[LINK] You have got to be kidding...

[Stilgherrian]

On 14/01/2009, at 6:53 AM, grant at apc.org.au wrote:
> Did they submit too late? Were all the T's dotted and the I's  
> crossed? Was
> some supporting information missing or not supplied when requested?  
> It's
> possible that they expected Australia to be as quick and efficient  
> as many
> other countries at allocating short term biz visas (eg: on arrival :)

Fair point. However the travellers were all employees of Sun  
Microsystems, who as a global organisation are quite familiar with  
organising travel to many, many countries -- including Australia.


> Good luck getting the official word out of them. There are some good
> people in there but the "mandarin's" & management layer aren't  
> helping.
> Applying leverage through your favourite MPs will probably be the
> effective way to get reviews performed, information out and possible
> change to happen.

While fighting for the visas is not my role here, it'll be interesting  
to see whether any information will emerge at all. This is my task  
today.

Stil


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