{"id":2091984,"date":"2025-10-15T03:17:03","date_gmt":"2025-10-15T03:17:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2091984"},"modified":"2025-10-15T03:17:03","modified_gmt":"2025-10-15T03:17:03","slug":"big-john-fisher-uk-internet-celebrity-deported-from-australia-after-reported-visa-issue","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/big-john-fisher-uk-internet-celebrity-deported-from-australia-after-reported-visa-issue\/","title":{"rendered":"Big John Fisher: UK internet celebrity deported from Australia after reported visa issue"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"ArticleContent\">\n<p class=\"css-9cqv6l-StyledPNParagraph e8utp6u0\">A UK social media sensation set to meet fans in <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"css-445i33-StyledTextLink ezegcyi0\" data-link-type=\"article-inline\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.perthnow.com.au\/wa\/perth\">Perth<\/a> is being deported from <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"css-445i33-StyledTextLink ezegcyi0\" data-link-type=\"article-inline\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.perthnow.com.au\/news\/australia\">Australia<\/a> on his birthday after border force officials reportedly found an issue with the star\u2019s visa.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-9cqv6l-StyledPNParagraph e8utp6u0\">Big John Fisher flew 17 hours on a Qantas flight from London to Perth, where he was locked in to meet fans at Molly\u2019s Irish Pub ahead of a DJ set at Ascot Racecourse on Saturday and a visit to Hillarys Beach Club on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-9cqv6l-StyledPNParagraph e8utp6u0\">However, not long after he set foot on Australian soil, the internet celebrity said Australian Border Force officers at Perth Airport pulled him aside.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-9cqv6l-StyledPNParagraph e8utp6u0\">The 51-year-old soon broke the news to his more than 688,000 Instagram fans that he was detained for four hours and was placed in a deportation hotel after officials claimed Big John was in Australia on a tourist visa and shouldn\u2019t be working.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-9cqv6l-StyledPNParagraph e8utp6u0\">\u201cI\u2019m flying home tomorrow, on my birthday,\u201d he said in a video posted online.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-9cqv6l-StyledPNParagraph e8utp6u0\">\u201cI\u2019ve been detained by Border Force for four hours and I\u2019m now in a holding hotel.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-9cqv6l-StyledPNParagraph e8utp6u0\">\u201cMy visa was legal coming in, but they\u2019re not happy with what I\u2019m doing here, so they\u2019re sending me home.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-9cqv6l-StyledPNParagraph e8utp6u0\">\u201cI\u2019m sorry, Australia. I\u2019m sorry, Perth, sorry Sydney. I won\u2019t be at any of my appearances this weekend, but please support the ones I was going to be at because they\u2019re going to be good days.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-9cqv6l-StyledPNParagraph e8utp6u0\">\u201cI\u2019ll let you know more when I get home. To be truthful, I just want to get home. All the best, let\u2019s have it. Bosh or no bosh.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"e1vl0htn0 embed css-1e7dnir-StyledEmbed-StyledInstagramEmbed-PNEmbed e1kmsqkc3\">\n<section class=\"css-1jr5w2z-StyledConsentFallback epu9cz41\">\n<p>If you\u2019d like to view this content, please adjust your<!-- --> <button type=\"button\" class=\"css-rmo6w3-StyledLinkButton ezwyjwt0\">Cookie Settings<\/button>.<\/p>\n<p>To find out more about how we use cookies, please see our<!-- --> <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"css-445i33-StyledTextLink ezegcyi0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sevenwestmedia.com.au\/cookies-guide\">Cookie Guide<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"css-9cqv6l-StyledPNParagraph e8utp6u0\">Big John later said an immigration official showed him \u201cseveral pages detailing things I\u2019d been advertising that I was going to be doing while I\u2019m in Perth\u201d.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-9cqv6l-StyledPNParagraph e8utp6u0\">\u201cI don\u2019t hide what I\u2019m doing when I\u2019m there \u2014 never have,\u201d he told UK publication Metro.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-9cqv6l-StyledPNParagraph e8utp6u0\">\u201cThe lady then said, \u2018Your visa doesn\u2019t allow other people to profit from your work\u2019, referencing the companies I was working for.