 In June 2018, the Federal Court of Australia found that Priya was not eligible to stay in Australia, while Nades' rights of appeal were already extinguished.In the judgment, the judge noted that the civil war had ended in 2009, Nades had returned to Sri Lanka on three occasions during the civil war and found that there was "no evidence to suggest [Nades'] family still living in Sri Lanka was at risk from authorities".Priya lodged an appeal with the Administrative Appeals Tribunal.