Australian Immigration Minister Alex Hawke said Wednesday that he needs more time to decide whether to exercise his powers to deport the Serbian tennis player. Novak Djokovicafter his lawyers provided new documents.
“Djokovic’s lawyers have recently provided more extensive filings and supporting documentation that they say is relevant to (avoiding) possible visa cancellation (…) This will affect the time to make a decision“the immigration minister’s office said in a statement.
Despite the victory of the world number one in the Australian courts last Monday, which allowed him to stay in the country to play the Australian Open without being vaccinated, the immigration minister “is considering whether to cancel Djokovic’s visa” through the use granted by section 133C (3) of the Australian Immigration Act.
Upon his arrival in Australia on the night of January 5, the immigration authorities detained the 34-year-old tennis player, annulled his visa and sent him to a hotel where he remained isolated until last Monday, considering insufficient evidence to obtain an exemption. medical vaccination.
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The tennis player’s lawyers appealed the decision to a Melbourne court that on Monday gave the reason to the Serbian athlete, who since then has been training freely to prepare for the Australian Open, which takes place between January 17 and 30.
The authorities are investigating, according to the Australian media, mistakes in the documents delivered by Djokovic to enter the country and doubts have arisen about his attendance at various events after being tested for COVID-19 in December.
The tennis player, through a statement published on social networks, blamed “human errors” for the mistakes in the documents and admitted attending an interview with a sports newspaper on December 18 after learning his positive a day before.
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Djokovic assures that he underwent a PCR on December 16, the result of which came out that same day, but that it was not until the 17th when he received the notification of the positive after having participated in an act with children, for which he underwent antigen tests that were negative.
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