I applied for a travel exemption to attend my 16 year old Great Nieces Funeral in the UK and support my Sister through a horrid time.
Prior to posting this post has been approved by Admin Hi fellow members,if anyone can please help it would be great. This is my Great niece Chloe in the UK and she is suffering from an aggressive form of cancer. Chloe is only 15 years old and just finished school recently. She completed her...
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Received notification that I had been denied an exemption
The Australian Border Force (ABF) has considered your request and the Delegate has determined that your travel is not exempt from the travel restrictions. Your departing port has been notified of this outcome.
The ABF Delegate has stated that:
- In consideration of the facts demonstrated to me by the applicant I am not satisfied that exceptional circumstances exist to approve the applicant to leave Australian territory.
While I acknowledge this is a difficult time for the applicant, under the current global pandemic international travel is restricted to exceptional circumstances only.
In refusing the request, I have also considered the fact of the high infection rates in the UK and the short-term nature of the travel, both posing a significant risk to the Australian community; in transit and post arrival.