# Communication with Minister

> act-s52 — as in force on 2026-06-04 — C2026C00232 · Compilation No. 171 — https://www.legislation.gov.au/C2026C00232/latest/text

52 Communication with Minister
          (1) A visa applicant or interested person must communicate with the
              Minister in the prescribed way.
          (2) The regulations may prescribe different ways of communicating
              and specify the circumstances when communication is to be in a
              particular way. For this purpose, a way of communicating includes
              any associated process for authenticating identity.










          (3) If the applicant or interested person purports to communicate
              anything to the Minister in a way that is not the prescribed way, the
              communication is taken not to have been received unless the
              Minister in fact receives it.
        (3A) A visa applicant must tell the Minister the address at which the
             applicant intends to live while the application is being dealt with.
        (3B) If the applicant proposes to change the address at which he or she
             intends to live for a period of 14 days or more, the applicant must
             tell the Minister the address and the period of proposed residence.
        (3C) If, in accordance with the regulations, 2 or more non-citizens apply
             for visas together, notifications given to any of them about the
             application are taken to be given to each of them.
               Note 1:      If the Minister gives a person a document by a method specified in
                            section 494B, the person is taken to have received the document at the
                            time specified in section 494C in respect of that method.
               Note 2:      Section 494D deals with giving documents to a person’s authorised
                            recipient.

          (4) In this section, interested person means a person who wants, or
              who is requested, to give information about the applicant to the
              Minister.