5 April 2017
In reply please quote:
FOI Request FA 17/03/00897
File Number ADF2017/32347
To: OH
Sent via email: xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx@xxxxxxxxxxx.xxx.xx
Dear OH
Freedom of Information – notice that applicant is liable to pay a charge (s.29(1))
This letter refers to your request received on 20 March 2017 seeking access under the
Freedom of Information Act 1982 (the Act) to the following documents:
1. The number of Yemen applicants that have applied for humanitarian or refugee
visas in 2016.
2. The number of applicants (from Yemen) that have been granted these visas in
2016.
Please include the visa classes or subclasses.
I am writing to advise you of my decision that you are liable to pay a charge for processing
this request. I am an officer authorised under s.23(1) of the Act to make decisions in relation
to FOI requests, including the decision to impose a charge.
As provided under s.29 of the Act and the
Freedom of Information (Charges) Regulations
1982 (the Regulations), I have undertaken a preliminary assessment of the amount of
charges you are liable to pay and have assessed that to be $30.00.
Basis for my preliminary assessment of the charge
I have assessed the work the Department would need to do to process your request and
have calculated the following breakdown of charges.
Document estimate
Number of relevant documents: 1 document created.
Number of relevant pages: 1 page.
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PO Box 25 BELCONNEN ACT 2616 • Telephone: 02 6264 1111 • Fax: 02 6225 6970 • www.border.gov.au
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Cheques and money orders should be made payable to "Collector of Public Monies DIBP"
and sent to:
Freedom of Information Section
Department of Immigration & Border Protection
PO Box 25
BELCONNEN ACT 2616
If you wish to pay by credit card, please fill out the attached credit card authorisation form and
email to xxx@xxxxxx.xxx.xx.
If you wish to pay by Electronic Funds Transfer (EFT) the Department’s bank account details
are as follows:
Bank:
CBA
BSB:
062987
Account Number:
10016044
Account Name:
DIBP Official Administered Direct Credit Receipts Account
When making the transfer you will need to quote the number of your request –
FA 17/03/00897 - so that your payment can be identified by our Finance area. Failure to do
so may result in payments not being identified as FOI related and could result in processing
delays.
Please advise FOI when you have made the payment made by direct credit so that we can
contact the Finance area and they can issue a receipt. You should also be aware that
payments by direct credit are not processed in real time. There is at least a one day delay
between somebody paying money into the Department's account and notification of the
payment via our bank account statement.
Processing period suspended
The period for processing your request is suspended from the day that you are deemed to
have been ‘notified’ of the charge and resumes on:
• the day you indicate that you ‘agree’ to pay the charge or
• the day on which this agency makes a decision not to impose a charge.
You may indicate your agreement to pay the charge by either paying the deposit or paying
the charge in full.
Contacting the FOI Section
If you wish to discuss this matter, I can be contacted using the details provided below.
Yours sincerely
Helen Simons
Freedom of Information Section
Department of Immigration and Border Protection
Email
xxx@xxxxxx.xxx.xx