Mario Quintela's opportunity to visit his friends in NZ after being turned away at the border!

The below is an excerpt from an email sent out by Pam & Nuno!

"We are emailing to tell you all the good news that we received last night. Immigration NZ has approved our friend Mario's visa and he is clear to return to NZ! They have also blown us all away by providing an air ticket for him, and his travel will be arranged within the next week or so - we are hoping he will be here by the end of February, and still stay for the planned three months. We are writing to thank all of you for your support, in particular those of you who wrote letters of support for our campaign. It's been very humbling but also hugely fortifying to know how much support we have had from all of you, so thank you. We hope you all share our excitement about our success, which just goes to show what people in little old Alexandra can do when they take the system on, and we hope you all enjoy getting to meet Mario when he finally arrives! (There may be some kind of event held at some stage ...)

Thankyou again. Cheers, Pam & Nuno."

Quintas still has expenses that he has to cover or is out of pocket for, namely; domestic travel (Portugal & NZ), travel insurance & other expenses. I have made contact with givealittle as want to stop any further donations as there has never been any intention to make a profit from this page.

Given NZ Immigrations change of heart, anybody who has donated and now would like their donation back this will be arranged.

Cheers - Shane