Section 58 — Migration Act 1958: Invitation to give further information or comments

(1) If a person is: (a) invited under section 56 to give additional information; or (b) invited under section 57 to comment on information; the invitation is to specify whether the additional information or the comments may be given: (c) in writing; or (d) at an interview between the applicant and an officer; or (e) by telephone. (2) Subject to subsection (4), if the invitation is to give additional information or comments otherwise than at an interview, the information or comments are to be given within a period specified in the invitation, being a prescribed period or, if no period is prescribed, a reasonable period. (3) Subject to subsection (5), if the invitation is to give information or comments at an interview, the interview is to take place: (a) at a place specified in the invitation, being a prescribed place or if no place is prescribed, a reasonable place; and (b) at a time specified in the invitation, being a time within a prescribed period or, if no period is prescribed, a reasonable period. (4) If a person is to respond to an invitation within a prescribed period, that period may be extended by the Minister for a prescribed further period, and then the response is to be made in the extended period. (5) If a person is to respond to an invitation at an interview at a time within a prescribed period, that time may be changed by the Minister to: (a) a later time within that period; or (b) a time within that period as extended by the Minister for a prescribed further period; and then the response is to be made at an interview at the new time.