I got word that my visa was approved. That means that I'm legal again. Yea! And the visa clocks starts all over again. I'm now good until the end of 2008.
But the bad news is that they ruled that I have to post an immigration bond. The bond is equal to the amount of money it would cost to fly me back to my country of orgin, in my case Los Angeles.
New pimp isn't exactly sure how much that is, or when it is due. They are thinking that I need to post a $3000 AUD bond. Of course no one is going to pay me so much as a cent of interest on that money. Nor is there any guarantee of when and if I will get it back.
I've convinced them that I can fly one-way from Perth to LAX for $1400AUD (off peak rate). So as long as I can document that price, the immigration dept will accept that as my bond.
I don't have an extra $1400 laying around. So my pimp has agreed to let me pay this over 9 months. They are going to take a couple of hundred dollars out of each pay check and apply it towards the bond.
My take home pay is now a little less than I used to get. Plus, the extra bite for the bond is take out. Thinks could be worse. At least I have a job and contract. Sure beats being stuck at LAX with no money, no car, no home, no job, and no place to go.
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