A Tamily asylum-seeker family has been granted three-month bridging visas providing them with work and study rights.
Immigration Minister Alex Hawke has used his power to intervene in the case of the Murugappan family who were recently allowed to leave detention on Christmas Island.
"This decision allows three members of the family to reside in the Perth community on bridging visas while the youngest child's medical care, and the family's legal matters, are ongoing," he said in a statement on Wednesday.
"The fourth family member's visa status is unchanged."
Father Nades, mother Priya and Australian-born Tharnicaa and her sister, Kopika, were locked up for more than three years while their fight against deportation has gone through the courts.
Four-year-old Tharnicaa was flown from Christmas Island to a Perth hospital for treatment for a blood infection, reigniting calls for the government to allow them to stay.
The community in their former home of the Queensland town Biloela has campaigned for their release since they were taken into detention when refugee status was denied.
