If, for some extraordinary reason, an applicant moves away for three weeks, it is open to him or her to restart the process again, with leave of the Minister. If there was some extraordinary and excusing circumstance that would justify such a course, I would be disposed to looking upon the case favourably. If the system is to work at all one cannot allow two months to elapse in such cases, thereby creating another period of uncertainty that slows up the system and prevents people in the queue from having their cases dealt with. This is because files and lines of communication have to be kept open to the detriment of genuine asylum seekers. If one genuinely came to this country looking for safety from persecution, one would want to get one's status determined as soon as possible. Delay would serve no useful purpose whatsoever.