Permanent residency gives Ballarat's Para family rights to work, study, healthcare and certainty for the future. By Rochelle Kirkham, ABC News

Neil Para and Sugaa Neil say they feel free for the first time in a decade. 

The couple and their three children were granted permanent residency in September, after living in Australia for more than nine years with no visa and no rights to work, education, or Medicare.  

Permanent residency gives Ballarat's Para family rights to work, study, healthcare and certainty for the future. By Rochelle Kirkham, ABC News