I don't have a problem with that at all.
What I suspect however, is that the people who they actually employ to perform the interviews will not have the appropriate background checks (i.e. here with a false passport themselves), and be targets for corruption and general abuse of power ( Anthony Pamnani case).
In fact, thats probably how they got into this mess in the first place. they are just digging a deeper hole - at the expense of freedom for the rest of us.
oh i dont think its a bad thing, but whats the cost going to be? surely cannot be the standard passport fee of £66 , come on theres extra processing and an interview, so must be an extra fee, and of course not refundable
its not like you really have a choice now is it.. you have to pay.. or no british passport
from other forums i go on, just to check if pinoys are treated the same as eveyone else, and its hard to say, because its difficult to see how many thai's are applying for a spouse visa compared to pinoy's. but some thai's have had visa's refused for visitors. spouses and even kids, but then how many are down to lack of evidence or just the embassy being.
but on some of theses forums, they are people who admit to been illegally here, no passport or visa, who marry a british citizen, and even have been kicked out, or over stayed for many years, and have applied for spouse visa and been accepted. makes you wonder why people get
I just paid nearly £180 for my kids first passports, and with a little luck, they might be here by the end of this week.Originally Posted by joebloggs
oh i dont think its a bad thing, but whats the cost going to be? surely cannot be the standard passport fee of £66 , come on theres extra processing and an interview, so must be an extra fee
from other forums i go on, just to check if pinoys are treated the same as eveyone else, and its hard to say, because its difficult to see how many thai's are applying for a spouse visa compared to pinoy's. but some thai's have had visa's refused for visitors. spouses and even kids, but then how many are down to lack of evidence or just the embassy being
but on some of theses forums, they are people who admit to been illegally here, no passport or visa, who marry a british citizen, and even have been kicked out, or over stayed for many years, and have applied for spouse visa and been accepted. makes you wonder why people get
Reading the posts. made me realize that I got away with it lightly, because if they want another one, it will be up to them.
I can see both sides of the argument, and I am sure that despite the extra interviews, time, labor, whatever... The extra expense is not really justified.... just another tax.
Like the increase in settlement visa fees, FLR and ILR.
The security aspect of the whole affair, is welcome, and should have been introduced years ago, not that it will stop determined crooks to obtain fake passes directly from the passport office... legally.
Where there is a will, (and money) there is a way....
Like there always be bent officials.
As per your last paragraph, I resent it slightly. Feels like a bit of a personal dig
Believe it or not, I heard of it on this forum first, and made further research. I was not afraid to shell out for my wife's visa fees, but why pay at all if it is free???
Doesn't happen very often for me to get anything free of charge out of the system, especially after the inordinate amount of tax I have been paying over the last 30+ years.
But as mentioned before in another post, somewhere, I cannot afford to leave the job, because too many refugees, bogus asylum seekers, last salary pensioned goverment employees, depend on my tax money... and yours.
Well, Tony is leaving the gravy train, Gordon will follow in a wee while... maybe things will get a bit better, but doubtful.
In the meantime
Ingats
Dom
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