Parental Visas: Do you want a travel exemption for your parents to come to Australia? Prepare to wait.

The federal government refuses to list parents as immediate family for travel exemptions to Australia. According to a Home Affairs Department spokesperson there is no plan to change the policy.

Rajshree Patel in Australia waiting for the return of her child from India. Source: Photo by SBS.

For one health worker in Sydney, the ban means she's been separated from her three years old child for more than a year. How are migrant communities reacting?

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