Ministerial Intervention Requests Under Section 351 And Section 195A From 1 July 2022 To 30 September 2024 ​

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Between 1 July 2022 and 30 September 2024, the Department of Home Affairs received 1,382 ministerial intervention requests under section 351 and 1,646 under section 195A. Of section 351 requests, 52 resulted in visa grants and fewer than 5 were rejected without intervention; for section 195A, 492 resulted in visa grants and 199 were rejected. Section 351 requesters were predominantly from India (240), China (115), and Vietnam (80), while section 195A requesters were largely from Iran (392), Sri Lanka (158), and stateless claimants (129). Average processing times for approved section 351 requests were 11.51 months compared to 2.17 months for section 195A. The Department noted that judicial review data for refused requests was unavailable in reportable format.