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Permanent resident visa to be granted to Nasrin Haque and her daughter after assistant immigration minister intervenes
Dr Nasrin Haque and her daughter Sumaya Bhuiyan, who has autism spectrum disorder, will be granted Australian permanent residence visas. Photograph: Dr Nasrin Haque
A 16-year-old girl with autism, whose application for permanent Australian residency was allegedly rejected over her “moderate developmental delay”, has been spared imminent deportation.
Sydney schoolgirl Sumaya Bhuiyan has autism spectrum disorder and, according to the Australian Medical Association, her application in 2013 for permanent residency was rejected as her condition was considered “too burdensome” for taxpayers.
Sumaya, the daughter of GP Nasrin Haque, has lived in Australia for eight years.
But on Friday, a day after the AMA New South Wales president, Professor Brad Frankum, publicly condemned the decision, the assistant immigration minister, Alex Hawke, called Sumaya’s mother and said he would intervene.
It was the same day Haque had to book plane tickets out of the country and show them to the immigration department, it is learnt.
“The minister has decided to grant Sumaya a permanent resident visa and has begun consideration of permanent resident visas for Dr Haque and her son, subject to the usual health and character checks,” a spokesman said.
Frankum welcomed the backflip as “the only humane and decent decision”.
“For this girl’s welfare and for the whole family, I think, this is the only outcome that was going to be the right one,” he said.
“I lament the fact that it ever got this point but at least the right thing has happened eventually.”
Source: Backflip on deportation of Sydney doctor with autistic child welcomed
Permanent resident visa to be granted to Nasrin Haque and her daughter after assistant immigration minister intervenes
Dr Nasrin Haque and her daughter Sumaya Bhuiyan, who has autism spectrum disorder, will be granted Australian permanent residence visas. Photograph: Dr Nasrin Haque
A 16-year-old girl with autism, whose application for permanent Australian residency was allegedly rejected over her “moderate developmental delay”, has been spared imminent deportation.
Sydney schoolgirl Sumaya Bhuiyan has autism spectrum disorder and, according to the Australian Medical Association, her application in 2013 for permanent residency was rejected as her condition was considered “too burdensome” for taxpayers.
Sumaya, the daughter of GP Nasrin Haque, has lived in Australia for eight years.
But on Friday, a day after the AMA New South Wales president, Professor Brad Frankum, publicly condemned the decision, the assistant immigration minister, Alex Hawke, called Sumaya’s mother and said he would intervene.
It was the same day Haque had to book plane tickets out of the country and show them to the immigration department, it is learnt.
“The minister has decided to grant Sumaya a permanent resident visa and has begun consideration of permanent resident visas for Dr Haque and her son, subject to the usual health and character checks,” a spokesman said.
Frankum welcomed the backflip as “the only humane and decent decision”.
“For this girl’s welfare and for the whole family, I think, this is the only outcome that was going to be the right one,” he said.
“I lament the fact that it ever got this point but at least the right thing has happened eventually.”
Source: Backflip on deportation of Sydney doctor with autistic child welcomed
This is great news.
