PIC 4020 enables the Department to refuse a visa if an applicant provides a bogus document or information that is false or misleading in relation to their application, and the visa applicant may not be granted with any other visas for another three or ten years.
Can You Be Held Liable For A Fraud Carried Out By Your Migration Agent?
Public Interest Criterion 4020 (“PIC 4020”) imposes harsher penalties on visa applicants who “provides or causes to have provided” information that is false or misleading to the Department of Home Affairs (DHA).