: Thu Feb 19, 2009 7:24 pm  

How exactly was it a dig at the muslim community, read it!!! it is actually compliments the muslim community in saying as a community they will stand up and voice there opinion!

Personally I think the FO are fully justified in refusing visa's, you commit the crime you pay the price, if you have an outstanding charge awaiting investigation and courts why on earth would we let em in!? Wait till the outcome, if they are subsiquently found not guilty then review the visa application

: Thu Feb 19, 2009 8:23 pm  

I do recall having to pay for a form from Scotland Yard sent to Oz when I became a permanent resident in Australia.

If I had a criminal record, I wouldn't have been allowed permanent residency.



I guess the subtle difference is that the League players are only temporary. Though you would get stopped at Immigration in Oz if you ticked the "Crim" box even on a holiday visa.

: Thu Feb 19, 2009 9:10 pm  

Rooster Booster wrote:

If I had a criminal record, I wouldn't have been allowed permanent residency.

Just shows how things change. At one time a criminal record would have been a prime qualification for Australian residency

: Fri Feb 20, 2009 9:42 am  

There may be trouble ahead, but now is the time to Unite and make a stance against Visa / Passport control - I have a plan, I need you help, which I hope will get some reaction.

Ten years ago, a crack commando unit was sent to prison by a military court for a crime they didn't commit. These men promptly escaped from a maximum security stockade to the Los Angeles underground. Today, still wanted by the government, they survive as soldiers of fortune. We now have a problem, if no one else can help, and if we can find them, maybe we can hire... The Homer-Team.

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