Like many migrants stuck in permanently temporary limbo, Andrea Tindiani’s last chance of remaining in Australia now rests with the immigration minister’s ‘God powers’
They could not know that they were about to fall through a gap in Australia’s immigration system.
In 2016, redundancies at Black & Decker cost Tindiani his job and his right to a skilled migrant visa. He switched back to the working holiday scheme, entitled to abecause he had worked on farms for three months. Had Tindiani and Kay applied for a partner visa when they were still a couple, they would not be in the fix they are in now.
“People like my client are forced to clog up the queue,” says Italiano. “Believe me, if there was a pathway to go to the minister directly, I would have done that.” Between taking office in May 2022 and June this year, Giles received more than 4,300 requests for intervention under five separate public interest powers, but only about 3,300 requests were finalised under those powers over the same period, suggesting a growing backlog of cases.
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