IRT – Unable to contact process

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IRT – Unable to contact process

This article provides guidance for a review officer, business support officer, or participant support officer to complete the unable to contact process.

Recent updates

1 July 2024

  • updated user role name

  • updated Next Steps section.

Unable to contact process

If you are unable to contact the participant or applicant, you must follow the unable to contact process:

  1. Send the unable to contact letter via email or mail. Refer to article IRT – Sending a manual letter.

  2. The next business day after the unable to contact timeframe has lapsed, if correspondence or a response to the email or letter has not been received, a final phone call attempt is required. This includes sending a pre-call SMS, refer to article IRT - Send an SMS.

  3. If phone call contact is unsuccessful, proceed with the internal review based on the information available.

Next steps

  • If contact attempts are unsuccessful, progress to enact the article IRT - Enacting a planning review decision or IRT - Enacting an access or revocation review decision.

  • If contact is successful, complete the remaining steps in the article IRT – Contact the participant or applicant.