Weller Hauraki is not playing against the Crusaders see www.crusadersrfl.com/article.php?id=3663

Weller Hauraki is not playing against the Crusaders see www.crusadersrfl.com/article.php?id=3663

Would you like to explain to us what the "issue" is as you understand it Keith?

Now you know he can't do that, as there isn't one.....

The Leeds website states that Hauraki is 'awaiting clearance to play', what is the hold up? www.therhinos.co.uk/news/15785.php

The Leeds website states that Hauraki is 'awaiting clearance to play', what is the hold up? www.therhinos.co.uk/news/15785.php

We've got two at Crusaders awaiting clearance also (Hanbury and Winterstein) I've read somewhere that there seems to be a delay in the processing of the applications not the submission of.

This all seems a huge waste of government time. How much wrong will they have done whilst they have been home visiting their families?!

It is also worth remembering that according the RLE this week via the Crusaders accounts, we've paid just short of £60K for his services.

I presume that cash isn't subject to some 'administrative delay' in payment and is now sat on the Crusaders bank account somewhere ?

The other question is that wendyball players can come in from just about anywhere and aren't subject to these sort of delays .... How come they can waltz straight in and there's this paperwork headache for us. Indeed, do kick & clap have these sort of problems too ?

its resting in Nobby account before he moves it on

In an interview posted on the club's site Ryan Bailey stated that Weller still hasn't got his visa sorted. Is this right? If yes, are we likely to have him on the pitch on Sunday?
Seems to have been a fiasco.

If you have a visa, then apply to extend that visa before it expires then your initial visa (and it's permissions/conditions) remains in effect until a decision is made
that he played last year and cant play now suggests to me that the visa wasnt submitted in time

on the subject of football visas vs RL visas - the UKBA does offer premium services for some types of visa and if you are willing to pay then you can get a same day decision (the fees are pretty huge unless you are a seeing them from a footballer's perspective)

I'm not an immigration law expert, but if he's changing employers wouldn't he have needed a whole new work permit and visa anyway rather than being able to extend his current one?