Hassan Asif dies with family at bedside

A terminally ill Pakistani student who pleaded for his mother and brother to be allowed into Australia to attend his bedside has died.

Hassan Asif, 25, who came to Australia on a student visa, died at a Melbourne hospice on Wednesday.

His brother Rameez Asif and his mother initially had their applications for a visa denied, but arrived in Australia on December 29 following a decision by the Australian high commission to grant them visitor visas.

On behalf of his mother and family in Pakistan, Rameez expressed his gratitude for the opportunity to be reunited with Hassan in his final days.

"It was like a dream come true to be with Hassan. We literally lost hope when our visas got rejected but we still made it to Australia," he said in a statement.

Hassan was diagnosed with advanced skin cancer or metastatic melanoma in April, after travelling to Australia to study architecture in 2014.

He wanted to go back to Pakistan to be with his family, but was unable to fly on commercial airlines because his illness was too advanced.