PIC4020 Waiver

As a visa applicant, you must prove your identity and provide true information with your application.

Department of Home Affairs might refuse your visa application for failing to satisfy Public Interest Criterion (PIC) 4020 if you, or any of the members of your family unit:

• do not satisfy us as to your identity
• provide bogus documents or information that is false and misleading in relation to your current visa application or
• provided bogus documents or information that is false and misleading in relation to a visa that you held in the 12 months before making your current application.

Department of Home Affairs might not grant you a visa (which has PIC 4020 as a criterion) for a period of ten years if you, or a member of your family unit, have a visa application refused because of a failure to satisfy us as to your identity.

They might not grant you a visa (which has PIC 4020 as a criterion) for a period of three years if you, or a member of your family unit, have a visa application refused due to providing bogus documents or information that is false and misleading.

If your visa hasn’t been refused yet, we can respond to the Department on your behalf and help you put your case to them in a strong and cohesive way that has the best chance of success.

If your visa has been refused and you have review rights, we can apply to the Administrative Appeals Tribunal on your behalf, prepare submission letters, help you determine the best evidence of your claims and represent you at the review hearing.