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-9cqv6l-StyledPNParagraph e8utp6u0\">\u201cWell, no one told me!\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-9cqv6l-StyledPNParagraph e8utp6u0\">Big John said he told officials he could cancel his appearances if they let him into the country, but after deliberations lasted four hours, it was decided his visa would be cancelled.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-9cqv6l-StyledPNParagraph e8utp6u0\">Big John also claimed he had been \u201cmanhandled\u201d by security at Perth Airport and was left shaken by the ordeal.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-9cqv6l-StyledPNParagraph e8utp6u0\">\u2018It wasn\u2019t nice how I was treated. I love Australia and the Australians, but this has left a bad taste in my mouth,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<div class=\"e1vl0htn0 embed css-1e7dnir-StyledEmbed-StyledInstagramEmbed-PNEmbed e1kmsqkc3\">\n<section class=\"css-1jr5w2z-StyledConsentFallback epu9cz41\">\n<p>If you\u2019d like to view this content, please adjust your<!-- --> <button type=\"button\" class=\"css-rmo6w3-StyledLinkButton ezwyjwt0\">Cookie Settings<\/button>.<\/p>\n<p>To find out more about how we use cookies, please see our<!-- --> <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"css-445i33-StyledTextLink ezegcyi0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sevenwestmedia.com.au\/cookies-guide\">Cookie Guide<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"css-9cqv6l-StyledPNParagraph e8utp6u0\">In another message to his Bosh Army, Big John promised he would be back.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-9cqv6l-StyledPNParagraph e8utp6u0\">\u201cI\u2019ve got to laugh or I would cry. A legal issue which got me detained for four hours,\u201d he wrote in a post alongside a photo of him behind bars with the words \u201cfree Big John\u201d.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-9cqv6l-StyledPNParagraph e8utp6u0\">\u201cDetained in Australia on my birthday. Totally gutted is an understatement. Love the Aussie people though. I\u2019ll be back.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-9cqv6l-StyledPNParagraph e8utp6u0\">The visa issue comes after Big John has previously visited Australia many times in the past.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-9cqv6l-StyledPNParagraph e8utp6u0\">He was last in <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"css-445i33-StyledTextLink ezegcyi0\" data-link-type=\"article-inline\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.perthnow.com.au\/wa\">WA<\/a> in <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"css-445i33-StyledTextLink ezegcyi0\" data-link-type=\"article-inline\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.perthnow.com.au\/sport\/horse-racing\/social-media-sensation-big-john-to-take-ascot-racecourse-as-he-declares-perth-has-best-atmosphere-in-the-world-c-17534284\">February for an event at Ascot Racecourse<\/a> following a visit <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"css-445i33-StyledTextLink ezegcyi0\" data-link-type=\"article-inline\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.perthnow.com.au\/entertainment\/influencers\/uk-tiktok-star-big-john-arrives-in-perth-ahead-of-perth-racing-event-at-ascot-eats-chinese-in-bizarre-place-c-13920944\">last year in March<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-9cqv6l-StyledPNParagraph e8utp6u0\">Big John gained a huge social media following by teenagers and young adults after he became known for his voracious appetite of Chinese food and his catchphrase \u201cbosh\u201d, meaning \u201clife is good.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-9cqv6l-StyledPNParagraph e8utp6u0\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"css-445i33-StyledTextLink ezegcyi0\" data-link-type=\"article-inline\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.perthnow.com.au\/\">PerthNow<\/a> contacted ABF for comment but \u201cdue to privacy obligations, the ABF does not comment on individual passengers\u201d, a spokeswoman said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.perthnow.com.au \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A UK social media sensation set to meet fans in Perth is being deported from Australia on his birthday after border force officials reportedly found an issue with the star\u2019s visa. 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