Precedents: Immigration & Migration Law
6 starting-point precedents for this area. Each one names the law it rests on and says how far AI may help.
- Precedents in this area
- 6
- Full text
- For signed-in accounts
- Newest law stated as at
- 17 October 2026
- Guidance for this area
- Tasks and AI use in Immigration & Migration Law
| Precedent | Kind | Where it applies | AI use | Law stated as at |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Form 956: appointment of a registered migration agent, legal practitioner or exempt person (completion guide)Link to the Department of Home Affairs' current Form 956, with a guide to who may use it, one form per matter, authorised recipient choices, ending an appointment, and the separate Tribunal notifications. | Form | Australia | Yellow | 17 October 2026 |
| Application to the Administrative Review Tribunal for review of a migration decision (forms M1, M2, R1): guideLink to the ART's current migration and refugee review forms and online lodgement, with a guide to strict time limits, required information, fees, representation forms, expedition, evidence translation and the ART's Generative AI Practice Direction. | Form | Australia | Red | 17 October 2026 |
| Response to an invitation to comment on adverse information (Migration Act s 57)Original letter responding to a section 57 invitation, addressing each item of adverse information with evidence, dealing with PIC 4020 risks and any request for more time, and keeping every factual assertion tied to client-verified evidence. | Letter | Australia | Yellow | 17 October 2026 |
| Representations on a character notice under section 501 or a revocation request under section 501CA (Direction no. 123)Original structure for written representations responding to a notice of intention to consider refusal or cancellation under s 501, or seeking revocation of a mandatory cancellation under s 501CA, organised around Direction no. 123 (from 31 October 2026). | Letter | Australia | Red | 17 October 2026 |
| Client services agreement and costs disclosure for immigration assistance (with AI-use clause)Original services agreement for immigration assistance in two variants (registered migration agent under the Code of Conduct; Australian legal practitioner under the Uniform Law), with scope, fees, client money, documents, termination and a consent-based AI-use clause. | Agreement | Australia | Yellow | 17 October 2026 |
| Client notice: AI translation and AI-drafted statements in visa applicationsOriginal plain-language notice explaining why machine translation is not accepted as a translation of evidence, why personal statements must be in the client's own words, the risks under PIC 4020, and the client's consent choices for AI use. | Notice | Australia | Yellow | 17 October 2026 |
AI use levels: Green means AI can do most of the drafting and a lawyer reviews it. Yellow means AI helps in set ways and a lawyer checks specific points. Red means a lawyer does the work and AI stays out of the decisive steps.