After being granted a TPV, refugees are required to reapply after three years, in case conditions change in their homeland.
TPV holders are eligible for only some of the special settlement services funded by the Commonwealth to assist new arrivals in Australia.
[1] The scheme was controversial, with the government claiming it was a necessary response to the misuse of the asylum process by unauthorised arrivals.
Refugee advocates described TPVs as a cruel way to treat people which left asylum seekers with an uncertain future.
[3] To overcome the High Court objections, on 5 December 2014, legislation was passed to reintroduce TPVs to specifically deal with the backlog of 30,000 asylum seekers yet to be processed left by the former Labor government.