Immigration Minister Peter Dutton will personally consider the plight of a Brisbane woman in detention in Darwin following pressure from the community and a government MP.
Mojgan Shamsalipoor, 21, was months away from graduating at Yeronga State High School when she was forcibly removed last month from the Brisbane Immigration Transit Accommodation Centre and taken to a Darwin detention centre after a failed visa application.
Mr Dutton had previously reviewed Ms Shamsalipoor's rejected asylum claim and, after upholding the decision, defended the government's right to take action against failed asylum claimants.
Ms Shamsalipoor's lawyers, backed by protests and a wave of community sentiment, have since urged Mr Dutton to allow her to apply for a partner visa while on Australian soil, arguing her life would be in danger if she was required to return to Iran to apply.
Her husband, Milad Jafari, is a permanent Australian resident.
Coalition MP Natasha Griggs on Thursday morning took up Ms Shamsalipoor's plight directly with Mr Dutton, posting a photo to Facebook of the two discussing the case.
"I thank the Minister for listening and agreeing to look into the case," the Northern Territory-based MP for Solomon wrote.
Mr Dutton confirmed he would "consider the points" raised by Ms Griggs.
Ms Shamsalipoor's lawyer, Kevin Kadirgamar, said he was heartened to see her story had had an effect on Ms Griggs.
"We would hope that a sense of compassion would also prevail in Peter Dutton," Mr Kadirgamar told AAP.
He said it was difficult to say how an expected cabinet reshuffle would affect Ms Shamsalipoor's case, particularly given reports that Mr Dutton has offered his resignation to the new prime minister, Malcolm Turnbull.
Mr Jafari has also taken to Facebook to thank Ms Griggs for taking up his wife's cause.
"I am so humbled by this photo (and) I can not wait to give my beautiful wife ... (the) good news ... (on) our anniversary, which is next month," Mr Jafari wrote.
"And I appreciate Mr Dutton for listening and his consideration."
Ms Shamsalipoor arrived in Australia by boat in 2012 after fleeing sexual abuse and an arranged marriage to a man in his 60s in Iran.
Her asylum claim was rejected last year after she had lived in Australia for two years on a bridging visa.
