Vic schoolboy hopeful of US visa review

EducationHQ News Team

By EducationHQ News Team
Published January 31, 2017

The Melbourne schoolboy caught up in Donald Trump's controversial travel ban is hopeful his case for a US visa will be reviewed after Australian dual nationals were granted an exemption.

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