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\n\tKanye West<\/a> is no longer welcome in Australia. The rapper\u2019s visa has been revoked following a slew of hate comments and the release of \u201cHeil Hitler,\u201d the single he shared in May that has since been wiped from most digital streaming services.<\/p>\n \n\tWest has been making antisemitic remarks<\/a> and aligning himself with Nazi rhetoric <\/a>for well over a year, but it was the song release in particular that encouraged officials to take a closer look. \u201cHe\u2019s made a lot of offensive comments that my officials looked at again once he released the \u2019Heil Hitler\u2019 song, and he no longer has a valid visa in Australia,\u201d Home Affairs Minister Tony Burke told the Australian Broadcasting Corporation.<\/a><\/p>\n \n\tBianca Censori, who has been married to West since 2022, was born and raised in Melbourne, which makes West eligible for a partner visa. Burke noted that West was not in possession of a temporary activity visa, which would be issued for the purpose of concert performances or other work-related obligations. <\/p>\n \n\t\u201cHe\u2019s got family here \u2026 It wasn\u2019t a visa for the purpose of concerts. It was a lower-level [visa] and the officials still looked at the law and said if you\u2019re going to have a song and promote that sort of Nazism, we don\u2019t need that in Australia,\u201d Burke said. The ban is not permanent, but the law requires visa applications to be frequently reassessed. \u201cI\u2019m not taking away the way the act operates, but even for the lowest level of visa, when my officials looked at it, they cancelled that following the announcement of that song,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n