Post B55zhvEr8THgNEWdgu by whitequark@social.treehouse.systems
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 (DIR) Post #B55zhuYJgdFyFIcfNw by whitequark@social.treehouse.systems
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       can we talk about how deliberately, purposefully cruel the UK settlement (permanent residency) process issuper priority for 1000 GBP gives you the result on next daybtw it's 3226 GBP per person
       
 (DIR) Post #B55zhuoyggaH4yPyM4 by coral@empty.cafe
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       @whitequark yes, it is. I didn't even know about the police registration requirement.Many people who consider themselves internationally-minded and tolerant have no idea about any of this.
       
 (DIR) Post #B55zhv3VoeD5o3Da0e by artemist@mildlyfunctional.gay
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       @coral @whitequark police registration is weirdly common, e.g. in the us non-citizens have to report their address to uscis after moving. in italy non-citizens entering from other schengen countries are required to register within 8 days, or stay in a hotel that performs the registration. china has a similar registration requirement, but hotels that accept foreigners will handle it.
       
 (DIR) Post #B55zhvEr8THgNEWdgu by whitequark@social.treehouse.systems
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       @artemist @coral i knew about china and russia but i had no idea schengen states do this
       
 (DIR) Post #B55zhvQCSIMGwPphNA by 1@mastodon.vierkantor.com
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       mx [@whitequark, @artemist, @coral], the Netherlands, Poland and Spain have similar requirements too, and those are just the countries it (various levels of officially) lived in recently.
       
 (DIR) Post #B55zhvaTq4a7SIduOe by IngaLovinde@embracing.space
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       @1 @whitequark @artemist @coral Germany too, have to register IIRC within 14 days of move. Regardless of whether you're immigrant or citizen
       
 (DIR) Post #B55zhvsujXKKNTGd84 by whitequark@social.treehouse.systems
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       imagine paying several of your monthly salaries for this application (even as a tech worker that is steep, the base cost is slightly above my take home pay right now) then having to travel to your home country because of a family emergency and getting shafted by UKVI as a result
       
 (DIR) Post #B55zhxHPXwW4hjjhx2 by whitequark@social.treehouse.systems
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       i'm well-off enough that this stuff only feels like an existential threat to my life instead of being an existential threat to my life, and i can afford to pay all the stacked fees (even if it seriously eats into my finances). i don't expect most people to be so lucky