Bachelor of Laws: Immigration Law

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Citizenship and Migration
 
1. Entering a country for temporary or permanent purposes.

2. In general usage, the Australian Government‘s control over persons entering Australia. Immigration is primarily controlled by the (CTH) Migration Act 1958 through a range of visas (authorities to immigrate) governed by the (CTH) Migration Regulations 1994. Australia has a system of total immigration control by which all non-citizens in Australia must have a valid visa to remain, without which they are subject to mandatory detention and removal. 
(Encyclopaedic Australian Legal Dictionary, 2016)

 

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Immigration Law Resources

Procedures Advice Manual 

Halsbury's Laws of Australia - Legal Encyclopaedia

Journals in Print and Online

AGIS (Attorney Generals Information Service) - is the leading legal journals database in Australia.  Use AGIS to search hundreds of journals for articles about Immigration Law. 

If you wish to browse, then the journals below may be useful places to start.

Immigration Law Web Sites

Migration Law

  FOOTNOTE CITATION EXAMPLE BIBLIOGRAPHY/REFERENCE LIST EXAMPLE
PAM3 26  Department of Home Affairs (Cth), Procedures Advice Manual 3: Refugee and Humanitarian – Complementary Protection Guidelines (27 February 2021) [3.3.2].
                                                                             		 Department of Home Affairs (Cth), Procedures Advice Manual 3: Refugee and Humanitarian – Complementary Protection Guidelines (27 February 2021)
Instrument 27 Department of Home Affairs (Cth), Migration (LIN 20/102: Arrangements for Student (Temporary) (Class TU) Visa Applications) Instrument 2020 (24 February 2020) s 6(1)(a). Department of Home Affairs (Cth), Migration (LIN 20/102: Arrangements for Student (Temporary) (Class TU) Visa Applications) Instrument 2020 (24 February 2020)
Code of Conduct 28 Migration (Migration Agents Code of Conduct) Regulations 2021 (Cth) s 10. Migration (Migration Agents Code of Conduct) Regulations 2021 (Cth)
Regulation 29Migration Regulations 1994 (Cth) reg 5.01. Migration Regulations 1994 (Cth)
Act 30Migration Act 1958 (Cth) s 5C. Migration Act 1958 (Cth)
Direction 31 Minister for Immigration, Citizenship, Migrant Services and Multicultural Affairs (Cth), Direction No 90: VIsa Refusal and Cancellation under Section 501 and Revocation of a Mandatory Cancellation of a Visa under Section 501CA (15 April 2021) para 9.4.1. Minister for Immigration, Citizenship, Migrant Services and Multicultural Affairs (Cth), Direction No 90: VIsa Refusal and Cancellation under Section 501 and Revocation of a Mandatory Cancellation of a Visa under Section 501CA (15 April 2021) 
 
More information about how to reference migration law materials is available in the Graduate Diploma in Migration Law guide
 

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