Julian Assange

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Dear Department of Home Affairs,

Why hasn’t he been bought back to Australia?

Yours faithfully,
Sarah kelly.

FOI, Department of Home Affairs

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General information regarding travelling to Australia

Information for visitors to Australia can be found [1]here.

Information regarding potential visa options can be found [2]here.

 

Updating your details once a visa has been granted, including minor
corrections to date of birth and name

The Department has an administrative process for minor corrections to date
of birth or name due to client error (such an a typographical error in an
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regard.

 

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Australian Citizenship

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not be actioned by the FOI Section.

 

Information on how to apply for Australian citizenship, information for
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Movement Records/Travel History

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Superannuation – Evidence of Immigration Status

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Update Passport Details

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Notification of Change in Circumstances

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[14]here. The FOI Section does not process these forms. 

 

Notification of incorrect answers

If you wish to correct answers that you have provided to the Department
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·         in a visa application

·         on a passenger card or

·         in response to a notice given to you by the Department inviting
you to comment on possible non-compliance with an obligation to correct
incorrect information

You should submit [15]Form 1023 to the Department. Details of our offices
located around the world can be found [16]here. The FOI Section does not
process these forms. 

 

Duty Free concessions

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General Enquiries

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out of Australia, please refer to our general enquiries web form [18]here.

 

 

Thank you

 

Information updated 13 November 2018

 

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FOI, Department of Home Affairs

UNCLASSIFIED

Good morning

Thank you for your email of 21 October 2019.

Section 15(2)(b) of the FOI Act provides that in order for a request to be valid, you must provide sufficient information concerning the document you are seeking access to able the Department to identify it.

I do not consider, with the information provided, that the Department is able to identify a document you are seeking to access. As such, at the present time, we do not regard your request to be a valid request for the purposes of the FOI Act, and we are unable to action it.

With kind regards
Freedom of Information Section
FOI, Privacy and Records Management Branch
Data Division | Corporate and Enabling Group
Department of Home Affairs

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Ben Fairless left an annotation ()

Hi There!

In order to make a valid request, you have to mention in your message what you are looking for.

if you click "Write a reply" you could possibly ask for "documents related to Julian Assange" and ask for a time period.

Hopefully that helps!