29/09/2024
Our relationships with our clients can last for many years, spanning a range of issues such as temporary visas, permanent visas, and citizenship.
Steven and his mother, Anna, came to me in 2017. They arrived from Northern Ireland on a ship in 1966, when Steven was just an infant. When they came to me Steven had been refused a citizenship application. I first helped him to get him and his mother resident return visas. A couple of years later I managed his new citizenship application. I’ll never forget being with him in my lounge room, during a COVID lockdown, while he undertook his citizenship pledge via Zoom. Soon after, when Anna returned from a trip to Northern Ireland, it was her turn for a citizenship application.
That process finally reached its conclusion last month when Anna attended her citizenship ceremony.
After 58 years living as Australians, it is now official. It is the the end of our professional relationship, but our friendship continues.
Daniel McKinnon