41.   The government stopped processing applications from illegal Afghan immigrants after the Taliban government fell.

42.   The new Bureau of Immigration Services will process applications for naturalization, asylum, work permits and green card renewals and deal with other immigrant benefits issues.

43.   The passport agency will process applications only in life and death emergencies.

44.   The Woomera Immigration, Reception and Processing Center, holds people who fled to Australia by boat, once here, many wait for asylum applications to be processed.

45.   They will receive notices stating that the question must be answered before the application can be processed.

46.   Under the legislation, a Bureau of Immigration Services would process applications for visas, citizenship, asylum and refugee status.

47.   Welfare checks and food stamps would still be issued but no new applications would be processed.

48.   You can have your permit application processed at nearly all DEC offices.

49.   Over the past several years, processing Palestinian applications for entry permits has spawned an entire bureaucracy.

50.   Prime Minister John Howard has ordered the navy to turn back all boats carrying refugees, or send them to neighboring Pacific islands while their asylum applications are processed.