# Time limits on applications to the Federal Court

> act-s477A — as in force on 2026-06-04 — C2026C00232 · Compilation No. 171 — https://www.legislation.gov.au/C2026C00232/latest/text

477A Time limits on applications to the Federal Court
          (1) An application to the Federal Court for a remedy to be granted in
              exercise of the court’s original jurisdiction under
              paragraph 476A(1)(b) or (c) in relation to a migration decision
              must be made to the court within 35 days of the date of the
              migration decision.
          (2) The Federal Court may, by order, extend that 35 day period as the
              Federal Court considers appropriate if:
               (a) an application for that order has been made in writing to the
                   Federal Court specifying why the applicant considers that it
                   is necessary in the interests of the administration of justice to
                   make the order; and
               (b) the Federal Court is satisfied that it is necessary in the
                   interests of the administration of justice to make the order.
          (3) In this section:
               date of the migration decision has the meaning given by
               subsection 477(3).
          (4) For the purposes of subsection (1), the 35 day period begins to run
              despite a failure to comply with the requirements of any of the
              provisions mentioned in the definition of date of the migration
              decision in subsection 477(3).
          (5) To avoid doubt, for the purposes of subsection (1), the 35 day
              period begins to run irrespective of the validity of the migration
              decision.