Last week, 9News reported that 120,000 people are waiting for parent visas to be processed with the processing time ballooning to 30 years.
The report also featured migrants complaining that their elderly parents are trapped overseas or stuck on temporary visas:
When Sydney woman Joyce Lim Chin applied for her mum and dad’s aged parent visas a decade ago, she never imagined she would be left with an $85,000 hospital bill and so much heartache.