READ MORE: Police sergeant preyed upon stepdaughters after mum's deathAbhijot's parents, Amandeep and Stiven, arrived in Australia in 2009 and have settled in Wyndham Vale in Melbourne's west. Abhijot's parents, Amandeep and Stiven, arrived in Australia in 2009 and have settled in Wyndham Vale in Melbourne's west. But Assistant Immigration Minister Matt Thistlethwaite, who looked over the case, indicated he spent "25 minutes" reading the lengthy brief, only to decide not to intervene. Abhijot's parents, Amandeep and Stiven, arrived in Australia in 2009 and have settled in Wyndham Vale in Melbourne's west. Italiano said children born in Australia to foreign parents were automatically granted Australian citizenship at age 10, irrespective of their parents' visa statuses.