Tribunal staff will either give you a copy of the document you are looking for or help you to complete a request under the Freedom of Information Act . You should not send the Tribunal any information you have already given to the Department of Immigration and Multicultural Affairs or to the Tribunal. If you have information which you believe the Tribunal does not have and which will help your case, you should give it to the Tribunal as soon as possible and in any case at least a week before the hearing date. The Tribunal may write to you requesting additional information, or may ask you to comment on adverse information that the Tribunal considers relevant. If you do not give this information to the Tribunal within the time specified, the Tribunal Member may make a decision on your case without further notice and without offering you a hearing.
All information is to be translated into English by a qualified translator.
The Tribunal will send you a letter inviting you and any other person included in your application to a hearing and giving you a hearing date. Attached to the letter will be a form headed Response to Hearing Invitation . It is important that you complete this form telling us whether or not you want to come to the hearing and whether you need an interpreter. This will help the Tribunal plan for your hearing and book an interpreter if required. The form also asks you to provide details of anyone else you want present at the hearing.