✧✦Catherine✦✧Apr 8

can we talk about how deliberately, purposefully cruel the UK settlement (permanent residency) process is

super priority for 1000 GBP gives you the result on next day

btw it's 3226 GBP per person

Show threadTenguApr 8
@whitequark What this for? ​​
Show thread✧✦Catherine✦✧Apr 8
@Tengu UK settlement
Show threadHoward Chu @ SymasApr 8
@whitequark @Tengu Irish citizenship requires continuous presence in Ireland for 365 days up to the date of your application (along with 5 years legal residence). That's one reason I didn't apply until 3 years after I was eligible, was always traveling.
Show thread✧✦Catherine✦✧
@hyc @Tengu there is also that requirement in the UK (the exact calculation is a pain in the ass but there are rules like "no more than 180 day absence" and "must have resided in the UK exactly five years before citizenship application". Who the fuck tracks this shit)
Apr 8 at 3:14pmWeb
Show threadHoward Chu @ SymasApr 8

@whitequark @Tengu yeah.... who tracks it - they required a complete list of dates of entry/exit along with photocopies of all relevant passport pages with entry/exit stamps. Great fun.

And then after you've gathered all required paperwork, they're bound to say you got something wrong. I hired an immigration lawyer (solicitor) to help - they reviewed my stuff and submitted the paperwork on my behalf, so they dealt with any pushback first.

Show threadilmariApr 8
@whitequark @hyc @Tengu I've lived in the UK for nearly 20 years and have EU/EEA Settled Status (can I have a "FUCK BREXIT!"?), but I still haven't got around to doing the citizenship dance because of the ludicrous paperwork requirements (need to list every time I've been outside the UK in the last 5 years) and fees (citizenship application "only" costs £1839, plus the language test).
Show thread✧✦Catherine✦✧Apr 8
@ilmari @hyc @Tengu you know what's funny, Brexit has been a windfall for me. all the tech workers leaving the UK for EU have paved the way for GLT, which is probably the best European immigrant visa for people without a degree. 5-year citizenship route is incredible!
Show threadJess RobinsonApr 9
@whitequark will be going up to 10 years soon, I hear