Immigration Officer Sentenced for Abuse of Public Office

Immigration officer sentenced for abuse of public office

A former immigration officer at the Department of Home Affairs has been sentenced for abuse of public office. The woman pleaded guilty to rubber-stamping a visa application for her brother-in-law and to accessing restricted data more than 1,000 times over a six-year period. In November 2019, the brother-in-law had a visitor visa application refused. He reapplied for the visa in December and, within minutes of lodgement, the official allocated he…

Former immigration officer sentenced over abuse of public office

A former immigration officer has been sentenced for approving her brother-in-law’s visa application. Photo: Michelle Kroll. A former immigration officer has received a suspended prison sentence for abuse of public office in which she illegally accessed data and approved a visa application for her brother-in-law. While employed by the Department of Home Affairs between 2016 and 2021, Anne McCann made unauthorised access to restricted data of 17 i…