Indian visitor’s Australian visa cancelled while he was on his way to Melbourne

NEWS: An Indian citizen is challenging the decision to cancel his Australian visitor visa while he was on his way to Melbourne, over a month after the visa was granted.

"ชื่อของผมถูกประกาศแล้วผมก็ถูกเรียกออกจากแถว ขณะที่ผมพร้อมที่จะขึ้นเครื่องบินอีกเที่ยวบิน"—ไดวิก พาเทล Source: SBS Punjabi

An Indian citizen was refused permission to board a connecting flight to Melbourne over a month after he was issued a visitor visa.

25-year-old Daivik Jitendra Patel boarded Air India’s Ahmedabad- Delhi-Melbourne flight after completing the immigration formalities on 18 January. He was waiting for the security check at the Delhi airport when he was removed from the queue and told he couldn’t continue his journey.

You can read the full version of this story in English on SBS Punjabi here.