Department of Home Affairs

Part of the Immigration & Border Protection portfolio and a Federal authority, also called DIBP

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DIBP's diverse portfolio includes managing migration, humanitarian and citizenship policy and programmes.

Formerly known as the Department of Immigration and Citizenship (DIAC).

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Ministerial briefings for Lombok meeting
Response by Department of Home Affairs to Asher Hirsch on .
Long overdue.
UNCLASSIFIED Dear Mr Hirsch Apologies for the delay in responding to your email. The Department of Home Affairs is currently experiencing a large back...
Refugees resettled from Indonesia
Response by Department of Home Affairs to Asher Hirsch on .
Long overdue.
UNCLASSIFIED Good afternoon Mr Hirsch I refer to your request received on 1 January 2019 for access to documents under the FOI Act.  The current...
Documents and correspondence from FOI request FA 17/08/00642-R1
Response by Department of Home Affairs to Asher Hirsch on .
Successful.
UNCLASSIFIED Dear Mr Hirsch   FOI request FA 18/09/00469   I refer to your FOI request received on 7 September 2018, seeking access to the f...
Documents not available for download from your FOI log or reasoning
Response by Department of Home Affairs to Posty on .
Awaiting classification.
UNCLASSIFIED Good morning Thank you for your request for copies of all documents referenced but not published on the Department of Home Affairs FOI di...
International Treaty Obligations Assessment (ITOA)
Response by Department of Home Affairs to Nishadh Rego on .
Awaiting classification.
UNCLASSIFIED In reply please quote: FOI Request: FA 19/02/00923 Dear Nishadh Acknowledgement of Freedom of Information Access request I refer to y...
Refugee statistics by nationality (Nauru and Manus)
Response by Department of Home Affairs to Aathavan on .
Refused.
UNCLASSIFIED Dear Aathavan   FOI request FA 19/01/00106   I refer to your FOI request received on 24 December 2018, seeking access to the fo...
189 statistics for 2018-19, for GPs from the UK
Response by Department of Home Affairs to Streetlamp on .
Awaiting response.
UNCLASSIFIED In reply please quote: FOI Request:       FA 19/02/00617 File Number:       OBJ2019/6859   Dear Streetlamp Acknowledgement of Fr...
Seriously criminal crime visas issued by Labor Ministers personally
Response by Department of Home Affairs to Anna Simpson on .
Information not held.
UNCLASSIFIED Dear Ms Simpson FOI request FA 18/09/00213 I refer to your FOI request received on 4 September 2018. The Department has made a decision...
Submissions & Outcomes arising from the Proposed Pilot of a Private/Community Refugee Sponsorship Program Discussion Paper
Response by Department of Home Affairs to Anthea Vogl on .
Partially successful.
UNCLASSIFIED Our references: FA 18/05/00521; ADF2018/53086   Dear Dr Vogl,   I refer to your FOI request received on 2 May 2018, seeking acce...
Visa grants for certain occupations under stream 189 and 190.
Response by Department of Home Affairs to Hamza on .
Waiting clarification.
UNCLASSIFIED     In reply please quote: FOI Request:       FA 19/02/00310 File Number:       OBJ2019/6006  Dear Hazma Acknowledgement of...
Policies and procedures regarding protection claims made before or at immigration clearance in airports.
Response by Department of Home Affairs to Regina Jefferies on .
Awaiting classification.
UNCLASSIFIED Dear Ms Jefferies   I refer to your FOI request received on 28 November 2018, seeking access to the following: 1. The number of i...
Migrants in detention centres in Australia who didn't arrive by boat but still in what's called a "visa limbo"
Request to Department of Home Affairs by Florencia Melgar. Annotated by Locutus Sum on .
Refused.
I have classified this as "refused" but legally, it the request was deemed "withdrawn" because the applicant did nt respond to inquiries from the agenc...
Request for VACCU general information
Request to Department of Home Affairs by Jay Doe. Annotated by Locutus Sum on .
Partially successful.
The responses on this page are a bit unusual. I cannot work it all out. There is a decision letter to say that documents have been released in full. Th...
Department’s guidance material on the FOI Act
Request to Department of Home Affairs by Jay Doe. Annotated by Locutus Sum on .
Refused.
Refused. Non-payment of processing charge. Note 1: Mostly I classify a response like this one to say "clarification requested" because the agency has...
189/190 Visa inequality in point calculation
Response by Department of Home Affairs to Gopinath Ananthan on .
Refused.
UNCLASSIFIED I refer to your email below. The Department’s Freedom of Information Section manages formal requests for access to documents under the Fr...
Number of protection claims before or at immigration clearance
Response by Department of Home Affairs to Regina Jefferies on .
Awaiting classification.
** This is an automated response. Please do not reply to this email ** IMPORTANT INFORMATION   Your email has been received by the Department of...
Requests made by George Christensen's office for Visa's for fnationals.
Response by Department of Home Affairs to TD on .
Awaiting classification.
UNCLASSIFIED Dear TD Freedom of Information Request I refer to your email dated 26 December 2018 in which you requested access to documents held by D...
FOI Delegations
Follow up sent to Department of Home Affairs by Ben Fairless on .
Successful.
Thanks for the reply and for releasing the documents. Very much appreciated. Yours sincerely, Ben Fairless
Private use of social media advice provided to employees
Response by Department of Home Affairs to James Smith on .
Partially successful.
UNCLASSIFIED Our references: FA 17/08/00349; ADF2017/84968   Dear Mr Smith   I refer to your FOI request received on 8 August 2017, seeking a...
Correspondence between Australia, Indonesia and IOM on the Regional Cooperation Agreement
Request to Department of Home Affairs by Asher Hirsch. Annotated by Asher Hirsch on .
Refused.
Note: appealed to Information Commissioner
2015 KPMG report
Request to Department of Home Affairs by Asher Hirsch. Annotated by Asher Hirsch on .
Refused.
Note: appealed to Information Commissioner
Partner average processing time per post
Response by Department of Home Affairs to Jay Doe on .
Successful.
UNOFFICIAL Our references: FA 18/09/00578; ADF2018/192350   Dear Jay Doe,   I refer to your FOI request received on 12 September 2018, seekin...
Number of Subclass 571 visa holders in/out of Australia on 8 October 2018 by country of citizenship
Response by Department of Home Affairs to Roger Stone on .
Information not held.
Our reference: FA 18/10/00499 ADF2018/207305     Dear Mr Stone   This letter refers to an access request received under the Freedom of I...
Nauru - Aus memorandums of understanding
Response by Department of Home Affairs to Patrick Wright on .
Awaiting classification.
UNCLASSIFIED   Our references:  FA18/10/00518 ; ADF2018/207439   Dear Mr Wright   I refer to your FOI request received on 4 October 2018, s...
Making contact through forms online.
Response by Department of Home Affairs to Joel Vallis on .
Awaiting classification.
UNCLASSIFIED Dear Joel Contact can be made by email but the email address varies based on your application. Please include your FA reference number i...

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