Quote Originally Posted by joebloggs View Post
Aromulus i wait for the day no one has to pay , i'm glad you didnt pay, thats one up the for the gov.. and i should have got and appiled for a lithuanian passport and given up my british citizenship, just to save the £500 !!

anyway best of luck to you and your wife , maybe now the gov will get it back thru taxes
Personally, although I wish for everybody to receive visas free of charge, I cannot see it happen in a month of Sundays...

Nowadays almost every department in Government is operated like a profit generating enterprise...

Up to not so many years ago, charges were just there to cover costs. Prescriptions, Eye tests, Visas, Official Copies from the Courts, etc.
Now, nearly, everything has a price tag.

So, it is advisable to play the system...