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FOI Request: FA 20/09/00485
File Number: OBJ2020/29315

Dear Ms Jefferies

Acknowledgement of Freedom of Information Access request

I refer to your correspondence received on 8 September 2020 seeking access to documents held by the Department of Home Affairs (the Department) under the Freedom of Information Act 1982 (the FOI Act).

Scope of request

You have requested access to the following:
Protection Visa Procedures Manual: Border applicants.

Your request was received by the Department on 8 September 2020 and has been allocated FOI request number FA 20/09/00485 . Please include your FOI request number in all correspondence with the Freedom of Information Section.

Timeframe for receiving your decision
The statutory timeframe for processing a request is 30 days from the date upon which your application was received by the Department.

Your review rights in relation to your request are available on the website of the Office of the Australian Information Commissioner here.

Exclusion of staff details
The Department’s policy is to exclude the personal details of staff not in the Senior Executive Service (SES), as well as the direct contact details of SES staff, contained in documents that fall within scope of an FOI request. If you require personal details of non-SES officers, or direct contact details of SES staff, please inform us so the decision maker may consider your request. Otherwise we will take it that you agree to that information being excluded from the scope of your request.

Duplicate documents
If the FOI decision-maker deems a document to be a duplicate, they will not assess those pages as part of your FOI request. This means that if a there is a decision to release the document to you, you will receive only one copy, even if multiple copies of that document exists.

Publication of document
Where documents are released to you in response to your request, the Department may be required to publish these documents on its website within 10 working days in accordance with section 11C of the FOI Act. Publication will not be required where the documents contain personal or business affairs information.

Contacting the FOI Section
Should you wish to discuss your request you may contact the FOI Section at [DIBP request email].

Yours sincerely

FOI Officer
FOI and Records Management Branch
Data Division
Strategy & Law Enforcement Group
Department of Home Affairs | www.homeaffairs.gov.au
E: [DIBP request email]

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Good morning

I refer to your request received on 8 September 2020 for access to documents under the FOI Act.

The current due date for your request is 8 October 2020.

In order for the Department to complete the process of retrieving all the documents that fall within the scope of your request the Department will require additional time to process your request.

The Department seeks your agreement under section 15AA of the FOI Act to extend the timeframe for the processing of your request by 30 days. This would extend the due date for your request to Saturday 7 November 2020. However, as this date falls on a non-working day, section 36(2) of the Acts Interpretation Act 1901 provides that the latest date the Department may issue a decision would be the next working day, which is Monday 9 November 2020.
It would assist the Department in managing its FOI caseload if you could provide a response to this request by close of business, Friday 25 September 2020

If you wish to discuss this matter further, please do not hesitate to contact me on the details below.

Yours sincerely

FOI Officer
FOI and Records Management Branch
Data Division
Strategy & Law Enforcement Group
Department of Home Affairs | www.homeaffairs.gov.au
E: [DIBP request email]

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Dear Ms Jefferies

FOI request FA 20/09/00485

I refer to your FOI request received on 8 September 2020, seeking access
to the following:

Protection Visa Procedures Manual: Border applicants

The document is referenced at section 14.11.2 of the historical document
Migration Series Instructions 399: Immigration Clearance at Airports and
Seaports, issued in 2004. The requested historical document is not
publicly available through LEGENDcom.

The Department has made a decision on this request. Please find attached
the decision record under the FOI Act.

This request has now been closed.

Thanks and Regards

FOI Officer | FOI Section

Position No. 60006174

FOI and Records Management Branch

Data Division

Strategy and Law Enforcement Group

Department of Home Affairs

Email: [1][DIBP request email]

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