Tennis star Novak Djokovic could have received Monday’s courtroom battle to appeal his visa cancellation, but his tussle with the Australian federal government won’t show up to be in excess of just nevertheless.

Australian authorities are hunting into irrespective of whether ​Djokovic lied on his Travel Declaration Kind, and Immigration Minister Alex Hawke is weighing irrespective of whether to use discretionary powers to revoke the Serb’s visa, times before the defending champion is established to play in the Australian Open which commences on Jan. 17.

Each individual traveler needs to submit the doc prior to entering the region. They must declare whether or not they have travelled or intend to vacation in the 14 days ahead of arrival.

Djokovic declared that he experienced not travelled in the two weeks ahead of his arrival, in accordance to files submitted to the courtroom.

He flew to Australia from Spain via Dubai on Jan. 4, that means that he would have experienced to keep in Spain for 14 times forward of his arrival on Jan. 5.

But at the very least one post on the internet appeared to recommend he was in Serbia more than Xmas. On Dec. 25, Serbian handball player Petar Djordjic posted a photograph on instagram alongside Djokovic, with the caption: “ONE AND ONLY!!!!! Thank you for the photo and for the awesome needs.”

The travel declaration discrepancy seems to be a key position of investigation for Hawke, the immigration minister, who is “thoroughly” taking into consideration regardless of whether to cancel Djokovic’s visa beneath a area of Australia’s Migration Act.

In a statement to ABC News, the Australian Border Power stated it would not comment on operational matters, introducing that, “Supplying fake or misleading facts or documentation to the Commonwealth can guide to…