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Australasia: No airline allows 104 yr Chinese woman to travel; Australia issues visa

Posted by Court on March 11, 2005 04:21 AM Brisbane Time Category: Oz in the News

Australasia: No airline allows 104 yr Chinese woman to travel; Australia issues visa

The Australian government granted permanent residency Tuesday to a 104-year-old Chinese woman who theoretically faced deportation after losing a last legal appeal for a visa.

In a late-night statement, Immigration Minister Amanda Vanstone said she had exercised her discretionary powers to grant a visa to Cui Yu Hu "as my department had always intended."

From Australasia: No airline allows 104 yr Chinese woman to travel; Australia issues visa
Posted by Court on March 11, 2005 04:21 AM Brisbane Time
Category: Oz in the News


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