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Processing parent visa applications could take nearly two decades
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Data by the Department of Home Affairs shows that over the past nine years, a far higher number of parent visa applications are being lodged each year than are being processed. Many applicants say the long wait time also means parents are dying or becoming too unwell to travel before being granted their visas.
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