Marriages are Made in Heaven... Contd
Once the young lady got the visa after the 7-month wait, she thought that now with her love she was able to conquer the Australian High Commission. Alas! How mistaken she was...
The first few days of getting the visa were of course fast and filled with excitement with the anxiety in meeting her better half after such a long period. But, little did she know that her visa problems were far from being over.
She landed in Australia with all the dreams of a new bride beaming in her eyes and it just doubled on seeing her lover. The days that followed were painted with red roses and incessant candles. The couple was on the verge of forgetting the tough time they had gone through with the Dimia (remember our beautiful lady?) and life was becoming picture perfect. But, how long can anyone live in dreams, reality does strike with a bang and brings us back to what we must do to survive according to Charles Darwin's Evolution Theory - Survival of the Fittest!
Our lady now realised that she couldn't stay home all day with stars filled in her eyes, but had to put her education to use and earn some bread to make life better for both. So, she starts looking out for jobs and realises her American qualification hardly carries much importance in this country. Not giving up hope she keeps trying only to find that jobs that she is qualified to do require Security Clearance which is only given to the Citizens of the Commonwealth of Australia who have a 10-year trackable history, which means that she should have been from either America, UK or obviously Australia! To become a citizen with her visa would take a minimum of 4 years forget about having a 10-year history. The government thinks that after this long period people become patriotic to Australia and have no bad intentions toward this country. Is that true?
Anyway, back to our lady in the story, she decides the best option she has is to enrol in University so that she can continue doing what she likes doing. She tries and enrols for a PhD with one of the best Universities closest to her location. Officials are impressed with her credentials and are ready to get her an admission and use her talent. Sounds like something good finally was destined to happen to her. But, as luck would have it, the administrative clerks in the University decide that her VISA is not enough to grant her admission. After all the promises and wait for the Aussie visa it was back to square one. Nothing could be done in this country until you are an Australian Permanent Resident or an Australian Citizen!
Our Dimia still claims that the status of our story's heroine is the same as that of a Permanent Resident just that the word "Permanent" would be omitted from all legal documents until the completion of a 2-year wait period. The wait-period being defined as a test to the genuity of her relationship with her spouse. Ridiculous is what comes to mind! What relation does getting an admission into a University have with her love for her husband. This would sound funny in most countries but is very much true in this country. Are marriages really made in heaven? Because, if they are then they need no tests even after 200 years...
The first few days of getting the visa were of course fast and filled with excitement with the anxiety in meeting her better half after such a long period. But, little did she know that her visa problems were far from being over.
She landed in Australia with all the dreams of a new bride beaming in her eyes and it just doubled on seeing her lover. The days that followed were painted with red roses and incessant candles. The couple was on the verge of forgetting the tough time they had gone through with the Dimia (remember our beautiful lady?) and life was becoming picture perfect. But, how long can anyone live in dreams, reality does strike with a bang and brings us back to what we must do to survive according to Charles Darwin's Evolution Theory - Survival of the Fittest!
Our lady now realised that she couldn't stay home all day with stars filled in her eyes, but had to put her education to use and earn some bread to make life better for both. So, she starts looking out for jobs and realises her American qualification hardly carries much importance in this country. Not giving up hope she keeps trying only to find that jobs that she is qualified to do require Security Clearance which is only given to the Citizens of the Commonwealth of Australia who have a 10-year trackable history, which means that she should have been from either America, UK or obviously Australia! To become a citizen with her visa would take a minimum of 4 years forget about having a 10-year history. The government thinks that after this long period people become patriotic to Australia and have no bad intentions toward this country. Is that true?
Anyway, back to our lady in the story, she decides the best option she has is to enrol in University so that she can continue doing what she likes doing. She tries and enrols for a PhD with one of the best Universities closest to her location. Officials are impressed with her credentials and are ready to get her an admission and use her talent. Sounds like something good finally was destined to happen to her. But, as luck would have it, the administrative clerks in the University decide that her VISA is not enough to grant her admission. After all the promises and wait for the Aussie visa it was back to square one. Nothing could be done in this country until you are an Australian Permanent Resident or an Australian Citizen!
Our Dimia still claims that the status of our story's heroine is the same as that of a Permanent Resident just that the word "Permanent" would be omitted from all legal documents until the completion of a 2-year wait period. The wait-period being defined as a test to the genuity of her relationship with her spouse. Ridiculous is what comes to mind! What relation does getting an admission into a University have with her love for her husband. This would sound funny in most countries but is very much true in this country. Are marriages really made in heaven? Because, if they are then they need no tests even after 200 years...
posted by Ace of Space at
4/22/2005 04:29:00 PM
0 Comments:
Post a Comment
<< Home