Citizenship Application: Australia Has Zero Tolerance Against Fraudulent Identity

Fraud would not be whitewashed by subsequent good behaviour and passage of time, and integrity is crucial for applying for citizenship.  

Why Did the Minister Revoke the Applicant’s Australian Citizenship?

Minister of Department of Home Affairs, Peter Dutton, personally decided to revoke the Australian citizenship of Mr. S (name redacted) after the Immigration Department found that Mr. S arrived in Australia using a fraudulently-obtained Indian passport in 2003 and subsequently became an Australian citizen in 2007. After becoming an Australian citizen, Mr. S wanted to apply to sponsor his father’s visa.  Although Mr. S sought a review to the Administrative Appeals Tribunal to review the decision, the Tribunal still decided to affirm the decision because allowing Mr. S to hold his Australian citizenship is contrary to the public interest.

Mr. S claimed that he trusted a migration agent who advised him to get a new identity. Despite the fact that Mr. S also had character references made by his friends, family, communities to prove he was genuinely remorseful for his offence, the Tribunal still decided not to believe Mr. S’s arguments because Mr. S’s fraudulent activities had undergone a long time and would continue indefinitely should those activities had not been detected.  

The Minister’s Reason for Revoking Mr. S’s Australian Citizenship

Upholding the decision to revoke Mr. S’s citizenship, Minister of Department of Home Affairs said, if the Department does not revoke Mr. S’s citizenship, “an attack upon the integrity of the immigration and citizenship processes will be seen to have succeeded.”

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If you have entered Australia by using a false identity and you want to apply for Australian Citizenship, please call one of our highly trained immigration lawyers at Agape Henry Crux. They can be contacted on (02)-7200 2700 or email us to book in a time at info@ahclawyers.com .

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