to the Minister.

RACS is unfortunately only able to take on cases depending on our limited capacity. If we are not able to formally represent you for this reason, we can provide you with advice and minor assistance in relation to your case.

Disclaimer: Please note that the content of this web site is provided for information purposes only. RACS does not accept any liability for the information or advice (or the use of such information or advice) which is provided on this web site or incorporated into it by reference. No responsibility is taken for any information or services that may appear on any linked web sites.


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