Quote Originally Posted by gemini63 View Post
However, if all 47,000 applicants had been granted visas, travelled to the UK spent just £2000 each, this would have boosted the British economy by just under £100 million pounds.
and where do they get the £2000 from, some will get it working illegally, and so not be paying tax on it, some will be working more than 20 hrs a week, and also some will over stay costing ukba more than £2000 if they are caught and start going thru appeals process , form filling, police time, courts,, etc....