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[Arthur Little]

That extra £300 seems to be excessive

may be SO ... ... but the BASIC bloody fee is the BIGGEST rip-off in the first place!

for what these folk do on a day to day basis anyway. I can understand a surcharge but £300 is taking the peace. I don't know if we in the IOM will end up with a similar surcharge but thankfully, currently, there is no such thing here.

Let's not forget that the surcharge is there primarily to act as a disincentive ... in other words, it ISN'T so much a case of taking the piss - rather it's to DISCOURAGE too many people availing themselves of the Premium Service. Sure ... staff are accustomed to dealing with INDIVIDUAL applicants face to face day in and day out - by prior arrangement. But there are bound to be [literally] hundreds of thousands of immigrants seeking Permanent Residence throughout the UK at any given time. That's why an APPOINTMENTS System exists. And presumably WHY (as I've already pointed out above) the surcharge is set at such a high rate. Imagine the chaos there'd be if every one of those applicants turned up unannounced - expecting priority treatment - it would be a humanly impossible undertaking for the limited number of UKBA officials to cope with the sheer demand and carry out their necessary checks effectively.

[lastlid]

may be SO ... ... but the BASIC bloody fee is the BIGGEST rip-off in the first place!




Let's not forget that the surcharge is there primarily to act as a disincentive ... in other words, it ISN'T so much a case of taking the piss - rather it's to DISCOURAGE too many people availing themselves of the Premium Service. Sure ... staff are accustomed to dealing with INDIVIDUAL cases face to face - by prior arrangement. But there are bound to be [literally] hundreds of thousands of immigrants seeking Permanent Residence throughout the UK at any given time. That's why an APPOINTMENTS System exists. And presumably WHY (as I've already pointed out above) the surcharge is set at such a high rate. Imagine the chaos there'd be if every one of those applicants turned up unannounced - expecting priority treatment - it would be a humanly impossible undertaking for the limited number of UKBA officials to cope with the sheer demand and carry out their necessary checks effectively.

They could simply use an appointment system without a surcharge or such an exorbitant surcharge. Then that situation you described, Arthur, would not occur.

Besides, at £991 , everyone should get priority treatment. And at £991 quid a shot they can afford to take on extra staff to process the paperwork in a more timely fashion.

[gWaPito]

Itz basically to keep out the riff raff...i'd make it 3k instead of what we paid. Excellent value, I say In all the years to come you are gonna make it all back in spades...

[lastlid]

Itz basically to keep out the riff raff...i'd make it 3k instead of what we paid. Excellent value, I say In all the years to come you are gonna make it all back in spades...

Back to the I am alright Jack approach. What about those that aren't riff raff but find 3k difficult to raise?

[gWaPito]

Back to the I am alright Jack approach. What about those that aren't riff raff but find 3k difficult to raise?

Honestly Lastlid, you need an injection of humour! I was just making light of a bad situation.