Hours after the Melbourne arrest, AFP officers in New South Wales charged a 31-year-old Sudanese man for a separate visa-curfew violation. The individual was apprehended in Liverpool and appeared before the local court on 5 February; bail was refused.
Prosecutors allege the man left his approved residence outside the 10 p.m.–6 a.m. window specified in his bridging visa, contravening section 76C(1) of the Migration Act. Like electronic-monitoring breaches, curfew violations can lead to five-year prison terms and significant fines.
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The back-to-back cases highlight operational coordination between state police and federal immigration authorities. Since December, NSW Police have embedded liaison officers within the AFP’s Migration Compliance Taskforce to accelerate response times when GPS or curfew alerts are triggered.
Immigration lawyers note that curfew conditions are increasingly being extended beyond high-risk detainees to include some asylum seekers awaiting judicial review. Mobility practitioners should therefore factor potential movement restrictions into duty-of-care planning for employees on humanitarian or bridging visas.
The accused is scheduled to reappear in Campbelltown Local Court on 18 February, when magistrates will review electronic evidence from location-tracking beacons installed in his home.
Prosecutors allege the man left his approved residence outside the 10 p.m.–6 a.m. window specified in his bridging visa, contravening section 76C(1) of the Migration Act. Like electronic-monitoring breaches, curfew violations can lead to five-year prison terms and significant fines.
For individuals and employers seeking to avoid similar compliance pitfalls, VisaHQ offers tailored assistance with Australian visa applications, providing real-time updates on curfew or reporting conditions and step-by-step filing support; more details are available at https://www.visahq.com/australia/
The back-to-back cases highlight operational coordination between state police and federal immigration authorities. Since December, NSW Police have embedded liaison officers within the AFP’s Migration Compliance Taskforce to accelerate response times when GPS or curfew alerts are triggered.
Immigration lawyers note that curfew conditions are increasingly being extended beyond high-risk detainees to include some asylum seekers awaiting judicial review. Mobility practitioners should therefore factor potential movement restrictions into duty-of-care planning for employees on humanitarian or bridging visas.
The accused is scheduled to reappear in Campbelltown Local Court on 18 February, when magistrates will review electronic evidence from location-tracking beacons installed in his home.
