We shall never know. Her sister got turned down for Australia and Netherlands (Schengen). However, when the Schengen Visa was resubmitted (with exactly the same details) it was granted. Government departments sure are arrogant as well as incompetent.
Correct! My office love to unstaple and restaple historical TM.30’s to make copies. That and the 90 day report ‘Receipt of Notification’ slips. I dread the possibility of being told that the mutilations have invalidated my passport.