... there's NO shame in asking for advice, Ian
... believe me!
Tbh ... I used to have no hesitation in answering fellow members' spate of questions about visas - particularly just after joining this site (*October 2008) - because back *then, the entire procedure was relatively straightforward, still fresh in my mind and therefore, accordingly, I felt 100% motivated to do whatever I possibly could in order to help other folk ... based on my own personal experience.
However, in the intervening years, the whole rigmarole has since become so bloody complex... and thus I'm extremely grateful that the forum is truly blest with people of the calibre of Peter (Terpe) and Joe - each of whom is a veritable "treasure trove" of information on the subject.
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