Visa Hope?

Years back, when I went window-shopping on matchmaking sites regularly, I made a good friend of one of the guys who contacted me. He married another online match a little while later, but we've remained good friends.

His wife is Australian, and they moved there shorty after the wedding. Well, it seems that he and his wife are involved in Immigration South Australia, and know well the in's and out's of getting a visa. He contacted me by chance this morning to find out how things were going and when he heard my sad tale of battles with a second language, he offered to help.

He and his wife have now got my qualifications in hand and are going to see if I can be nominted for a different category, in which case it may be a mere 3 months of visa wait.

If he can help, it would be wonderful! Things are pretty gloomy right now. We can't get hold of the local government Afrikaans test I was counting on, as it's been withdrawn. Time is running out to sumbit things. But I do have a statement from my former college, indicating my course was bilingual.

Only time, God and random miracles can influence where this goes - but there is hope. I just don't know if I dare letting it flame up in me again, only to be doused....