Exactly and it is under these circumstances that you begin to think "Originally Posted by Arthur Little
Joking apart - and there was, ACTUALLY, more than a modicum of seriousness in my earlier post #20 also - it'sdiabolical that Tony's wife is being forced to undergo such interrogation at her legally~wedded husband's regular doctors' surgery ... where each of the "fully~fledged" practitioners is likely to be raking~in at least £80k per annum.
We found the GP registration a complete doddle but the bank account was a different matter....very frustrating. I could have done with some spam mail or anything, just to get my wifes account open. It took nigh on 4 weeks all told, including some ineptitude on the part of the banking staff.
I mean, sure, we want to abide by the rules and don't want to encourage sham visa applicants but on the other hand we do want the processes involved to be applied with a modicum of fairness, reasonability and common sense etc and not soooooo dam difficult as it evidently can be. I dont blame Rayna for using the Matalans spam mail at all....
