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What happens if you mistakenly apply for British citizenship?

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Re: What happens if you mistakenly apply for British citizenship?

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Post by lotsofpulp »

caiob wrote: post #29
lotsofpulp wrote: post #26

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The same reason that people living in nice neighborhoods with nice houses don't invite all the people living in the slums to come live with them. This happens in non-English speaking countries also.

Mind providing an example?

My point is people all over the world with high quality of life don't want to lower their quality of life to benefit others. It happens on a city level, state level, country level, and global level.

With sufficient resources, you can buy access to all countries, just like you can move to the nice part of town.

Re: What happens if you mistakenly apply for British citizenship?

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Post by rdl »

If the wait for review/decision is going to be months, there really should be some kind of pre submission check to test validity. This could be done by one’s lawyer usually, but an automated screening and/or immediate cursory validation by government seems like it would make sense. Maybe only extend validity of visa during processing if it passes the validation.

Re: What happens if you mistakenly apply for British citizenship?

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Post by DanBC »

jarym wrote: post #15

There are two* UK government departments that are full of incompetent decision makers and absolutely no culture of common sense or doing the right thing: 1. The Home Office 2. HMRC (aka Her Majesty’s arseholes) This doesn’t surprise me. I honestly am begining to think that change will only come once senior civil servants meet a dose of mob justice. The public’s tolerance is at breaking point imo. *at minimum

HMRC are better than DWP.

Re: What happens if you mistakenly apply for British citizenship?

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Post by Marazan »

caiob wrote: post #17

Is there something about English-speaking countries that make them behave like dicks when it comes to immigration?

The British Prime Minister made a completely unfullfillable promise to bring down immigration numbers - despite the he country being part of the EU and thus having free movement making it impossible to hit his targets.

Because this mistake cannot be admitted the civil service is trying to hit impossible targets amd as a result cases like this occur on a daily basis as they look for any possible reason to deny an immigration case.

Re: What happens if you mistakenly apply for British citizenship?

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Post by matz1 »

caiob wrote: post #29
lotsofpulp wrote: post #26

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The same reason that people living in nice neighborhoods with nice houses don't invite all the people living in the slums to come live with them. This happens in non-English speaking countries also.

Mind providing an example?

Well, for example, my neighborhood. Wherever that is.

Re: What happens if you mistakenly apply for British citizenship?

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Post by [deleted] »

DanBC wrote: post #47
chrisseaton wrote: post #30

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> The Tories have been pandering to the xenophobes and racists for some time now ... In the case of the Windrush Generation, who just happen to be black, the Home Office destroyed archives that contained proof of eligibility of residence Just to fact check this, https://www.channel4.com/news/factcheck/factcheck-who-destro... , it was a Labour-administrated Home Office that decided to destroy them, although it looks l…

The hostile environment is definitely a Conservate thing though.

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Re: What happens if you mistakenly apply for British citizenship?

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Post by Filligree »

ConfSibi wrote: post #46

There are legitimate and rational reasons for not wanting a large influx of poor immigrants into a developed nation. Using the US as an example, in the 1800's and early-to-mid 1900's, American work was largely labor intensive agricultural and factory based work. Labor was in huge demand, and as a result the middle class was able to thrive. Today that is no longer the case, and a massive rift between rich and poor is…

Okay, but what does that have to do with this story?

The guy was gainfully employed until the Home Office did their thing.

Re: What happens if you mistakenly apply for British citizenship?

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Post by gsnedders »

avar wrote: post #13
blattimwind wrote: post #9

"Indefinite leave to remain" sounds like some almost Orwellian concoction of meaninglessness to me. How exactly do you get from "permission to stay in the country" (aha, it means one has the permission to stay in the country) to "indefinite leave to remain" (uhm... to remain here, I need to leave indefinitely?)

This is just what the UK calls permanent residency: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Permanent_residency

And admission to the country on a temporary basis is done by granting leave to remain (v. indefinite leave to remain).

Re: What happens if you mistakenly apply for British citizenship?

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Post by tinktank »

mmsimanga wrote: post #40

I speak as an immigrant. I see a lot of comments not being too kind to people who aren't welcoming of immigrants. As a person, I actually do understand. Not everyone is going to like me. As an African I do wish some of this energy would be directed to the African leaders that make their countries so terrible that someone feels it is better to jump on a rickety boat in search of a better life. These African "leaders"…

It's much easier to hate on an individual in front of you than a president, policy, regime or country (and takes less effort). The bigger grind for me is that the same countries (UK in particular) hammering citizens from those countries welcome leaders with open arms and provide them with refuge, the ability to buy sheltered properties etc. The UKG loves nothing or nobody but money, I just wish they would be upfront about it so their policies were consistent with their actions.
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