Anna finally sees her brother from India as her health fails
Anna's brother Clinton finally got his visa approved and flew from India to visit his dying sister.
Anna Rochford, an Adelaide woman with avascular necrosis, has spent more than a year trying to get her brother Clinton a visa to visit from India. The condition causes her bones to die.
The Department of Home Affairs rejected his application three times. Officials said they did not believe he would return home to India.
After the ABC shared her story last month, her local MP Louise Miller-Frost made representations. The fourth application was approved.
Clinton arrived within days. Anna has been unable to walk for ten years.
She is now mostly bed-bound, conscious only a few minutes at a time, in constant pain, and unable to eat. Clinton plans to stay until his return flight on December 1.
The siblings were orphaned and separated as children before reuniting in their late teens.
- 3
- Visa rejections before approval
- 10 years
- Anna unable to walk for
- more than a year
- Time fighting for visa
- December 1
- Clinton's return flight
Why it mattersA dying woman got the final milestone she wanted, to say goodbye to her only remaining family member, after bureaucratic barriers nearly prevented it.
AustraliaAnna's case highlights how Australian visa rules can create hardship for families in crisis; her success came only after media attention.
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