Asif v Minister for Immigration and Citizenship [2026] FedCFamC2G 1402
·Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia (Division 2)·AUCosts order
Dismissing a student-visa judicial review, the Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia fixed costs of AUD 9,097.93 against a self-represented applicant, increased because of AI misuse, after his ChatGPT-written submissions cited nonexistent paragraphs and cases. The judgment reproduces the judge's exchange with ChatGPT, in which the tool admitted having spun a fictional story about one of his judgments.
- Court
- Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia (Division 2)
- Date
- 2026-07-22
- Who used the AI
- Litigant in person
- AI tool
- ChatGPT (admitted by the applicant)
- Conduct
- A self-represented student-visa applicant's submissions cited a nonexistent paragraph of Garikimukku, a 'Patel 2026' decision that did not exist, and misused Inderjit. He could not explain his own submissions at the hearing and admitted using ChatGPT.
- Outcome
- Costs order
- Penalty
- A$9,097.93
- Regulatory outcome
- No separate regulatory disposition recorded
- Status
- Verified against listed sources
- Last checked
- 2026-09-03
Primary sources for this incident
Related regulation records for this incident
No related regulation record has been linked to this incident yet.
Cite this record
SafeLegalAI Global Legal AI Incident Tracker, “Asif v Minister for Immigration and Citizenship [2026] FedCFamC2G 1402”, safelegalai.com/tracker/asif-v-minister-immigration (accessed 2026-09-04). Data: CC BY 4.0.