Elvidge and Minister for Immigration, Citizenship and Multicultural Affairs (Migration)

The Administrative Appeals Tribunal considered an application by Mr Elvidge against the Minister for Immigration, Citizenship and Multicultural Affairs. The dispute concerned Mr Elvidge's application for citizenship, which the Tribunal was asked to review.

The primary legal issue before the Tribunal was whether Mr Elvidge's application had reasonable prospects of success, specifically in light of the provisions of the *Citizenship Act*. The Tribunal was required to determine if the application could succeed given the operation of section 24(6)(c) of that Act.

The Tribunal concluded that Mr Elvidge's application could not succeed due to the operation of section 24(6)(c) of the *Citizenship Act*. Consequently, the Tribunal found it unnecessary to consider the general residence requirement. The Tribunal therefore dismissed the application pursuant to section 42B(1)(b) of the *Administrative Appeals Tribunal Act 1975* (Cth) on the basis that it had no reasonable prospect of success.