A Filipino man who used a false address to claim food vouchers during last year's lockdown won't be deported after securing a last-minute work visa. But on Christmas Eve they found out they would be allowed to stay after Santos was given a 12-month work visa. "This was off the back of collective campaigning and pressure," Green MP Ricardo Menéndez March told Newshub, after speaking with the family. But at the same time I'm also disappointed it took public pressure and this really distressing situation to be taken to the court of public opinion for the minister to change his mind. "I'm just hoping that Jeffrey Santos and his family have the Christmas they deserve."

Source: Stuff December 24, 2021 06:33 UTC