Asylum Seeker Resource Centre Legal Advice Line

Available: Phone Monday or Thursday 10.30am-12.00pm

0478 700 605

Region: Statewide

214-218 Nicholson Street, Footscray. VIC. 3011

The Asylum Seeker Resource Centre Human Rights Law Program provides free, expert immigration advice and representation to people seeking asylum. The service may be able to help with:

Applying for a Temporary Protection Visa (TPV) or Safe Haven Enterprise Visa (SHEV) with the Department of Immigration and Border Protection (DIBP)
Preparing a statement of claims
Accompanying clients to interviews with the DIBP
Assistance to review a DIBP decision at the at the Immigration Assessment Authority (IAA)
Assistance with applying to the Federal Circuit Court (judicial review) after receiving a negative IAA decision
Responding to correspondence relating to the TPV or SHEV process e.g. from the DIBP or IAA
Visa cancellations under section 109 (false information) or section 501 (character).

To be eligible to receive free legal advice from the ASRC, applicants must:

Live in Victoria, Australia.
Be at risk of persecution and human rights abuses in their home country, and;
Not have government-funded legal advice to complete protection visa applications.

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The NIFVS partnership acknowledges Victorian Aboriginal people as the Traditional Owners of the land on which we provide our services. We pay our respects to their Elders past and present and recognise the ongoing living culture of all Aboriginal people. We express commitment to Aboriginal self-determination and our hope for reconciliation and justice.