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'Marriage of convenience' or a 'match made in heaven': lawyers and social workers working with asylum seekers Forced Migration Online (24276783) Migration, asylum and refugee law FORCED MIGRATION ONLINE ASYLUM SEEKERS REFUGEE STATUS DETERMINATION PROCEDURES INTERNATIONAL REFUGEE LAW VULNERABLE GROUPS PROTECTION HUMAN RIGHTS This article presents a model which utilises the knowledge and skills that lawyers and social workers are able to bring to working with asylum seekers and assists asylum seekers to present a comprehensive case with a focus both on supporting their credibility and maximising their ability to actively engage in the process. The paper provides a brief overview of the process of applying for a protection visa in Australia. This is followed by a discussion of some of the problems asylum seekers encounter during the process. The second half of the paper is a step by step presentation of the model. A case study is used throughout the paper to act as an illustration of a typical case. The case study is a fictional composite case. It contains characteristics of a number of cases but is not intended to be the case of any real person. 2026-09-30T10:51:22Z Text Online resource 10.25446/oxford.33354237.v1 https://figshare.com/articles/online_resource/_Marriage_of_convenience_or_a_match_made_in_heaven_lawyers_and_social_workers_working_with_asylum_seekers/33354237 CC BY-NC-ND 4.0