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It's a good thing I submitted my Naturalisation application 2 weeks ago. I was avoiding paying extra for it.RobinLondon wrote:From the IND website, given in the context of another announcement on illegal immigration:
The Home Office will also publish later today to Parliament the responses to the consultation on new visa charges and the charges themselves for those who come to the UK to visit, study, live or work. The new fees will ensure those most benefiting from coming to the UK help pay to enforce the system, while holding down prices for those routes of greatest benefit to the UK such as visitors and students.
http://www.ind.homeoffice.gov.uk/aboutu ... ckbenefits
(at the bottom of the page)
Let's cross our fingers, but the way that that last sentence is worded, it doesn't look particularly promising.
kairos, Dawie...you kids are lucky!
I still struggle to see why immigration enforcement is any way the financial responsibility of legal immigrants.The new fees will ensure those most benefiting from coming to the UK help pay to enforce the system
Cause the locals are either too busy drinking beer or watching football or claiming benefits...Dawie wrote:I still struggle to see why immigration enforcement is any way the financial responsibility of legal immigrants.The new fees will ensure those most benefiting from coming to the UK help pay to enforce the system
I think these fees must, along with other aspects of immigration, be against the human rights convention: right to family.jbinuk wrote:These new fees are definitely rip-off!! money-making-scheme!!profiteering!! I totally agree that they they've raised the fee for ILR way too high because they are expecting volumes of applications this year..
First, they extended ILR years from 4 to 5 years, so that all immigrant who were about to apply for 4 years ILR and whose FLR were expiring will have to extend their FLR fr another year (500 pounds - will mean millions of revenue)..and then they've introduced 'Life in the UK test' (34 pounds - millions of revenue again) and now doubling the new fees!!! (millions of revenue again) at our (immigrants) expense and not to mention we have been paying taxes as a british citizen and not eligible for benefits for 5 years!!
Since last year, my wife and I have been contemplating of leaving UK for US and I am now very well convinced that it is not worth living here. We've spent enough fortune in paying for visas!
It very frustrating really...
I think what's more important here is that a relatively small, overcrowded country like the United Kingdom is not capable of continuing to accept sustained immigration at a continuation of the rates since 1997. Something has got to give.DavidJ wrote: I think these fees must, along with other aspects of immigration, be against the human rights convention: right to family.
Yes, but not a UK citizen's right to family. Restrict economic migration and work harder on deporting illegals.JAJ wrote:I think what's more important here is that a relatively small, overcrowded country like the United Kingdom is not capable of continuing to accept sustained immigration at a continuation of the rates since 1997. Something has got to give.DavidJ wrote: I think these fees must, along with other aspects of immigration, be against the human rights convention: right to family.
I expect that in the next few years there will be even tougher restrictions on spouse migration to the UK. For example, it may become impossible for young adults (eg those in the 18-23 age bracket) to bring a foreign spouse to the UK (one way to address forced marriages). It is also possible that spouses will face an English language requirement.DavidJ wrote: Yes, but not a UK citizen's right to family. Restrict economic migration and work harder on deporting illegals.
It's not necessarily healthy for a significant part of a society's established population to be replaced by newcomers in a short period of time.I think we have our fair share of people leaving.
She will either need to get ILR, or continue paying for further leave to remain. What nationality is she?Seriously, my wife will not even be asking for ILR. We intend to move out later anyway. (I have to stay here for my daughter.) She will not give up her exisiting nationality, and why should she?