ART and migration procedure guides
When is the deadline for deemed receipt of a departmental document posted to or from outside australia?
Migration Act 1958 s 494C(4)(b) provides the following source period. Twenty-one days after the document date. The relevant actor is recipient outside the domestic-to-domestic posting branch. This receipt rule does not itself grant review rights or determine the deadline for filing a review application.
- Period
- Twenty-one days after the document date
- Trigger
- Date of the document dispatched under s 494B(4)
- Rule
- Migration Act 1958 s 494C(4)(b)
Compilation 171, June 4, 2026, volume 2
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Source guide. Migration Act 1958 s 494C(4)(b) concerns establish statutory deemed receipt. Twenty-one days after the document date. This receipt rule does not itself grant review rights or determine the deadline for filing a review application. No computed date or purchase is available until the actual source events, procedural branch and applicable completion calendar are qualified.
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When is the deadline for deemed receipt of a departmental document posted to or from outside australia?
Migration Act 1958 s 494C(4)(b) provides the following source period. Twenty-one days after the document date. The relevant actor is recipient outside the domestic-to-domestic posting branch. This receipt rule does not itself grant review rights or determine the deadline for filing a review application.
Responsible actor. Recipient outside the domestic-to-domestic posting branch.
Date of the document dispatched under s 494B(4).
Compilation 171, June 4, 2026, volume 2.
Source guide. Migration Act 1958 s 494C(4)(b) concerns establish statutory deemed receipt. Twenty-one days after the document date. This receipt rule does not itself grant review rights or determine the deadline for filing a review application. No computed date or purchase is available until the actual source events, procedural branch and applicable completion calendar are qualified.
Migration Act 1958 s 494C(4)(b)How does this provision count time?
- Establish statutory deemed receipt.
- Twenty-one days after the document date.
- This receipt rule does not itself grant review rights or determine the deadline for filing a review application.
- The source period and its event are retained. No court, recipient, parliamentary sitting or place-specific working-day calendar is qualified as a final endpoint by this guide.
The source period and its event are retained. No court, recipient, parliamentary sitting or place-specific working-day calendar is qualified as a final endpoint by this guide.
No generic holiday carry is applied. The applicable place-specific working-day calendar, court rules and operative order require separate qualification.
Migration Act 1958 s 494C(4)(b)Which facts prevent one automatic date?
Source guide. Migration Act 1958 s 494C(4)(b) concerns establish statutory deemed receipt. Twenty-one days after the document date. This receipt rule does not itself grant review rights or determine the deadline for filing a review application. No computed date or purchase is available until the actual source events, procedural branch and applicable completion calendar are qualified.
Date of the document dispatched under s 494B(4) is asserted, but the actual supporting document is missing. Twenty-one days after the document date. This receipt rule does not itself grant review rights or determine the deadline for filing a review application. No computed date. Establish the actual statutory event and applicable branch.
The file identifies establish statutory deemed receipt, but the relevant place, method or procedural calendar is unconfirmed. The source period and its event are retained. No court, recipient, parliamentary sitting or place-specific working-day calendar is qualified as a final endpoint by this guide. This receipt rule does not itself grant review rights or determine the deadline for filing a review application. No computed date. Establish source-specific counting and completion facts.
The catalog label is supplied without confirming that Migration Act 1958 s 494C(4)(b) governs the actual proceeding. Compilation 171, June 4, 2026, volume 2. This receipt rule does not itself grant review rights or determine the deadline for filing a review application. No computed date or purchase. Confirm the operative provision and actual proceeding.
Which conditions and exceptions apply?
- Actual statutory event
- Date of the document dispatched under s 494B(4)
- Source-defined procedural branch
- This receipt rule does not itself grant review rights or determine the deadline for filing a review application.
- Edition and counting scope
- Compilation 171, June 4, 2026, volume 2. The source period and its event are retained. No court, recipient, parliamentary sitting or place-specific working-day calendar is qualified as a final endpoint by this guide.
- Source guide. Migration Act 1958 s 494C(4)(b) concerns establish statutory deemed receipt. Twenty-one days after the document date. This receipt rule does not itself grant review rights or determine the deadline for filing a review application. No computed date or purchase is available until the actual source events, procedural branch and applicable completion calendar are qualified.
- This receipt rule does not itself grant review rights or determine the deadline for filing a review application.
What must the responsible actor complete?
Questions about this procedure
When is the deadline for deemed receipt of a departmental document posted to or from outside australia?
Who takes the step for overseas posted Minister migration notice?
Recipient outside the domestic-to-domestic posting branch. The source-defined act is establish statutory deemed receipt. This receipt rule does not itself grant review rights or determine the deadline for filing a review application.
Migration Act 1958 s 494C(4)(b)What starts overseas posted Minister migration notice?
Date of the document dispatched under s 494B(4). Retain the actual notice, statement, application, delivery or decision identified by this provision. A nearby procedural event does not establish this anchor.
Migration Act 1958 s 494C(4)(b)What source period applies to overseas posted Minister migration notice?
Twenty-one days after the document date. This receipt rule does not itself grant review rights or determine the deadline for filing a review application.
Migration Act 1958 s 494C(4)(b)Which branch changes overseas posted Minister migration notice?
This receipt rule does not itself grant review rights or determine the deadline for filing a review application. Compilation 171, June 4, 2026, volume 2. The applicable decision type, notice and any actual direction must match this provision.
Migration Act 1958 s 494C(4)(b)Does this guide calculate a final date for overseas posted Minister migration notice?
The source period and its event are retained. No court, recipient, parliamentary sitting or place-specific working-day calendar is qualified as a final endpoint by this guide. Twenty-one days after the document date. A source period, deemed-receipt rule, minimum interval or institutional power is not automatically a party filing deadline.
Migration Act 1958 s 494C(4)(b)What should be retained for overseas posted Minister migration notice?
Retain date of the document dispatched under s 494B(4), the operative source and any applicable order. Establish statutory deemed receipt. This receipt rule does not itself grant review rights or determine the deadline for filing a review application. This guide supplies neither a final computed date nor a purchase.
Migration Act 1958 s 494C(4)(b)Official sources and review
Provisions used (1)
| Provision | Purpose |
|---|---|
| Migration Act 1958 s 494C(4)(b) | Check the identified procedure, event, counting rule or qualification |