And the officer who interviewed me saw my comics of him, found them "insulting and demeaning," and they request they be taken down. Hm. No.
UK Border Office finally got back to me on my complaint. In short: you need a work permit to speak in the UK. NOW they put it on their site.
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And I want the perplexing black cross removed from my passport. But there it is. No take backsies.
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For those of you new to this debacle, you can read my comics and account of being stuck at the UK border here:https://medium.com/@rachelnabors/wtfuk-73009d5623b4#.kco34bmw8 …
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Kinda amazed that
@stevewoz https://medium.com/@woz_79297/i-travel-and-speak-a-lot-b5393526438e#.fj54vz5jr … and@EdwardTufte have run into UK border problems, too:https://twitter.com/EdwardTufte/status/767361727533121536 … -
Picked up this horn in Brooklyn on my way back. Wear it on every flight. Makes people laugh. We all need a laugh.pic.twitter.com/tXf6rTXzwG
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Your mane has become quite luxurious!
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It's slow growing!
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Makes you think about all the American speakers on stage at UK confs illegally.
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I worry.
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Precisely why I'm always traveling "for meetings" or "for vacation".
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Yeaaaaaah, I'm not into lying my way across borders. People get caught with those excuses, too.
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which site did they put the info on that's new? Link, please!
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srsly. Could you publish the response from UKBA, so your story benefits others? Need to keep
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I've considered it. But. I also feel like "when did this become MY job?"
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Folks will direct their questions at me. Questions I cannot answer. Thus my response: talk to an immigrations lawyer.
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can't you at least look in your history and find the link that you mentioned that is now updated?
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You misunderstand me: they told me they updated their site. I personally can't see where.
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le sigh.
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Just for you I rechecked their Word doc. It just says they've updated the "relevant section at http://www.gov.uk ."
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@tastapod I am flying to speak at a conference in Swansea in few days. I am brown. I am a Muslim. I am worried. -
You should be concerned. It may help to have the number of an Immigrations lawyer.
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reconsidering future work ... UK is now a "is it really worth it?" location (worth researching visas?)
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It is not for me, ha! Which is a pity. I've got a lot of non-work friends over there I wanted to see.
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