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    Cheat your way to a passport: For £500, migrants who speak no English

    The scam focuses on exam centres – licensed by the Home Office – which are supposed to test if a person can speak English to at least a basic level.
    read more here .. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...tizenship.html
    http://www.filipinouk.com/forum/image.php?type=sigpic&userid=870&dateline=1270312908


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    Another sign of the tories keeping net immigration down.


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    Home Secretary Theresa May has ordered urgent investigation into findings

    Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...#ixzz31xg7XGRx




    Another case of something being done about it, I wonder how long it's been going on for


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    From the same article:-

    Citizenship applications surged in the wake of Labour’s open-door immigration policy. Last year, 200,000 requests were rubber-stamped. The main beneficiaries are from India, Pakistan, Nigeria, China and the Philippines.

    Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...#ixzz31xlbZhyI

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    i wouldn't take the mails word for it

    open door policy it takes at least 5 yrs of being in the UK for someone who isn't married to a British citizen to be able to apply for Citizenship.

    looking at the graph Grants by citizenship category, 1962-2012
    http://www.migrationobservatory.ox.a...pts-and-trends

    you can see the increase in applications for citizenship started rising in 1998, Blair became MP in 1997, but the increase in applications started in 1998 take off the 5yrs you would need to had be in the UK to apply that means the immigrants who applied in 1998 must have came to the UK before 1993 ! when the Tories were in power

    you can only blame labour from when Blair be came MP in 1997+5yrs, so if you look at the graph before 2002 you can see the number of applications had been steadily increasing and had gone from 20k when blair became PM to 60K a year after blair had been PM for yrs, this 40k increase a year is down to the Tories not labour.
    http://www.filipinouk.com/forum/image.php?type=sigpic&userid=870&dateline=1270312908


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    Going on all the time at 'stani & indian run "colleges" and "test centres" I saw this Panorame programme a few months ago. They should be immediately shut down and those running them jailed,



    BBC Panorama investigation finds English visa tests were FAKED - with answers read out for students

    http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news...#ixzz31yqvvT5L


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    Any chance the guy selling the certificate was a follower of Islam


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    Home Secretary Theresa May has ordered urgent investigation into findings
    Thats the difference,Labour would have given amnesty


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    Quote Originally Posted by les_taxi View Post
    Thats the difference,Labour would have given amnesty
    Harriet Harman would have posed for photos with the centre owners

    Guilty: High-profile Muslim charity chief who sexually abused three girls aged under 14

    Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...#ixzz31ywWjkjj


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    Quote Originally Posted by les_taxi View Post
    Thats the difference,Labour would have given amnesty
    how long was the last labour gov in power for Les and can you tell me the dates of the amnesties they had
    http://www.filipinouk.com/forum/image.php?type=sigpic&userid=870&dateline=1270312908


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    Quote Originally Posted by Dedworth View Post
    Harriet Harman would have posed for photos with the centre owners

    Guilty: High-profile Muslim charity chief who sexually abused three girls aged under 14

    Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...#ixzz31ywWjkjj


    Last year David Cameron warmly welcomed Muslim Brotherhood’s Mohamed Morsi as President of Egypt
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    How long was the last Labour gov in power for Les and can you tell me the dates of the amnesties they had??
    Too long and hopefully never to return to power

    No Amesties that I can think of but if in power in future lots probably

    You can waffle all you want Joe, but while Labour were in power the seeds were sown for mass immigration, and multicultural acceptance and erosion of English Traditions and Values.


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    One for your photo album Joe




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    Quote Originally Posted by les_taxi View Post
    Too long and hopefully never to return to power

    No Amesties that I can think of, but if in power in future, lots probably

    You can waffle all you want Joe, but while Labour were in power, the seeds were sown for mass immigration, and multicultural acceptance and erosion of English Traditions and Values.
    None , for once Les, I think you might be correct

    Yes, and Thatcher not once but twice backed the EEC and on us staying in it
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    Quote Originally Posted by joebloggs View Post
    None , for once Les, I think you might be correct

    Yes, and Thatcher not once but twice backed the EEC and on us staying in it

    Was that the EEC before it had it's own currency, impoverished ex Comecon members, human rights court, etc etc.

    I guess in an era when you could buy jars of jam with golliwogs on them and watch "It ain't half hot mum" on your 3 channel TV

    Nostalgia is a wonderful thing


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    Quote Originally Posted by Dedworth View Post
    Was that the EEC before it had it's own currency, impoverished ex Comecon members, human rights court, etc etc.

    I guess in an era when you could buy jars of jam with golliwogs on them and watch "It ain't half hot mum" on your 3 channel TV

    Nostalgia is a wonderful thing
    Well dedworth, this gov has been in power 4yrs and done nothing about it, and we know Cameron is pro Europe, and he talks about a vote in 2017 always manana
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    He will give us the Vote, unlike Labour - bunch of loonies


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    Quote Originally Posted by les_taxi View Post
    He will give us the Vote, unlike Labour - bunch of loonies





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    LOL. I came here for the discussion on English Test cheats, and got lost in the politics.


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    Quote Originally Posted by dontpushme View Post
    LOL. I came here for the discussion on English Test cheats, and got lost in the politics.
    ... no surprises there!


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    Haha! I'm not surprised that there's a lot of talk of politics these days. So far this week, we've gotten four campaign flyers in the mail. Some OAP even insisted on personally giving me a flyer after I told him twice that I was only on a visa and wasn't eligible to vote.


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    Quote Originally Posted by dontpushme View Post
    LOL. I came here for the discussion on English Test cheats, and got lost in the politics.
    Ha that's so normal on here,you will be lucky to find a thread that stays on subject
    We can't help ourselves
    Watch, I will now start a thread off about Cheese-see how it morphs into something else


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    Quote Originally Posted by dontpushme View Post
    LOL. I came here for the discussion on English Test cheats, and got lost in the politics.
    You're right
    Sadly it's not about politics. It's about greed, desperation and criminals who need to be put out of business.
    My wife and I met a lovely girl from the Philippines about 18 months ago who was over on a student visa which had come to an end. She had been working part time in a nursing home and desperately wanted to stay as they had promised her a full time position. Prior to our meeting she had been put in touch with a company who have offices in London, Pakistan and Dubai. This company advised her that they could guarantee her stay here by getting her an Entrepreneur Visa for a substantial fee. By the time she relayed her story to me she had already submitted the application and parted with fees totalling £10k to cover the application and the appeal as it had been refused. I told her in my opinion she had no chance of success and needless to say she's now back in the Philippines less £10k which would have helped her a lot.
    Meanwhile the Immigration Advice Company continues to operate doubtless parting more fools from their money


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    Quote Originally Posted by bigmarco View Post
    You're right
    Sadly it's not about politics. It's about greed, desperation and criminals who need to be put out of business.
    My wife and I met a lovely girl from the Philippines about 18 months ago who was over on a student visa which had come to an end. She had been working part time in a nursing home and desperately wanted to stay as they had promised her a full time position. Prior to our meeting she had been put in touch with a company who have offices in London, Pakistan and Dubai. This company advised her that they could guarantee her stay here by getting her an Entrepreneur Visa for a substantial fee. By the time she relayed her story to me she had already submitted the application and parted with fees totalling £10k to cover the application and the appeal as it had been refused. I told her in my opinion she had no chance of success and needless to say she's now back in the Philippines less £10k which would have helped her a lot.
    Meanwhile the Immigration Advice Company continues to operate doubtless parting more fools from their money
    Scum - no doubt run by undesirables from the sub continent


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