For years my daughter was a photograph on the fridge, and every evening I did the arithmetic of Vienna time. Fourteen weeks later I stood behind the airport glass and she ran towards me — herself, not a pixel. That first night we had dinner in a flat that had already been chosen for us; not being alone started on day one.
Leyla M. · Family reunification · Tehran → Vienna
Behind this story
A reunification case hangs on the sponsor's income, the flat's square metres and the insurance. The team picked a tenancy contract the authority itself would have chosen and laid out the proof of funds so the officer was convinced at first glance — approval, without a single back-and-forth.
14 weeks from application to visa