moneypenny20

Good grief, long time no hear! How are you and yours? Those lads must be big now!

Kim67

I signed the petition to keep Ali Choudhry from being deported - he has been with his Queensland partner for four years and was to be sent to Pakistan (where apparently he has never actually lived) because he and his partners relationship is not recognised here. Fortunately I received an email yesterday to say that his deportation has been put on hold and he's been granted another temporary visa. Full story below.

http://au.news.yahoo.com/a/20634796/...al-hears-case/

Bermudashorts

This is a half story. The immigration system recognises same sex relationships and so if he did not get his visa it is because he did not meet the criteria or did not provide enough evidence.

All couples have to do this, sexuality does not come into it and there should be no relaxation of the rules because he is gay or from Pakistan or has gone to the papers. If he is genuinely worried about persecution, then advertising his preferences across the global press is a strange choice.

paulry

Yeah, much of the case is a distortion of the facts.

cresta57

He arrived as a student, reapplied for another but didn't study, overstayed illegally for four months, then put paperwork in for a partner visa. No wonder Scott Morrison refused him.

Pollyana

Definitely two sides to this story. It smacks of desperation to try and stay after he has run out of other options.
For starters he's broken the rules of other visas, then he overstayed, and to apply onshore for a partner visa one has to be here lawflly- he wasn't. He's not just bent the rules, he's broken them all round. Anyone else would be deported, why shouldn't he?