A celebration
We took D and her family out for dinner last night to celebrate the granting of status.
It's the first time since they arrived a year ago that they had been out for a meal.
R, who is 15, could hardly wait for the icecream to come around.
We had great fun playing silly games with toothpicks on the table.
We had English, Mandarin and Cantonese being spoken at the table.
posted by Carigeen at Thursday, June 12, 2003
What to do...
when your appeal is refused by the RAT?
The process allows you to apply to the minister for humanitarian leave to remain.
This then ends up on the ministers desk for a month, six months or a year and will, almost certainly, be refused.
It's worthwhile if you are waiting for medical treatment to be completed, to build up health and strength again.
It's not worthwhile if you are waiting, expecting leave to remain. People suffer from depression while waiting for a reply.
posted by Carigeen at Tuesday, June 10, 2003
They might be occasional victories....
but they are sweet when they come!
On Friday evening D bursts out from her home and drags me in to see her status letter that had just arrived.
While they speak English reasonably well, none of the family really reads English. They had been struggling to make sense of the package that had arrived from the DOJ. The site rumour is that if it's a big package it's bad news, a small one is good.
The package was big but the news was good!
I could not be happier! Next stop, finding housing and family reunification applications. There is one child missing still.
First we are going to celebrate though!
posted by Carigeen at Monday, June 09, 2003
