Aussie visa complaint<\/p>\n
My Indonesian wife was pregnant last year. Living in a remote
\ntown in the Northern Territory away from any family either
\nimmediate or extended, I became a bit stressed because with the
\nfirst child my wife suffered very bad morning sickness and was
\nhospitalized at one stage.<\/p>\n
Early last year I arranged a visa for her younger single
\nsister to come for a couple of months to help out during the
\nmorning sickness. She got the visa no problem.<\/p>\n
When my wife was due to have a baby a few months later, I put
\ntogether the material needed for her eldest sister to gain an
\nAustralian visa. I provided the same paperwork and I was not too
\nconcerned because she was in a better financial position and
\nwould be leaving behind children and a house.<\/p>\n
Unfortunately during that time the bomb blast occurred.
\nMonths have passed. Needless to say she never came to Australia.
\nShe received a letter from the Australian Embassy mid November
\n2004 when she went to pick up her passport. It stated her
\napplication was rejected.<\/p>\n
Why was it rejected? She was in a stronger financial position
\nthan her younger sister, she has a family and a house she was
\nleaving behind in Indonesia and I provided the same paperwork as
\nfor the previously approved visa.<\/p>\n
I know under normal circumstances it would have been approved,
\nbut with the extra workload that the Australian Embassy had, it
\nwas probably easier to get through the backlog if you just reject
\nvisa applications. Who cares right, you are not there to provide
\nany service and my sister-in-law after all doesn't mind paying a
\nfew hundred thousand rupiah for nothing.<\/p>\n
I encourage others who have had a bad experience with the
\nAustralian Embassy to write in. I think the Australian Embassy
\nneeds a bit of a push to bring them out of their reality into
\nours.
\n
\nDOMENIC BOS
\nNhulunbuy, NT
\nAustralia<\/p>",
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