IT - Cash Cow!!

[sars_notd_virus]

Ah all our questions answered, why do our visa application fee's keep
going up and up ? is it for better and more staff ? is it for a deeper
and more thorough investigations ? is it to deter more people from applying ?
NO!!.. apparently not.. it's to pay for the £28m (so far) overspend on yet another government IT system.:cwm23::angry:

http://www.guardian.co.uk/government-computing-network/2012/jul/17/nao-border-agency-immigration-icw?newsfeed=true

Immigration IT system runs £28m over budget
National Audit Office finds UK Border Agency's £385m immigration IT system is late and over budget.

[Dedworth]

The IT companies supplying these public sector contracts have been laughing all the way to the bank for years

[imagine]

so break the hearts and wallets of our couples and familys to pay for the overbudget, heartless barstuards :cwm23:

[raynaputi]

:cwm23: and when you go to get your biometrics in a post office branch, the machine is broke and they don't know when it'll be fixed! :doh

[lastlid]

I posted on this a few days ago....:xxgrinning--00xx3:

http://filipinaroses.com/showthread.php/39922-New-UK-immigration-IT-system-late-and-%C2%A328m-OVER-BUDGET

[joebloggs]

your also paying for asylum seeker apps and Family permits - if your not who is paying :rolleyes: