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joebloggs

7th May 2012, 21:16

you've got to :laugher:, the UK cant kick anyone out but Bermuda can kick out a Brit that's lived there for 20yrs :crazy::cwm23: time to fight fire with fire :angry:

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They were ordered to leave despite their daughter Holly, 12 and son Joseph, six, being born in Bermuda, a British overseas territory in the North Atlantic.

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2140791/Family-kicked-Bermuda-20-years-UK-overseas-territory-clamps-BRITISH-immigrants.html#ixzz1uDVxNxgH

Dedworth

7th May 2012, 21:44

He's a mug - had 20 years to sort out some sort of permanency, doesn't ring true to me

grahamw48

7th May 2012, 21:48

Dedworth...I agree.

However, if the British govt. tried to do the same they'd be accused of being racist Nazis.:rolleyes:

Hull does have its nice parts (I often work there), although the 'beach' is a bit muddy. :)

Dedworth

7th May 2012, 21:52

Dedworth...I agree.

However, if the British govt. tried to do the same they'd be accused of being racist Nazis.:rolleyes:

Hull does have its nice parts, although the 'beach' is a bit muddy. :)

A friends Dad came from Hull he said the best thing he ever did was join the Fleet Air Arm to get away from the place - he did OK flew jets when we had proper carriers and finished up a senior British Airways Captain. I have a pleasant memory of the place twice seeing it recede into the distance from the back of the Rotterdam ferry

grahamw48

7th May 2012, 21:59

:icon_lol:

Admitted, I do try to exit the place before nightfall. :omg:

joebloggs

7th May 2012, 22:05

He's a mug - had 20 years to sort out some sort of permanency, doesn't ring true to me

Many parents and grown children have been on restrictive Work Permits for more than 20 years. If as expatriates they marry a Bermudian spouse, they must wait for 10 years to get Bermudian status and pay a hefty fee. In contrast, Bermudians can apply for a UK passport, get full United Kingdom and European citizenship immediately they get the passport and live, work, vote and buy any property they wish there. This one-sided arrangement was a British Government decision taken without any referendum from the British people.

:NoNo::angry::crazy:

http://www.bermuda-online.org/citizenship.htm

Dedworth

7th May 2012, 22:42

Still doesn't ring true Joe - what about his wifes "beauty therapy business" didn't that count for anything or maybe that was illegal

joebloggs

7th May 2012, 22:50

i had a quick look on the net, as in the link, it looks very strict on how you get citizenship, married for 10yrs :yikes:, if you can own land/property. must be at least 10yrs b4 you can apply for residency.

we should do the same to them and others from outside the uk.

Jamesey

8th May 2012, 20:52

Something doesn't seem quite right with this story, but I know that their immigration rules are quite strict and that residency / work permits are very much based around the employer.

A few of my friends have worked in Bermuda and apart from the long hours at work, life out there seems to be fantastic. Having said that, people tend to leave after 5 or 6 years. I guess that's long enough to save up some cash and enjoy the parties!

Actually, there's quite a few filipinos working there. It's where my friend met his wife!

Bermuda is an amazing place. I spent a couple of weeks there on holiday and had an amzing time. Although it's expensive, the whole island is clean, safe and great fun! I can understand why the guy is gutted to be sent back to Hull!

Iani

9th May 2012, 09:28

Why am I now thinking of a Barry Manilow song, but substituting the words "he should have just disappeared............"

Graham, you mean to say there's some nice parts of Hull? About the only nice part is that it's in Gods Own County, but there is always the M62 giving a rapid route to better pastures :Rasp: Ummm

grahamw48

9th May 2012, 10:53

Have a drive around West Hull sometime (Swanland, West Ella, Kirk Ella, North Ferriby, parts of Hessle)...will put many places in Windsor or Cheshire's millionaires' district to shame. There were some very wealthy Trawler owners in times gone past. :)

I'm reminded of a time I went to do a survey on a property in Swanland, and after being let in through the electric gate I saw what appeared to be 2 large properties.

While I'm walking towards the smaller of the two the owner appears and tells me that it's the building at the front I need to look at. The other one (size of a row of terrace houses) was the garage. :icon_lol:

Iani

9th May 2012, 20:52

Ahh, I guess I am thinking too much of Bransholme et al.

Can't be worse mind than Bradford :Erm:

Dedworth

9th May 2012, 22:14

Its cheaper in Hull

High street chains are operating a North-South ‘price apartheid’ on everything from a cup of coffee to a visit to the cinema.

Many items are considerably cheaper in a northern city such as Hull compared with somewhere like Hammersmith, West London.

The Greggs chain, for example, charges 85p for a large sausage roll in Hammersmith, which is almost 30 per cent more than the 66p it charges in Hull.

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2141536/It-IS-cheaper-North-Price-divide-pub-food-film-tickets.html#ixzz1uPRe7zPU

grahamw48

9th May 2012, 23:40

Ahh, I guess I am thinking too much of Bransholme et al.

Can't be worse mind than Bradford :Erm:

Yes...Bransholme Estate (East Hull) is a bit scary after dark, but having said that I've worked in all parts of Hull over the past 35 years including late evenings (pub-closing) and never had any hassle.

Oh, apart from when i was sitting at the shops at one council estate eating my lunch, when a little kid sidles over, looks in through my window then grabs the ignition keys and scarpers away with them. :omg:

grahamw48

9th May 2012, 23:43