Department of Home Affairs

Part of the Immigration & Border Protection portfolio and a Federal authority

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responsible for immigration and customs border policy, as well as:

  • National security and law enforcement policy
  • Emergency management, including crisis management and disaster recovery
  • Counter terrorism policy and coordination
  • Cyber security policy and coordination
  • Countering foreign interference
  • Critical infrastructure protection
  • Multicultural affairs
  • Countering violent extremism programs
  • Transport Security

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Visa grants for certain occupations under stream 189 and 190.
Response by Department of Home Affairs to Hamza on .

Information not held.

UNCLASSIFIED Dear Hamza,   Freedom of Information Request I refer to your email dated 2 February 2019 in which you requested access to documen...
Number of travellers claiming protection in immigration clearance
Response by Department of Home Affairs to Regina Jefferies on .

Information not held.

UNCLASSIFIED Dear Ms Jefferies FOI request FA 19/04/00284 I refer to your FOI request received on 3 April 2019, seeking access to the following: ‘...
Number of protection claims before or at immigration clearance
Response by Department of Home Affairs to Regina Jefferies on .

Information not held.

Dear Ms Jeffries   FOI Request FA 18/11/01551 – R1   I refer to your internal review request received on 8 February 2019, seeking access to th...
Outcome of skill assessments delegated to AIM for skilled migration
Response by Department of Home Affairs to jimwong on .

Information not held.

UNCLASSIFIED Dear Jim Wong,   FOI Request: FA 19/04/01328     I refer to your FOI request received on 23 April 2019, seeking access to the f...
Tony Burke and Chris Bowen folders
Response by Department of Home Affairs to Anna Simpson on .

Information not held.

UNCLASSIFIED Dear Ms Simpson FOI request FA 18/09/00842 I refer to your FOI request received on 11 September 2018. The Department has made a decisi...
Nauru - Aus memorandums of understanding
Response by Department of Home Affairs to Patrick Wright on .

Refused.

UNCLASSIFIED   Our references:  FA18/10/00518 ; ADF2018/207439   Dear Mr Wright   I refer to your FOI request received on 4 October 2018, s...
Identity documents provided by Afghan refugees for citizenship applications
Response by Department of Home Affairs to Rebecca 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...
Granted Partner visa (309/100 and 820/801) Processing times - Standard & Median
Response by Department of Home Affairs to Frank Kew on .

Information not held.

UNCLASSIFIED Dear Frank Kew,   FOI request: FA 19/03/00540   We refer to your FOI request received on 08 March 2019, seeking access to the f...
Requests made by George Christensen's office for Visa's for fnationals.
Request to Department of Home Affairs by TD. Annotated by Asher Hirsch on .

Refused.

The Department has the technology to search for the words “George Christensen” in visa applications. They do not need to do this manually. They have do...
Number of Notices of Proposed Movement of Persons in Custody provided to air service
Response by Department of Home Affairs to Katie Hepworth on .

Refused.

UNCLASSIFIED Dear Ms Hepworth FOI request FA 19/04/00641 I refer to your FOI request received on 9 April 2019, seeking access to documents regarding...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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
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...
RPC Facilities Maintenance Programme
Response by Department of Home Affairs to Dan West on .

Information not held.

UNCLASSIFIED Good morning Mr West FOI request FA 18/07/01234 I refer to your FOI request received on 23 July 2018, seeking access to documents concer...
Count of citizenship applications getting a test date since February 2018
Response by Department of Home Affairs to PR on .

Information not held.

UNCLASSIFIED Dear Pr   FOI request FA 18/09/00008   I refer to your FOI request received on 30 August 2018, seeking access to the following:...
Valid FOI Request requirements
Response by Department of Home Affairs to JS on .

Information not held.

** This is an automated response. Please do not reply to this email ** IMPORTANT INFORMATION   Your email has been received by the Department of...
FOI Dislosure log
Follow up sent to Department of Home Affairs by JS on .

Information not held.

Agencies and ministers must publish information that has been released in response to each FOI access request, subject to certain exceptions. Agenci...
FLEA Disruptions
Response by Department of Home Affairs to Asher Hirsch on .

Refused.

UNCLASSIFIED Dear Mr Hirsch I refer to your request dated 9 August 2018 in which you have sought access to documents held by the Department of Home Af...
Administrative arrangements and/or measures with Nauru
Request to Department of Home Affairs by Dan West. Annotated by James Henstridge on .

Refused.

This request was referenced in the following Guardian article: https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2018/oct/04/australia-jointly-responsible-f...
Count of Pending citizenship Applications
Response by Department of Home Affairs to Notification on .

Information not held.

UNCLASSIFIED   FOI request FA 18/05/00125   I refer to your FOI request received on 2 May 2018, seeking access to the following: 'The number...

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