Comments on: Thousands still stranded https://www.policyforum.net/thousands-still-stranded/ The APPS Policy Forum a public policy website devoted to Asia and the Pacific. Wed, 12 May 2021 19:49:20 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.1.7 By: Lisa https://www.policyforum.net/thousands-still-stranded/#comment-13006 Wed, 12 May 2021 19:49:20 +0000 https://www.policyforum.net/?p=48039#comment-13006 In reply to Corin Willgrass.

My heart breaks at all these stories of separation and financial and emotional hardship. My fiance lives in Australia and we cannot be together or get married until borders open, but there are so many situations worse than ours. I hope the Australian government can adopt more flexibility and accept those who have been vaccinated very soon so that some of these circumstances can have positive outcomes before permanent damage occurs.

]]> By: Corin Willgrass https://www.policyforum.net/thousands-still-stranded/#comment-12944 Wed, 14 Apr 2021 16:30:33 +0000 https://www.policyforum.net/?p=48039#comment-12944 In March 2020, after being granted 489 (4 year temporary skilled working visas a month earlier) my wife and I gave up our jobs and homes in the Middle East, sent our possessions to Australia via container ship, booked airbnb accommodation, hire car and flights (on what was my 50th birthday) before booking a flight back to the UK to say goodbye to family and friends. We had decided to “pop” back home prior to starting our emigration journey in Queensland and have been bouncing round the UK with 4 suitcases ever since! We have lived with 5 different family members all over the UK and eventually, after 3 failed exemption applications, decided to get temporary jobs while we wait for the Australian government to let us in. Our belongings are still in storage in Sydney (we obviously pay for the costs) and we still have no where permanent to live. Rubbish eh?

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