--- title: Australia May Ban Chris Brown Over Domestic Violence description: Australian authorities say they may decline the performer's pending visa application in light of his past domestic violence conviction. canonical: https://time.com/4047671/australia-chris-brown-visa-violence/ author: Nash Jenkins article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-09-24T04:41:07.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-22T11:12:48.148Z article:section: Entertainment og:title: Australia May Ban Chris Brown For Domestic Violence Charges og:description: The pop star's 2009 assault on Rihanna has followed him around the world. og:url: https://time.com/4047671/australia-chris-brown-visa-violence/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltfb3f158cc87da853/698865283c1639940e459e5e/rtr4llxi.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Singer Chris Brown, who pleaded guilty to assaulting his girlfriend Rihanna, appears in court with his lawyer Mark Geragos for a progress hearing, in Los Angeles og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Australia May Ban Chris Brown For Domestic Violence Charges twitter:description: The pop star's 2009 assault on Rihanna has followed him around the world. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltfb3f158cc87da853/698865283c1639940e459e5e/rtr4llxi.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Australia May Refuse Chris Brown an Entry Visa Over His Domestic Violence Conviction > Sponsored content. 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Kim Kardashian and Kanye West will soon be “Mr. and Mrs.,” but before they’re bound for life, here’s a rundown of how they went from flirtation to family._ by [Nash Jenkins](https://time.com/author/p-nash-jenkins/) ## Nash Jenkins Sep 24, 2015 4:41 AM UTC  Singer Chris Brown (R), who pleaded guilty to assaulting his girlfriend Rihanna, appears in court with his lawyer Mark Geragos for a progress hearing, in Los Angeles, California, January 15, 2015. Singer Chris Brown (R), who pleaded guilty to assaulting his girlfriend Rihanna, appears in court with his lawyer Mark Geragos for a progress hearing, in Los Angeles, California, January 15, 2015.Lucy Nicholson—Reuters by [Nash Jenkins](https://time.com/author/p-nash-jenkins/) ## Nash Jenkins Sep 24, 2015 4:41 AM UTC The Eastern Hemisphere has not been particularly kind to Chris Brown. In June, the Philippine government [refused](http://www.people.com/article/chris-brown-leaves-manila-philippines) to let him leave the country after he performed in Manila, acknowledging a fraud complaint from, interestingly, a powerful religious group — they said Brown had bailed on another concert for which they had paid him $1 million. (The case is [ongoing](http://entertainment.inquirer.net/175085/estafa-case-vs-brown-promoter-to-proceed-de-lima).) Now, [Australian authorities say they may decline](http://www.bbc.com/news/world-australia-34344385) the performer’s pending visa application — he is scheduled to tour there in December — in light of his past domestic violence conviction, which Michaelia Cash, the country’s Minister for Women, described as “not of the character that we expect in Australia.” “People need to understand, if you are going to commit domestic violence and you want to travel around the world, there are going to be countries that say to you, ‘You cannot come in,'” Cash said at a press conference held Thursday to discuss a new national domestic violence prevention program. Boxer Floyd Mayweather was [refused](http://www.skysports.com/boxing/news/12183/9700369/floyd-mayweather-denied-australia-visa-ahead-of-two-day-promotional-tour) a visa for similar reasons earlier this year. In March 2009, Brown was charged with felony assault and making criminal threats following an altercation with pop artist Rihanna, his girlfriend at the time. The incident prompted British immigration authorities to [decline](http://www.theguardian.com/music/2010/jun/08/chris-brown-denied-uk-visa-rihanna) his visa application the following year. Following Brown’s announcement last week that he would tour Down Under, advocacy group GetUp! [drafted an online petition](https://www.getup.org.au/campaigns/surge/australians-say-no-to-violence/no-chris-brown-you-re-not-welcome-in-australia) urging Australia’s Minister of Immigration to keep the pop star out of the country. As of Thursday afternoon local time, it had received more than 10,600 signatures. “By turning a blind eye to his tour, we send a message to survivors of family violence that _it’s not that important_ and that _you should just get over it,_” the text of the petition reads. When contacted by TIME, Brown’s management seemed impervious to the effort to derail the artist’s tour. “The good people of Australia want to see Chris Brown perform,” Mike G, Brown’s manager, wrote in an email Thursday morning. “The recent pre-sale for his upcoming tour sold out in two minutes. 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