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Parent visa applications could take nearly 20 years to be processed

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Parent visas are being lodged faster than they are processed Source: SBS News / SBS

Over the past nine years, a far higher number of parent visa applications are being lodged each year than are being processed.


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By Maya Jamieson, Akash Arora

Presented by Peggy Giakoumelos

Source: SBS News



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Over the past nine years, a far higher number of parent visa applications are being lodged each year than are being processed.



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