People who arrived in Australia on tourist visas are moving to three-year humanitarian visas, minister says. Follow today’s news headlines liveGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastImmigration minister Tony Burke has confirmed that “a bit less than half” the Palestinians who arrived in Australia on tourist visas have been transferred over to humanitarian visas.Burke was on SBS Arabic last night, where he said the cohort were moved from the 12 month tourist visa they arrived on to the 786 Temporary (Humanitarian Concern) visa, which is valid for three years.And can I say they have been some of the happiest meetings I’ve ever had.People are constantly worried about their 12 month visas, what happens when it runs out. Eventually I’m moving everyone from the protection pathway to the humanitarian pathway, subject to the normal security checks.We have got through a bit less than half the caseload at the moment and we are now starting to speed that up.Everyone is going through all the ASIO checks, and the checks you’d want people to go through. Continue reading…
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Publish date : 2024-12-05 20:41:09
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