# Refusal or cancellation of visa—prohibition on applying for other visas

> act-s501E — as in force on 2026-06-04 — C2026C00232 · Compilation No. 171 — https://www.legislation.gov.au/C2026C00232/latest/text

501E Refusal or cancellation of visa—prohibition on applying for
         other visas
          (1) A person is not allowed to make an application for a visa, or have
              an application for a visa made on the person’s behalf, at a
              particular time (the application time) that occurs during a period
              throughout which the person is in the migration zone if:
                (a) at an earlier time during that period, the Minister made a
                    decision under section 501, 501A, 501B or 501BA to refuse
                    to grant a visa to the person or to cancel a visa that has been
                    granted to the person; and
                (b) the decision was neither set aside nor revoked before the
                    application time.
        (1A) In relation to the Minister’s decision to refuse to grant a visa to the
             person, as mentioned in paragraph (1)(a), it does not matter
             whether:
               (a) the application for the visa was made on the person’s behalf;
                   or
               (b) the person knew about, or understood the nature of, the
                   application for the visa due to:
                     (i) any mental impairment; or
                    (ii) the fact that the person was, at the time the application
                         was made, a minor.
        (1B) In paragraph (1)(a) and subsection (1A), a reference to a refusal to
             grant a visa, or to the cancellation of a visa, includes a reference to
             such a refusal or cancellation in relation to a visa for which an
             application is taken to have been made by the operation of this Act
             or a regulation.
          (2) Subsection (1) does not prevent a person, at the application time,
              from making an application for:
                (a) a protection visa; or
                (b) a visa specified in the regulations for the purposes of this
                    subsection.
               Note:      The person may however be prevented from applying for a protection
                          visa because of section 48A.








          (3) Subsection (1) does not prevent a person, at the application time,
              from making an application for a visa if, before the application
              time, the Minister had, acting personally, granted a permanent visa
              to the person.
          (4) Subsection (1) does not prevent a person, at the application time,
              from making an application for a visa if:
                (a) before the application time, the person was granted a visa of
                    a kind referred to in subsection (2) or (3); and
                (b) the person would, but for the operation of subsection (2) or
                    (3), have been prevented from applying for that visa.