By the time we came to send this all off in late November 2015, my husband had a job offer back in Australia, so we planned to leave the UK in April - we only need the visas extended for the next five months. So we send our stuff off, and we wait. And wait. And wait.
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In all respects, the UK visa authority almost perfectly fits the description that Douglas Adams famously gave to his Vogons: "Not actually evil, but bad-tempered, bureaucratic, officious and callous" - the "almost" is because these days, yeah: they actually ARE evil, too.
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In conclusion: the marriage of xenophobia and bureaucratic incompetence is one of the ugliest in the modern world, and that's saying something. The UK isn't alone in perpetuating this particular evil, so let it be a lesson to everyone on a similar path to FIX THAT SHIT NOW. FIN
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from an external observer, who has read of a no. of such experiences (though few so 'awfully' comprehensive), may I quibble on one tiny point, Foz. You say "hard Brexit". The hard/soft distinction was always Brexiteer flimflammery. It was always going to be the Brexit From Hell.
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True. But hard is what they’re currently headed for, so.
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I never really understood the movie Brazil until I moved here. I had thought it was a fantastical dark comedy. But now that I live in the UK I realize it’s just a straight horror film, because the bureaucratic nightmare feels way possible than I’d imagined.
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The Tories and their rancid ideology - knowing price of everything, value of nothing - have all but destroyed this country from the one which emerged battered and bruised from 1945, but was still hopeful, generous and optimistic.
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This is the most horrific story. What a terrible experience. God help everybody else.
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There is Brexit or there is no Brexit.. No inbetweens
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