Immigration Minister Peter Dutton has cancelled the visa of so-called pick-up artist Jeff Allen.

Key points: Pick-up artist Jeff Allen fails character test, visa cancelled

Pick-up artist Jeff Allen fails character test, visa cancelled 62,000 signed a petition calling for his deportation

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The ABC understands that Mr Allen, an employee of the US-based Real Social Dynamics (RSD), left of his own accord on Sunday and his visa was subsequently revoked.

He had been touring Australia, sparking a petition of more than 62,000 signatures calling for his deportation.

Yesterday afternoon Vibe Hotels announced it had cancelled Mr Allen's planned events at its hotels after RSD booked events under another name.

Mr Dutton described the seminars held by RSD staff as "pretty repugnant".

He told Sky News that "a person associated with this particular movement has had his visa cancelled".

"The department has already moved very quickly to tidy this situation up," he said.

"Full praise to the department and the officers who have identified these people, who are completely without legitimate cause to be here, don't meet our character tests and in this instance the visa has been cancelled."

Greens spokesperson for women Larissa Waters had called for Mr Dutton to cancel the visa, saying that RSD promote "sexism and violence".

The cancellation of the visa follows a similar revocation in 2014 of fellow RSD employee and fellow pick-up artist Julien Blanc.

Mr Blanc's visa was cancelled in 2014 by then immigration minister Scott Morrison after he travelled to Australia for a series of talks on "how to pick up women".

His tactics, which include choking women and pulling them into his crotch, were criticised online as misogynistic and abusive.