Section 51 — Migration Act 1958 (Cth)

Order of consideration

(1) The Minister may consider and dispose of applications for visas in such order as he or she considers appropriate.

(2) The fact that an application has not yet been considered or disposed of although an application that was made later has been considered or disposed of does not mean that the consideration or disposal of the earlier application is unreasonably delayed.

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Related sections

s 48B — Minister may determine that section 48A does not apply to non‑citizen
s 49 — Withdrawal of visa application
s 50 — Only new information to be considered in later protection visa applications
s 51A — Exhaustive statement of natural justice hearing rule
s 52 — Communication with Minister
s 54 — Minister must have regard to all information in application

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