Hi guys.
So I received an ADR yesterday and was in a fix how to respond to it.
My husband (he is dependant in our application) travelled to Australia on Student Visa in 2013 and later applied for Protection visa due to growing sectarian violence in Pakistan. His Australian Refugee claim was refused back in late 2014 after which he returned to his home country in Feb 2015.
The ADR requires me to send all available documents related to his refugee application including initial application and final decision.
Now, there are two discrepancies between my eAPR and Australian Refugee Application:
1. The eAPR shows he was working for the family business since 2008 (worked in evenings in an event management company with a friend, this wasn’t mentioned in the PR application) while the Refugee Application states he started to work with the family business in 2009 while he worked from 2008 to 2009 with the event management services (a blunder made back then by the client and his lawyer/agent). Currently, he is the tax payer of the business so the experience is legit, however these discrepancies may hint otherwise to the case officer.
2. His Australian Application refusal letter also states that he stayed in Hyderabad for 2 years to pursue tertiary education and returned to Karachi in 2007. This wasn’t true hence I reverted to the true account in my eAPR that he used to commute using personal transport to and from hyderabad when he had classes (this was explained in LoE as we couldn’t provide a PCC since he never stayed there).
Now these two points, if I attach the refusal letter with the ADR, are going to catch the eye of the case officer and might be deemed as misrepresentation if not addressed properly.
Anyone who’s been through a similar situation?