title: Australia: HIV-positive visa applicants successfully appeal refusals based on medical inadmissibility.
abstract: Two visa applicants have successfully appealed decisions to refuse their applications on the basis of medical inadmissibility, claiming that their HIV status does not present significant costs to the Australian health care system.[
authors.forename: Sarom
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Bahk
mesh_terms: D001315:Australia; D017281:Cost of Illness; D004641:Emigration and Immigration / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000191:economics; D006801:Humans