---
title: "Verify authorities in a migration submission before lodging"
url: "https://ailawframework.com/practice/immigration-and-migration-law/verify-authorities-in-a-migration-submission-before-lodging"
type: "task"
site: "AI Law Framework"
id: "A30-B6-1"
practice_area: "Immigration & Migration Law"
tier: "red"
lawyer_review: "required"
jurisdictions: ["AU"]
last_reviewed: "2026-10-10"
---

# Verify authorities in a migration submission before lodging

> Check each cited case and provision.

Canonical page: https://ailawframework.com/practice/immigration-and-migration-law/verify-authorities-in-a-migration-submission-before-lodging  
Last reviewed: 2026-10-10

Site index for agents: https://ailawframework.com/llms.txt

## Key facts

| Fact | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Practice area | [Immigration & Migration Law](https://ailawframework.com/practice/immigration-and-migration-law.md) |
| Human involvement | Red: Lawyer writes; AI may check, clarify or collect data |
| How AI is used | Check each cited case and provision. |
| What the lawyer must review | WA lawyer referred after Claude-generated fake citations. |
| Written for / versions | Australia |

## Checking plan

**Lawyer-led judgement**

The lawyer makes the substantive assessment. Any permitted AI assistance remains supporting work with its own checks.

- What the AI does: Check each cited case and provision.
- What the lawyer does: WA lawyer referred after Claude-generated fake citations.
- Who reviews: Lawyer competent in the matter and the forum
- Basis: Planning guidance checked against the linked public sources on 10 October 2026. Confirm the current instrument before reliance.
- Why: The traffic light follows the consequence of an error and how much of the output the lawyer must check before it is used.
- Restriction: The lawyer leads the substantive decision. Any assistance stays inside the preparation described for this task.
- Written for: AU

## Checks the lawyer makes

1. Open the cited source and confirm it is the current instrument for this forum and this date.
2. WA lawyer referred after Claude-generated fake citations.
3. Compare the output with the source and the instructions, including material the output left out.
4. The responsible lawyer approves the exact output for its intended use, or sends it back.

## Notes

- Suggested working checks from the linked public sources. Read the source and confirm it applies to this forum and this date. The checks do not approve software or record that the work is done.

## Practical guide

Jurisdiction: Australia

**Deliverable**: Verify authorities in a migration submission before lodging

**Inputs**

- Guardian: WA lawyer referred over AI citations
- Law Society SA Bulletin: misuse of AI
- The matter instructions and the documents the output will rely on.

**Example**: Stop before the result is filed, sent or relied on. WA lawyer referred after Claude-generated fake citations.

**Stop and escalate when**

- The cited source is not the instrument that applies to this forum or this date.
- The output states a fact, date, citation, figure or commitment that is not in the instructions or the source.
- The responsible lawyer has not approved the exact output for its intended use.

Checked 2026-10-10.

## Sources

- [Guardian: WA lawyer referred over AI citations](https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/aug/20/wa-lawyer-referred-to-regulator-after-preparing-documents-with-ai) (checked 2026-10-10)
- [Law Society SA Bulletin: misuse of AI](https://bulletin.lawsocietysa.asn.au/Bulletin/Bulletin/Content/Articles/2025/June/The_Misuse_of_Artificial_Intelligence_) (checked 2026-10-10)

*Practice guidance for planning and review. Confirm current primary sources and the requirements of the actual matter. This is general information, not legal advice.*