British woman 'too thin' for Australian citizenship
May 9th 2006, 1:18 am
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British woman 'too thin' for Australian citizenship
Plenty of fatties on this site worrying about passing the meds, but what about the "thinnies"?
British woman 'too thin' for Australian citizenship
A British woman told she was too thin to become an Australian citizen has won her battle against the ruling.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/australia/...758963,00.html
British woman 'too thin' for Australian citizenship
A British woman told she was too thin to become an Australian citizen has won her battle against the ruling.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/australia/...758963,00.html
May 9th 2006, 2:23 am
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Re: British woman 'too thin' for Australian citizenship
Originally Posted by renth
Plenty of fatties on this site worrying about passing the meds, but what about the "thinnies"?
British woman 'too thin' for Australian citizenship
A British woman told she was too thin to become an Australian citizen has won her battle against the ruling.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/australia/...758963,00.html
British woman 'too thin' for Australian citizenship
A British woman told she was too thin to become an Australian citizen has won her battle against the ruling.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/australia/...758963,00.html
Mind you the people in the next booth to me got refused, but that was because they didn't have a good enough grasp of english, or maybe that was just an excuse
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May 9th 2006, 2:47 am
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Re: British woman 'too thin' for Australian citizenship
Personally I think the article is confusing Citizenship with Permanent Residency. I believe she failed the PR medical.
May 9th 2006, 2:50 am
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Re: British woman 'too thin' for Australian citizenship
bullshit, weigh that
May 9th 2006, 2:51 am
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Re: British woman 'too thin' for Australian citizenship
Originally Posted by renth
Personally I think the article is confusing Citizenship with Permanent Residency. I believe she failed the PR medical.
May 9th 2006, 3:37 am
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Re: British woman 'too thin' for Australian citizenship
http://britishexpats.com/forum/showthread.php?t=368906
It was in the news a couple of weeks back, and it does seem that she wasn't very cooperative. She seems to have been refusing to have the medical they wanted her to take. Surely if she wanted to live here with her family bad enough she would have the medical? soemething very odd about that case - I'd love to read the judgement, but haven't found it yet!
It was in the news a couple of weeks back, and it does seem that she wasn't very cooperative. She seems to have been refusing to have the medical they wanted her to take. Surely if she wanted to live here with her family bad enough she would have the medical? soemething very odd about that case - I'd love to read the judgement, but haven't found it yet!
May 9th 2006, 3:42 am
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Re: British woman 'too thin' for Australian citizenship
Originally Posted by Pollyana
http://britishexpats.com/forum/showthread.php?t=368906
It was in the news a couple of weeks back, and it does seem that she wasn't very cooperative. She seems to have been refusing to have the medical they wanted her to take. Surely if she wanted to live here with her family bad enough she would have the medical? soemething very odd about that case - I'd love to read the judgement, but haven't found it yet!
It was in the news a couple of weeks back, and it does seem that she wasn't very cooperative. She seems to have been refusing to have the medical they wanted her to take. Surely if she wanted to live here with her family bad enough she would have the medical? soemething very odd about that case - I'd love to read the judgement, but haven't found it yet!
May 9th 2006, 3:50 am
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Re: British woman 'too thin' for Australian citizenship
Originally Posted by Pollyana
http://britishexpats.com/forum/showthread.php?t=368906
It was in the news a couple of weeks back, and it does seem that she wasn't very cooperative. She seems to have been refusing to have the medical they wanted her to take. Surely if she wanted to live here with her family bad enough she would have the medical? soemething very odd about that case - I'd love to read the judgement, but haven't found it yet!
It was in the news a couple of weeks back, and it does seem that she wasn't very cooperative. She seems to have been refusing to have the medical they wanted her to take. Surely if she wanted to live here with her family bad enough she would have the medical? soemething very odd about that case - I'd love to read the judgement, but haven't found it yet!
May 9th 2006, 3:51 am
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Re: British woman 'too thin' for Australian citizenship
Originally Posted by thatsnotquiteright
Never believe what you read in the papers, least of all the headline!!
May 9th 2006, 5:49 am
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Re: British woman 'too thin' for Australian citizenship
Originally Posted by matt-and-jenny
Too thin.... Refusing medicals..... Something to hide maybe? I also agree they seem to have Residency mixed up with Citizenship.
The woman with residency issues on TV recently (no idea if its this case) could have hidden behind a lamp post she was so thin.
Anorexia can cause some huge health bills, maybe the government had a problem with that. Interesting tho, because overweight can cause costly health issues too. Maybe they will bring in healthy weight range for immigrants and hope they dont take up the eagle boys diet
once they arrive
May 9th 2006, 5:52 am
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Re: British woman 'too thin' for Australian citizenship
Originally Posted by jad n rich
The woman with residency issues on TV recently (no idea if its this case) could have hidden behind a lamp post she was so thin.
Anorexia can cause some huge health bills, maybe the government had a problem with that. Interesting tho, because overweight can cause costly health issues too. Maybe they will bring in healthy weight range for immigrants and hope they dont take up the eagle boys diet once they arrive
Anorexia can cause some huge health bills, maybe the government had a problem with that. Interesting tho, because overweight can cause costly health issues too. Maybe they will bring in healthy weight range for immigrants and hope they dont take up the eagle boys diet
once they arrive I did hear of a friends brother fail because he was in remission with cancer. That was a while ago.
May 9th 2006, 8:58 am
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Re: British woman 'too thin' for Australian citizenship
Originally Posted by renth
Does anyone know of anyone who has failed the meds? it seems like the character test, you've got to be really bad to fail it.
I did hear of a friends brother fail because he was in remission with cancer. That was a while ago.
I did hear of a friends brother fail because he was in remission with cancer. That was a while ago.
they let me in - Im fat , thin, and schizophrenic
May 9th 2006, 9:19 am
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Re: British woman 'too thin' for Australian citizenship
Originally Posted by jad n rich
The woman with residency issues on TV recently (no idea if its this case) could have hidden behind a lamp post she was so thin.
May 9th 2006, 9:24 am
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Re: British woman 'too thin' for Australian citizenship
Maybe she's a he
May 9th 2006, 10:42 am
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Re: British woman 'too thin' for Australian citizenship
Originally Posted by Suni&Jay
Maybe she's a he
