# Applications to be reviewed on the papers

> reg-4.18 — as in force on 2026-06-01 — F2026C00497 · Compilation No. 287 — https://www.legislation.gov.au/F2026C00497/latest/text

4.18 Applications to be reviewed on the papers

               Kinds of applications that are an application to be reviewed on the papers
          (1) For the purposes of paragraph 367C(2)(b) of the Act, an application made to the
              ART for review of a decision to refuse to grant a student visa is prescribed.








               Circumstances in which an application is not an application to be reviewed on
               the papers
          (2) For the purposes of paragraph 367C(3)(b) of the Act, a prescribed circumstance
              is that the application relates to a decision to refuse to grant a student visa
              because the applicant did not satisfy one or more of the following criteria
              (whether or not that is the only reason the decision was made to refuse the visa):
                (a) public interest criteria 4001, 4003B, 4007, 4010, 4013, 4014, 4017, 4018 or
                     4020;
                (b) a special return criterion.

               Issues on which the ART must invite written submissions and evidence
          (3) Subsection (4) applies in relation to an application to be reviewed on the papers
              of a decision to refuse to grant a student visa to an applicant who sought to
              satisfy the primary criteria for the grant of the visa.
          (4) For the purposes of paragraph 367F(1)(b) of the Act, an issue is whether the
              applicant is enrolled in a course of study (within the meaning of clause 500.111
              of Schedule 2).