People on temporary protection visas can apply to stay permanently

Temporary visa holders get the chance to permanently settle in Australia.  Top: Migration Agent Thiruvengadam Arumugam, Bottom: Sothika Gnaneswaran

Temporary visa holders get the chance to permanently settle in Australia. Top: Migration Agent Thiruvengadam Arumugam, Bottom: Sothika Gnaneswaran

The government has announced that 19,000 people on temporary protection visas will be allowed to apply for permanent visas from today.


Kulasegaram Sanchayan talks to Thiruvengadam Arumugam, a migration agent in Sydney; and Sothika Gnaneswaran who lives here on a temporary protection visa.


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