Guest The Pom Queen Posted May 9, 2018 Share Posted May 9, 2018 An Indian man has pleaded guilty to misleading the Immigration authorities after he was found to have been living in Australia on a false identity for eleven years. Parmjit Gaba first came to Australia in 1999 as an international student. He was known as Ajay Kumar at that time. In 2001, he applied for a protection visa which was not granted. He then returned to India in 2003. However, he came back to Australia four years later as Parmjit Parmjit as a dependent of his wife. He was granted the Australian citizenship in 2013 and he changed his name to Parmjit Gaba. While he raised his family working as a taxi driver in Sydney, the New South Wales Roads and Maritime Services executed warrants against him in 2016, 7 News reported. He was charged with concealing material evidence and making false statements and was prosecuted by the Australian Border Force and the Department of Human Services. On Tuesday, Mr Gaba pleaded guilty to misleading immigration officials. Magistrate Tim Keady said Gaba had prepared to commit this offence. “You have obviously informed yourself how to deceive the system and you acted on that,” Magistrate Keady said. The Magistrate sentenced him to 100 hours of community service work. He was told to report to Parramatta Community Corrections District Office within 7 days in order for the court order to be processed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nemesis Posted May 9, 2018 Share Posted May 9, 2018 Wow, what a huge punishment. Thats a real deterrent to others considering migration fraud......... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toots Posted May 9, 2018 Share Posted May 9, 2018 1 minute ago, Nemesis said: Wow, what a huge punishment. Thats a real deterrent to others considering migration fraud......... I would think he is the tip of the iceberg. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tulip1 Posted May 9, 2018 Share Posted May 9, 2018 Surely he should have his citizenship taken away and be removed from the country 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nemesis Posted May 9, 2018 Share Posted May 9, 2018 3 hours ago, Tulip1 said: Surely he should have his citizenship taken away and be removed from the country Far too sensible a punishment. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CeltInCaulfield Posted May 9, 2018 Share Posted May 9, 2018 Wonder if they would have had any problem revoking citizenship and deporting him if he was from another demographic section... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
akiralx Posted May 10, 2018 Share Posted May 10, 2018 Apart from changing his name which is perfectly legal the article doesn't really make clear what the fraud was. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nemesis Posted May 10, 2018 Share Posted May 10, 2018 2 hours ago, akiralx said: Apart from changing his name which is perfectly legal the article doesn't really make clear what the fraud was. If he applied for a visa, and then citizenship without declaring said name change, that's fraud. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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