Dear Supporters,

We wanted to take a moment to update you on our ongoing journey and the status of our petition for Ministerial Intervention, which we’ve been waiting for over two and a half years now. As of today, we have yet to receive a verdict or any clear resolution from the Minister, and the uncertainty continues to weigh heavily on our family.

Since our son turned one, this situation has become even more difficult. As parents, we want to be able to plan for his future, provide him with stability, and build a secure life for our family. Unfortunately, without a decision on our case, we find ourselves in a state of limbo, unable to make important life decisions or move forward with any sense of clarity.

The emotional and financial toll of waiting in this uncertainty is overwhelming. Each day without a resolution feels like another day lost in trying to move ahead. Our son’s future remains uncertain, and we are left struggling to plan, hope, and wait.

We are reaching out once more to ask for your continued support. Sharing our story, raising awareness, and ensuring our situation is not forgotten could make all the difference in helping us finally get the resolution we so desperately need.

Thank you to each of you who have signed our petition, shared our story, and stood by us during this incredibly difficult time. We are grateful for your continued support and hope we can soon share better news as we strive to secure a future for our family. 

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PLEASE FIND OUR ORIGINAL PETITION BELOW: 

My name is Michaela Loudinova. My husband, Miroslav, and I have called Australia home for the last ten years. We have deeply embedded ourselves in Australia's rich social life and culture.

Despite our hard work and doing everything by the book, our application to stay was shockingly rejected in 2018. In fact, four years later, when our appeal was finally heard at the Administrative Appeal Tribunal (AAT), the Tribunal Member suggested that our application had been unfairly refused. She referred our case for Ministerial Intervention but we haven’t heard anything since then.

We’ve been living in limbo for years, first waiting for our appeal hearing date and now for the Minister of Immigration, Andrew Giles, to assess our application to stay. Now, we’re expecting our miracle baby, a little boy, to arrive this year. We need certainty for our future, for his future. Please sign and share my petition urging the Minister to grant us residency.

During my first few years in Australia, I completed my Diploma of Management allowing me to be sponsored as a Restaurant Manager in a well loved venue in Sydney’s Eastern suburbs. Even though my nomination was unreasonably refused, I tirelessly managed the restaurant for seven years. Unfortunately, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the beloved restaurant had to unexpectedly shut down one day, leaving me without a job and nomination. An event outside of my control completely sabotaging all of the efforts made in our application thus far. 

In April last year, the date of our AAT hearing finally arrived. Despite the fact the restaurant was shut down, the Tribunal Member acknowledged the injustice against us. She gave us hope by referring the case for Ministerial Intervention, our only way to secure the future we have dreamt of.

Whilst we have had the privilege to call Australia home these last ten years, the process of our application has come at a great cost to our psychological and financial wellbeing. Coinciding with the pressures of attaining permanent residency, my husband and I have also been fighting infertility, and had the heartbreaking experience of losing two unborn children. Having only recently successfully conceived, we are desperately seeking the support of our community and the Hon Andrew Giles MP to call Australia home and to bring our healthy baby boy into it. 

Every three months, we have to renew our bridging visa. Every time our three-month visa is granted, we apply for Medicare for the next few weeks. We don’t want the same life for our child.

Please join us in signing this petition to show your support for us as loving members of the community.  Please sign, comment and share the petition to urge the Minister of Immigration, The Hon Andrew Giles to reconsider our case on compassionate grounds and grant our visa. Without this intervention, we will be forced to leave Australia - ten years of hard work and skills in critical industry sectors gone in an instant.