Arrived at the police station, I was taken to an interview room. An Australian Border Force uniform turned up with a sheet of paper in his hand.
I asked him to allow me to give a call to my lawyer, my partner, a person who was supposed to come to collect my pet guinea pig. The ABF uniform told me that I could not make a telephone call straight away but would be allowed to make a call later.
I also told the ABF that I wished to make an application for a Bridging Visa E and that I had my completed application in my bag to give it to him. He said to me that I could not make a valid application for a Bridging Visa because the Minister personally
I do not remember when the ABF uniform gave me a bundle of documents including the Notice of Refusal. But at some stage, he placed it on the table. I was not allowed to read immediately. He also gave me a paper entitled 'Very Important Notice' and asked me to read. This paper might have been given to me before the Notice of Refusal but I cannot recall the order of these two
event.
Anyway, I read the Very Important Notice. While reading, he asked me repeatedly that I would sign or refuse to sign and also told me repeatedly that many people refused to sign. I told him that I would sign once I finished reading the Very Important Notice to the end. The Very Important Notice refers to another form concerning privacy. So I asked him to give me the form. He refused. I asked him how I could sign the Very Important Notice when it required me to declare that I had read the form of privacy which I was not given and hence had not read. He said, 'Understand'. When he was leaving the interview room, I asked for a telephone call in vain.
Later, after I arrived in the detention centre, I checked all the documents which the ABF gave me. There should be copies of all the document I signed. But for some reason, there is no information sheet which was used by the ABF to tell me that I cannot make a valid application for a Bridging Visa! I definitely read and signed. But mysteriously the document disappeared.
Furthermore, someone wrote on the Very Important Notice that I refused to sign. I did not refuse to sign at all. I requested the ABF to give me a form of privacy to read in order to sign the form. The ABF refused to give me the form.
I asked him to allow me to give a call to my lawyer, my partner, a person who was supposed to come to collect my pet guinea pig. The ABF uniform told me that I could not make a telephone call straight away but would be allowed to make a call later.
I also told the ABF that I wished to make an application for a Bridging Visa E and that I had my completed application in my bag to give it to him. He said to me that I could not make a valid application for a Bridging Visa because the Minister personally
I do not remember when the ABF uniform gave me a bundle of documents including the Notice of Refusal. But at some stage, he placed it on the table. I was not allowed to read immediately. He also gave me a paper entitled 'Very Important Notice' and asked me to read. This paper might have been given to me before the Notice of Refusal but I cannot recall the order of these two
event.
Anyway, I read the Very Important Notice. While reading, he asked me repeatedly that I would sign or refuse to sign and also told me repeatedly that many people refused to sign. I told him that I would sign once I finished reading the Very Important Notice to the end. The Very Important Notice refers to another form concerning privacy. So I asked him to give me the form. He refused. I asked him how I could sign the Very Important Notice when it required me to declare that I had read the form of privacy which I was not given and hence had not read. He said, 'Understand'. When he was leaving the interview room, I asked for a telephone call in vain.
Later, after I arrived in the detention centre, I checked all the documents which the ABF gave me. There should be copies of all the document I signed. But for some reason, there is no information sheet which was used by the ABF to tell me that I cannot make a valid application for a Bridging Visa! I definitely read and signed. But mysteriously the document disappeared.
Furthermore, someone wrote on the Very Important Notice that I refused to sign. I did not refuse to sign at all. I requested the ABF to give me a form of privacy to read in order to sign the form. The ABF refused to give me the form.