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Article: NSW: Foo denied bridging visa but may stay until October
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- AAP General News (Australia)
- Article date:
- August 13, 2003
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NSW: Foo denied bridging visa but may stay until October
By Rhys Haynes
SYDNEY, Aug 13 AAP - Illegal immigrant Jim Foo could remain in
Australia for at least
seven more weeks despite an independent tribunal refusing to grant
him a three-week visa,
his lawyer said today.
The Migration Review Tribunal late yesterday upheld an Immigration
Department decision
to deny Mr Foo a bridging visa, lawyer Nigel Dobbie said.
"(Mr Foo's) application for a bridging visa was refused by the
tribunal," he said.
The 62-year-old - who remained in the Villawood Detention Centre
- has overstayed his
initial holiday visa since 1994, and was set to be deported from ...