This picture represents the deep active kind of patience required in the immigration process. The weathered hand is an indication of experience, of history of perseverance, the even pile of the filed applications, a record of work done, the work is finished. However, the real test is indicated by a light ticking of a clock in the background. It is something that is always present but slow moving, time that seems to be floating in the air. This image reproduces the distinction between patience and passivity; patience is a powerful, continuous position one has to live in. The steadying hand is represented by the lawyer, who adds the strength to bear this necessary wait and turn a passive virtue into a territory that is managed, strategic in the journey, to remind the clients that time is a terrain that must be travelled with a purpose.