British Couple to be Deported from Australia

[guspjmh]

I know it's petty, but when I saw the Celtic badge on his shirt I smirked and felt a little glad that I will be sharing the country with one less from the dark side..

[Guest LittleMissWildChild]

Sorry, I have very little sympathy for them. Regardless of whether they only live a couple of miles from where they should live, at the end of the day they breached the terms of their visa. If DIAC let every Tom Dick and Harry breach their visa terms, there is no point having the visa at all. And if they let this couple off as a one off, then what is to stop the next person who ignores their visa restrictions from appealing for the same reasons, saying this couple were let off, so why not themselves?

 

I am sure 99% of us on here all know the restrictions of our/our partners visas and stay within them. Why should this couple get away with breaking theirs when a lot of people try very hard to stay within the terms of their own.

 

And bergkamp10 - your comment WAS racist. What makes Brits have any more right to legitimate Centrelink payments than Africans, Asians or whomever? I am a born and bred Australian (hubby is on a 309), and I see you both as immigrants to my country, and you're no more special than any other immigrant from any other country just because you're British. If DIAC have decided that an immigrant, regardless of where they are from, have met whatever requirements they have to be granted with a visa that gives them the right to claim benefits of any type, then I don't have a problem with it, and if you're an immigrant yourself, or want to be, then neither should you.

[Guest ali]

Sorry, I have very little sympathy for them. Regardless of whether they only live a couple of miles from where they should live, at the end of the day they breached the terms of their visa. If DIAC let every Tom Dick and Harry breach their visa terms, there is no point having the visa at all. And if they let this couple off as a one off, then what is to stop the next person who ignores their visa restrictions from appealing for the same reasons, saying this couple were let off, so why not themselves?

 

I am sure 99% of us on here all know the restrictions of our/our partners visas and stay within them. Why should this couple get away with breaking theirs when a lot of people try very hard to stay within the terms of their own.

 

And bergkamp10 - your comment WAS racist. What makes Brits have any more right to legitimate Centrelink payments than Africans, Asians or whomever? I am a born and bred Australian (hubby is on a 309), and I see you both as immigrants to my country, and you're no more special than any other immigrant from any other country just because you're British. If DIAC have decided that an immigrant, regardless of where they are from, have met whatever requirements they have to be granted with a visa that gives them the right to claim benefits of any type, then I don't have a problem with it, and if you're an immigrant yourself, or want to be, then neither should you.

 

I applaud you LittleMissWildChild!

[wrussell]

a desk clerk could have told them the rules

 

Doing this is sometimes a fatal error.

[Jessica Berry]

The couple should have been watching 'Border Security' then they would realise that Australia does not stand for any messing about or excuses ha ha.