Dozens of asylum seekers on years-long temporary visas are protesting at Prime Minister Anthony Albanese's electorate office in Sydney calling for permanent residency.
The four-day demonstration began Tuesday and organisers say there are between 10,000 and 12,000 asylum seekers left in legal limbo in Australia.
They were not included in the Albanese government's decision to grant permanent status to 19,000 asylum seekers on temporary protection visas in February.
One of the protest organisers, Milad Makvandi, came to Australia by boat in early 2012 escaping Iran for his political activities as a student leader.
The 38-year-old has been on a bridging visa for 11 years.
"With no permanent visa in this country, you cannot do anything for your future," the mechanical technician told AAP.
"We don't feel safe in this situation because we cannot go back to our country and we cannot move forward here.
"We're taxpayers and we're all here with different pasts and stories. We want permanent visas so we can have safe and secure futures."
Mr Makvandi said the demonstrators had received no response from the PM's electoral staff.
The former coalition government established an assessment scheme to resolve the visa applications of more than 30,000 asylum seekers who arrived by boat between 2012 and 2014.
The fast-track system restricts the types of visas people can access and limits their avenues of appeal.
But the policy has been criticised for failing to live up to its name. On average, it takes up to six years for people to receive their first temporary visa.
