Staff Reporter :
A senior journalist of 66 years, who wants to remain anonymous, was refused visa recently for going to England for the reason, as explained, he would not come back and would be seeking job.
He is honourably employed as a journalist with his three children staying in the country. It is known that England has its own problem of unemployment and poverty. England is not now an attractive place where a well-connected senior journalist will be anxious to live and seek a street job.
This is too much of an insult delivered most unjustly and tactlessly, to a journalist of eminence.
England is their country and it is for them to decide who should be given visa and who should not be. Nobody can argue or challenge.
This can be done without hurting pride of the applicant and without derogating him that he was lying and going for a low level job opportunity.
The applicant who wants to visit England with his wife has his highly
educated son serving there for years in a responsible position. His parents should have been allowed to see their son for no other reason than for civilised family consideration. The father and mother applied for permission to stay there for only 14 days.
Moreover, the prime consideration for seeking visas was to attend the PhD Degree awarding convocation of their son for which valid documents were duly submitted to the Visa Entry Officer. Unfortunately, that carried no weight. Prejudice and his sense of high position worked.
Please say no if you have to but say it nicely.
A senior journalist of 66 years, who wants to remain anonymous, was refused visa recently for going to England for the reason, as explained, he would not come back and would be seeking job.
He is honourably employed as a journalist with his three children staying in the country. It is known that England has its own problem of unemployment and poverty. England is not now an attractive place where a well-connected senior journalist will be anxious to live and seek a street job.
This is too much of an insult delivered most unjustly and tactlessly, to a journalist of eminence.
England is their country and it is for them to decide who should be given visa and who should not be. Nobody can argue or challenge.
This can be done without hurting pride of the applicant and without derogating him that he was lying and going for a low level job opportunity.
The applicant who wants to visit England with his wife has his highly
educated son serving there for years in a responsible position. His parents should have been allowed to see their son for no other reason than for civilised family consideration. The father and mother applied for permission to stay there for only 14 days.
Moreover, the prime consideration for seeking visas was to attend the PhD Degree awarding convocation of their son for which valid documents were duly submitted to the Visa Entry Officer. Unfortunately, that carried no weight. Prejudice and his sense of high position worked.
Please say no if you have to but say it nicely.
