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syk
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Voluntary return advice

Post by syk » Tue Aug 14, 2007 5:21 pm

I am giving up the wait and am applying for the voluntary return programme (AVRIM, not the VAARP).

The IOM informed me that I would only get support with the travel tickets. I explained that over the past 9 years that I have been here, I had accumulated lots of 'personnally-valuable' goods that I must take with me. But there is no provision for shipping assistance.
Is there an existing thread on this topic, anyone familiar with this area, please help
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Post by Dawie » Tue Aug 14, 2007 5:46 pm

Why don't you sell all your valuables to pay for your ticket?
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Post by Christophe » Tue Aug 14, 2007 5:49 pm

Dawie wrote:Why don't you sell all your valuables to pay for your ticket?
Probably not a sensible option - and "personally valuable" items aren't necessarily valuable in monetary terms anyway.
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Post by jimquk » Tue Aug 14, 2007 10:48 pm

Just out of interest, what exactly have you been waiting for? Sorry it didn't work out.

As for your valuables, I suppose the only ooption would be to have them shipped commercially. What sort of weight are we talking, and where to?
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Post by syk » Wed Aug 15, 2007 11:57 am

The items are not going to yield any significant amount of money. Don't get me wrong, I appreciate the fact that they can cover for the travel. Regarding the goods, I will surely leave the beds, mattresses, tables and chairs. However, I am off to West Africa, and I would like to take the electricals with me as well as books which makes it quite heavy.
I applied for ILR in June 05 having come on a workpermit in 98, but unable to renew/extend it in 2002.
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