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UK man jailed for sexually abusing nine-year-old step granddaughter has Australian visa reinstated by tribunal (www.theguardian.com)
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[–] rosco385@lemmy.wtf 0 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (2 children)

The biggest lie of modern Australia is that the White Australia policy was repealed in the 70's. It still exists, it's just unofficial now.

My (Chinese) wife and I were married for a decade and had 3 kids together before she applied for a visa to live in Australia. It took over 6 months, we had to provide photos of us together at different times in our relationship and statutory declarations by 2 citizens we're not related to confirming we were in a genuine relationship.

My younger brother married an American and her visa was granted before the wedding.

I guarantee the guy in this article wasn't just British, he's also white, and that makes all the difference.

[–] Nath@aussie.zone 0 points 2 weeks ago

I provided a statutory declaration affirming to whoever needed to read it that my friend and her English fiancée were a real couple; as well as photos I had taken of them at bbqs, concerts and zoo trips etc over the years as he was applying for permanent residency in Australia. What you are describing is a thing all immigrants go through - the white ones as well.

[–] FreedomAdvocate@lemmy.net.au 0 points 2 weeks ago

You might want to have a look at the number of Indians and Chinese that we’re bringing in to Australia every day mate. There is no “white Australia” policy.