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Indian Man’s Australian Citizenship Cancelled Over Identity Fraud
An Indian man's Australian citizenship has been cancelled after the Immigration Department's "forensic analysis" discovered that he had committed identity fraud in 2003 and subsequently became an Australian citizen.
An Indian man has been stripped of his Australian citizenship after the Department of Home Affairs discovered he had committed identity fraud to obtain an Indian passport that was used to travel to Australia in 2003, to obtain a partner visa and subsequently for his Australian citizenship in 2007.
Home Affairs Minister Peter Dutton personally decided to revoke Mr Singh’s* Australian citizenship in June last year after the department’s “forensic analysis” detected the fraud.