@sammyb_121@Ashworth101@pritipatel To be honest, I wish I hadn't bothered. I wasted well over £2,000 on something that's about as much use as a paper dildo.
@sammyb_121@Ashworth101@pritipatel As you seem to be so keen on "rights", I would merely like to retain the right of free movement that I paid a lot of money for. Obtaining British citizenship changed nothing about my day to day life - I could work, claim benefits, even vote. The ONLY reason I did it was for FOM.
@sammyb_121@Ashworth101@pritipatel But for the puposes of border control one country, unlike Australia and New Zealand. Still, hopefully Scotland will leave the Union sooner or later - I might then have a shot at an EU passport via my Scottish grandmother.
@sammyb_121@Ashworth101@pritipatel And could it possibly be that these issues are driven more by a lack of investment in local infrastructure by the government? And surely HMRC has the power to crack down on off-licences not paying tax?
@sammyb_121 @Minderbinder8 @Ashworth101@pritipatel He may be in an occupation that, while skilled, is not on the country's list of "needed" occupations. He may be over 30. He may not have a university degree. Prospective employers may not be willing to invest time/cost involved in sponsoring a work visa. Your point?
@sammyb_121@Ashworth101@pritipatel Fine, if you want to quibble over semantics, "the EU" it is. Stop being deliberately obtuse. Anyway, I'm off to sort out my other half's NZ residency visa. Don't worry Sammy, we'll soon be on the other side of the world from you.
@sammyb_121@Ashworth101@pritipatel You burble on about "your rights" in one of your posts, how about the right to free movement that you helped to deprive so many people of? The only reason I took out British citizenship was to be able to live and work in Europe should I wish to. What a waste of £2,000-odd.
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@Arron_banks But are you back from New Zealand yet? I want to move home (as apparently I'm a filthy immigran) but don't really want to share the same hemisphere with you, never mind the same country.
@Levicoaster @Worldgirl1 @BeeHutton @edmorrish @HPIAndyCowper I worked as a secretary in a City law firm until five years ago (still work in law, just not in the City anymore, thank god). The partners' hourly rate was £750 an hour in 2015. I strongly suspect it will now be over £1,000 per hour.