In a separate but similar incident, the AFP arrested a 31-year-old Sudanese man in Liverpool, New South Wales, for allegedly breaking the nightly curfew attached to his Commonwealth visa. Prosecutors told the Local Court that officers found the man away from his approved residence after midnight on 5 February, in breach of s.76C(1) of the Migration Act.
The accused was denied bail and will re-appear on 18 February. Legal experts note that curfew violations, once dealt with by warnings, are now routinely escalated to criminal charges following last year’s bipartisan push to tighten community-safety settings for non-citizens awaiting character decisions.
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In this increasingly strict enforcement climate, VisaHQ’s Australian portal (https://www.visahq.com/australia/) can help employers and visa holders stay on top of changing conditions; its specialists provide real-time guidance on curfew, location and reporting requirements and can manage renewals or new applications to reduce the risk of inadvertent non-compliance.
For mobility managers, multiple curfew or monitoring prosecutions in two days suggest stepped-up compliance sweeps by the AFP and state police. Companies should ensure that any employee on a Bridging E or protection-related visa fully understands location and reporting obligations to avoid detention or dismissal.
The accused was denied bail and will re-appear on 18 February. Legal experts note that curfew violations, once dealt with by warnings, are now routinely escalated to criminal charges following last year’s bipartisan push to tighten community-safety settings for non-citizens awaiting character decisions.
In this increasingly strict enforcement climate, VisaHQ’s Australian portal (https://www.visahq.com/australia/) can help employers and visa holders stay on top of changing conditions; its specialists provide real-time guidance on curfew, location and reporting requirements and can manage renewals or new applications to reduce the risk of inadvertent non-compliance.
For mobility managers, multiple curfew or monitoring prosecutions in two days suggest stepped-up compliance sweeps by the AFP and state police. Companies should ensure that any employee on a Bridging E or protection-related visa fully understands location and reporting obligations to avoid detention or dismissal.
