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In reply please quote:
FOI Request: FA 20/04/01289

Dear Mr Stone,
Acknowledgement of Freedom of Information Access request

I refer to your correspondence received on 30 April 2020 seeking access to documents held by the Department of Home Affairs (the Department) under the Freedom of Information Act 1982 (the FOI Act).

COVID-19 (Coronavirus)
COVID-19 (Coronavirus) has been declared a pandemic by the World Health Organisation (link). As the Department focuses its efforts on managing the impact of COVID-19 on its critical services and employees, other non-critical services may not be delivered within expected timeframes. We apologise for the inconvenience and appreciate your patience during this period.

Scope of request
You have requested access to the following:

I would like to request the number of International Year 11&12 students who submitted their request to be exempted from COVID-19 travel restrictions and the number of students who successfully been exempted from the restrictions at the date of 30/04/2020.

I would also like to request any sort of written communication between the ADF commissioner and relevant federal government agencies and the relevant state agencies regarding the process of the exemption of travel arrangements for Year 11/12 students returning back to Australia.

Your request was received by the Department on 30 April 2020 and has been allocated FOI request number FA 20/04/01289. 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.

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.
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
Freedom of Information
FOI and Records Management Branch | Data Division
Corporate and Enabling Group
Department of Home Affairs | Email: [DIBP request email]

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Good afternoon

I refer to your below request received on 30 April 2020 for access to documents under the FOI Act.

The current due date for your request is 30 May 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 29 June 2020.

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

With kind regards
Freedom of Information Section
FOI and Records Management Branch
Data Division | Corporate and Enabling Group
Department of Home Affairs
E: [DIBP request email]

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Dear Mr Stone,

FOI request FA 20/04/01289

I refer to your FOI request received on 30 April 2020, seeking access to
the following:

The number of International Year 11&12 students who submitted their
request to be exempted from COVID-19 travel restrictions and the number of
students who successfully been exempted from the restrictions at the date
of 30/04/2020.
Any sort of written communication between the ABF commissioner and
relevant federal government agencies and the relevant state agencies
regarding the process of the exemption of travel arrangements for Year
11/12 students returning back to Australia.

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

This request has now been closed.

Yours sincerely,

FOI Officer

Freedom of Information

FOI and Records Management Branch | Data Division

Strategy & Law Enforcement Group

Department of Home Affairs | Email: [DIBP request email]

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