L7.30 Declining a direct application for a limited purpose visa or permit

1. If a visa or immigration officer is not satisfied that a person who applies directly for a limited purpose visa or permit has met all the policy requirements for a limited purpose visa or permit, and that an exception to policy is not justified, the officer must decline the application.
2. The visa or immigration officer must give written reasons for declining to the applicant or their agent.

L7.30.1 Reconsidering a decline of a direct application for a limited purpose visa or permit

1. A person whose application for a further limited purpose permit has been declined does not have a right to have the decision to decline reconsidered.
2. While not legally obliged to reconsider declined applications for a limited purpose visa or further permit, visa or immigration officers may do so if new and compelling information is promptly provided, except when the application is linked to an unlicensed immigration adviser (see E4.47).
3. Applications for reconsideration should be considered against the limited purpose entry policy applying to the original application, as well as against an 'exception to policy' consideration (see L7.10(b)).

Effective 04/05/2009