A Protection visa (subclass 866) allows a person who is at real risk of significant harm or persecution in their home country to live in Australia permanently.
Over the years, Australia has seen a surge of Protection Visa Applications made by people who want to remain in Australia longer or to ‘buy time’.
There has been a major change made to the Protection Visa application process to speed up processing times. Most new applications are now decided almost 8 times faster compared to recent years. This means a quicker grant of Protection visas to those in need and swift refusal for those who apply for a Protection visa to simply work or extend their stay in Australia.
The Department is quickly refusing applicants who do not meet the Protection Visa Criteria.