KumaLumaJuma

joined 1 year ago
[–] KumaLumaJuma 1 points 10 months ago

A parliament has a maximum term of 5 years. Any change to the date of the next election will have a direct impact on the latest date of the next election.

https://www.parliament.uk/about/how/elections-and-voting/general/

[–] KumaLumaJuma 3 points 10 months ago (2 children)

Depends on whether or not there is a snap election this year…

[–] KumaLumaJuma 5 points 10 months ago

My tiny gripe…

On iOS, I have set a couple weekly to-do items (recurring) that all have sub-tasks….

Except there isn’t a way to just see the subtasks? I have to click into the reminder, scroll down to subtasks and click into that.

What the heck?!?

[–] KumaLumaJuma 23 points 11 months ago

The whole settlement scheme has been a disaster. uKVI has historically been a truly terrible organisation. I personally have been given false information from them on more than one occasion so this doesn’t surprise me in the slightest.

Why is extraordinarily ridiculous though, is why someone from the EU that already had permanent residency wouldn’t just have that acknowledged or have automatically moved onto the new scheme. UKVI will already have her details on file electronically with biometric enrolment data.

Anything to make peoples lives miserable, in yet another clear implementation of government policy. The cruelty is the point.

[–] KumaLumaJuma 6 points 11 months ago

Pretty sure the Cuban population tends to vote republican because of the press about democrats being socialist wannabes or whatever.

Didn’t Obama loosen restrictions on Cuba and the Trump put it back to how it was before?

[–] KumaLumaJuma 26 points 11 months ago

Having no mechanism and being specifically legislated against are two different things. Brexit is the former, this sounds like the latter.

[–] KumaLumaJuma 1 points 11 months ago

True, although paying in upfront doesn’t exempt immigrants from also paying the relevant taxes that cover healthcare, no double taxation protections here.

[–] KumaLumaJuma 1 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (2 children)

So much cheaper than the UK.

It’s something like £2k ($2,500) for the fees (for 2.5-3years, depending on visa type), plus a buy in for NHS services, approximately £1k/year ($1,300 x 2.5-3) for the length of your visa.

6 years to become a citizen, if you’re not married to a Brit, or 5 if you are.

It is in excess of £10k over the 5-6 years to get to the point of permanent residence (£2,300) which you can then follow up with citizenship (£1,580).

[–] KumaLumaJuma 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

How weird to see where I went to school on the news in this way and yet rather unsurprising given the culture in the area.

[–] KumaLumaJuma 1 points 1 year ago

Mine isn’t coming until November, which is crazy but it is what it is.

Bit of a cock-up with the order though which was fun…

Did a preorder on the 22nd before I headed out, set up a trade in and finance via the Apple Store. About 2 hours later I got a text about additional identity checks or whatever, text says you have 90 minutes after clicking the link so I thought that was fine, will sort it when I get home, no luck. Waited on hold for 2:15 the next morning to get through to Barclays finance only to be told you have 90 minutes from the delivery of the text and because I missed the window I had to cancel and re-order, which is a bloody stupid thing.

Got the order cancelled and resubmitted but now I have to wait until November… 7-14th is my window. 😭😭😭

[–] KumaLumaJuma 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Oui, c’est une torture! Presque fini, j’espère…

Oh, c’est bon d’entendre, tout le monde a besoin des petites victoires ❤️

Je vous remercie… je suis américaine, mais j’habite en Angleterre depuis des ans. Je devrais être bonne, j’apprendrais depuis trois ans, mais je n’ai pas des amis francophones et je ne pratique assez. J’adore le français, c’est une langue vraiment belle.

[–] KumaLumaJuma 4 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Bien, je pense…

Ça a été une semaine tellement chaude et j’attends l’automne. Tout est de la merde.

Et vous?

PS: je suis désolée, j’apprends le français.

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