The Aneesh family has just two weeks to pack their bags and leave their Perth home.
Despite working in critically understaffed industries, and calling Perth home for seven years, their permanent residency visas have been rejected.
The family is desperate to stay and, having exhausted the appeals process, their only option is the intervention of Immigration Minister Andrew Giles.
All because their son, 10-year-old Aaryan, has Down syndrome.
To the Australian government, Aaryan was considered a potential burden to the public purse.
"The kids are thinking Australia is their home, but we want you to grant us permanent residency so that we can really call it home," mum Krishnadevi Aneesh said.
"We request the minister to kindly intervene in our case and consider our contribution and not solely consider the cost Aaryan is causing the community.
"He is not even accessing any of these services."
But the federal government has assessed the 10-year-old as a potential financial burden too large for the health system.
Ms Aneesh said her son was no different from any other child his age — Aaryan loved to ride his bike and act as a shadow to his sister.
"He is well integrated in society here but in India people are different, they look at differently abled children," Ms Aneesh said.
"It will cause emotional stress for him and for us as parents."
Aaryan and his sister are bilingual, speaking their native language at home and English while at school.
"When he first joined the school, he didn't know English so it was a bit harder for him to communicate with everyone around him," Ms Aneesh said.
"But now he can talk with his teachers, and they are able to understand him really well."
Ms Aneesh and her husband, Aneesh Kollikkara, are worried about how their children will be treated in India because of Aaryan's disability.
The move would affect their access to services and equality.
Ms Aneesh and Mr Kollikkara believe his sister, Aaryasree, may end up with limited opportunities as well.
"It will be really hard for her to understand … and in future, she might think, 'I would have been able to stay here but because of my brother,'" Ms Aneesh said.
"Three years we have [had access to] Medicare, but we have not used any NDIS or anything because he doesn't need any. He is not having any medication or [receiving any] medical treatment."
The minister said he is aware of the case but would not make any more comments due to privacy reasons.
