'I'm so desperate': Melbourne family considers private jet flight to New Zealand to secure Australian visas

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A young Melbourne couple is looking to hire a private jet, at a cost of $88,000, to fly their parents from Australia to New Zealand in a desperate bid to secure an Australian visa for them.

She believes the flight would be able to land at Auckland Airport and passengers allowed into the terminal on 24-hour New Zealand transit visas before flying back.

Ms Jin admitted to thinking the idea was "crazy" at first but said she was determined to secure her family's future "no matter what it takes".Federal Labor MP Julian Hill plans to introduce a private member's bill when Parliament returns next month allowing all visas to be issued onshore during the pandemic."This is not a tin pot council; this is not a banana republic: it's the Government of Australia.

"It has no cost to the Government, it has no cost to the taxpayer, it saves a quarantine place, and it saves unnecessary expense and risk for the people involved," he said.Australian permanent residents can access many services unavailable to short-term visa holders.

 

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Can anyone really tell me that this is an ordinary family being able to afford a private jet, and secure visas by rorting the system ! These people need to be on every departments radar AusFedPolice AusBorderForce DavidColemanMP ausgov .

This is just another in a long line of examples of how our Government fails on empathy, decency and human rights

They should absolutely be given leeway to have their family visa granted without having to risk COVID by leaving the country to reenter. I v much doubt this NZ idea they have would work, all visas coming out of NZ are taking AGES for obvious reasons and HQ is for citizens only...

Lmao you white people get triggered over everything 🥱

Can anyone really tell me that this is an ordinary family being able to afford a private jet, and secure visas by rorting the system ! These people need to be on every departments radar AusFedPolice AusBorderForce DavidColemanMP ausgov .

Chinese residency/citizenship is NEVER granted to Australians (you must reapply for either a work or partner visas forever). Why should our rules be ANY different

Ridiculous - the rules have been waived for some visa renewals but not others so we take up seats on planes back to Australia and quarantine places just to satisfy stupid regulations. Where has common sense gone? PeterDutton_MP ScottMorrisonMP

Vicious ABC posting such a story only aims at generating more hatred towards migrants. You are snake by nature

Can anyone really tell me that this is an ordinary family being able to afford a private jet, and secure visas by rorting the system ! These people need to be on every departments radar AusFedPolice AusBorderForce DavidColemanMP ausgov .

Can anyone really tell me that this is an ordinary Chinese family being able to afford a private jet, and secure visas by rorting the system ! These people need to be on every departments radar AusFedPolice AusBorderForce DavidColemanMP ausgov .

Rules are rules, that the family are trying everything they can including engaging ABC news to gain advantage, many people with less money and better cases have to play by the rules

While 'Australian permanent residents can access many services unavailable to short-term visa holders' this, according to a senior immigration official '...has no cost to the taxpayer“. Classic.

Can anyone really tell me that this is an ordinary Chinese family being able to afford a private jet, and secure visas by rorting the system ! These people need to be on every departments radar AusFedPolice AusBorderForce DavidColemanMP ausgov .

Another ABC victim story. These people are obviously very wealthy, why do they need to come to Australia ahead of a genuine refugee? We have some of our citizens in jail in China .....

Yawn 🥱

NZ is more peaceful Oz is more crowded with workers live in unit boxes

I don't want to be negative but shouldn't we be screening for spies a little harder now?

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