delay visa expiry date for all visa holders due to COVID-19

We sincerely hope the Australia government can delay the expire date of all type of visa due to COVID-19.

1. This global pandemic, COVID-19, impacts all countries and all human beings. All of the governments use their own way and try their best to subside the influences of this pandemic. Australia government also try their efforts to confront this challenge and try to solve it in this time. Comparatively, the effect is really good. However, Australia government ignores people who are not Australia citizens but who do really hold legal visa, and especially people who hold lawful visa and work in Australia and pay same amount of taxes as Australia citizens do. But these people, these visa holders cannot get reasonable protection from Australia government.
2. As the prime minister said he would not offer any financial supports to the people who are not Australia citizens, because those visa holders submitted the documents to prove that their financial capacity can support them live in Australia for one year. Literally, the prime minister is right.
3. However, Australia government still should to support the visa holders by delaying the visa expire date to compensate them the lost of the normal days, because the lockdown of Australia, which lets the visa holders cannot travel normally, especially the working holiday visa holders who only have one chance in their life to apply this kind of visa. Besides, all the visa holders paid the fee and took the time to get the legal right to travel and work in Australia and pay same taxes as Australia citizens pay. Almost all the visa holders love Australia and hope Australia can be better day and days. So please protect their rights by delaying their visa expire date and let them still have time and right to proceed their original plan after this pandemic subsided.
4. The days of the visa expire date delays should equivalent to the days the Australia government takes to back Australia in normal.

Sincerely thanks for your attention and your support.

Murphy Liu    Contact the author of the petition