Unlawful overstayer with false identification
Visa granted The applicant last entered Australia in 1981 under the identity of a friend, he has been living in Australia unlawfully since his arrival, which is more than 30 years.  Before the...

Child was granted visa without the parents
Visa GrantedThe applicant and his partner arrived in Australia with their young child. The applicant accidently overstayed his visa for 3 years. The applicants requested for Ministerial Intervention, which...

Businessman overstays by 23 years – Ministerial Appeal
Pending The applicant, a European Union citizen, entered Australia on a six-month tourist visa. Upon the lapse of this visa, the applicant was persuaded by his family in Australia to remain in the...

Concerns for children’s interests & family cohesion leads...
Visas granted  The applicant is a citizen of the Pacific Islands who overstayed a subclass 676 Visitor Visa in 1992. The applicant’s wife and son subsequently entered Australia on the same basis and...

Incorrectly advised by previous migration agent.
The applicant was an internationally recognized sportsman and has represented sports teams for his original country. He has traveled to and from Australia on numerous Sport visas between 1990 and 2009. In...

Concerns for children’s interests & family cohesion leads...
The applicant is a citizen of the Pacific Islands who overstayed a subclass 676 Visitor Visa granted in 1992. The applicant’s wife and son subsequently entered Australia on the same basis and the family...

Businessman overstays by 23 years – Ministerial Appeal
The applicant, a European Union citizen, entered Australia on a six-month tourist visa. Upon the lapse of this visa, the applicant was persuaded by his family in Australia to remain in the country to provide...

Overstayed visa by 20 years – Strong argument for integration...
The applicant is originally from a Pacific Island Nation. The applicant has resided in Australia for 20 years and has not returned back to her country of birth. During her residence in Australia, she married...

Secondary applicant suffering from rare condition - Repeat...
The primary applicants, the mother and father, are citizens of Bangladesh. Their eldest daughter was born with omphalocele/exomphalos, a rare condition where the internal organs are located outside of the...

Applicant diagnosed with Parkinson’s Disease
This case involves a repeat MIU request. The applicant is a citizen of a Pacific Island Nation. The applicant lodged her first and second MIU requests which were unsuccessful. The applicant then instructed us...

Compassionate circumstances – integration into Australian...
The applicants in this case, the father, son and nephew, are citizens of a Pacific Island Nation. They travelled to Australia on tourist visas, and overstayed their visas. The applicants were identified as...

Overstayed visa by 32 years – Integration into Australian...
The applicant is a citizen of a Pacific Island Nation. He last arrived in Australia in 1981 using a travel document which belonged to another person. Since that time, he has remained in Australia, and has not...

Unique and exceptional circumstances - physical and emtional...
The applicant had been setaying illegally in Australia after his visa had expired. We argued that there were unique and exceptional circumstances that required the Minister to intervne in this matter....

Fears for personal safety if forced to relocate - visa granted
The applicant was a citizen of a South East-Asian country and had first entered Australia as a student. He applied for a Protection Visa but was rejected. He appealed the decision but it was rejected again,...

Overstayed visa by 20 years - visa granted
The applicants were husband and wife originally from the UK. They initially arrived in Australia on Visitor visas. Prior to the expiry of their visas, they sought advice from a migration agent and were given...

Severely ill 7 year old sponsor
The applicant was an Indonesian citizen who resided in Australia on a student visa. The applicant had made applied for an Interdependency visa but had been refused. Her sponsor was a severely disabled 7 year...