<![CDATA[can we talk about how deliberately, purposefully cruel the UK settlement (permanent residency) process is]]>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

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/topic/0d0a7515-f58d-47f0-bca9-3162d2917b79/can-we-talk-about-how-deliberately-purposefully-cruel-the-uk-settlement-permanent-residency-process-isRSS for NodeFri, 01 May 2026 03:56:49 GMTWed, 08 Apr 2026 15:06:32 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to can we talk about how deliberately, purposefully cruel the UK settlement (permanent residency) process is on Wed, 08 Apr 2026 16:42:29 GMT]]>@whitequark That's crazy O.o

For anyone on the continent, across the channel, this is 3707 €, or about that much minimum wage:
* 2.57 months [in France](https://www.service-public.gouv.fr/particuliers/vosdroits/F2300)
* 3 months [in Spain](https://www.lamoncloa.gob.es/lang/en/gobierno/news/paginas/2024/minimum-wage-spain-smi.aspx)
* 4.21 months [in Greece](https://www.gov.gr/en/sdg/work-and-retirement/terms-and-conditions-of-employment/general/minimum-wage-and-minimum-daily-wage)

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://infosec.exchange/users/SamantazFox/statuses/116370082991410173https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://infosec.exchange/users/SamantazFox/statuses/116370082991410173Wed, 08 Apr 2026 16:42:29 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to can we talk about how deliberately, purposefully cruel the UK settlement (permanent residency) process is on Wed, 08 Apr 2026 16:27:01 GMT]]>@Atatra that's why i thought it extremely important to get a 5 year GLT visa even though they charged like a metric fuckton for it as the "NHS surcharge" (doesn't go to the NHS)

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://social.treehouse.systems/users/whitequark/statuses/116370022150046080https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://social.treehouse.systems/users/whitequark/statuses/116370022150046080Wed, 08 Apr 2026 16:27:01 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to can we talk about how deliberately, purposefully cruel the UK settlement (permanent residency) process is on Wed, 08 Apr 2026 16:22:02 GMT]]>@whitequark I'm already anxious about this for my wife when she reaches 5 years on her visa, as well as the 4k+ GBP we need to renew her visa in less than two years, god this entire thing is plainly racist and discriminatory

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://computerfairi.es/users/Atatra/statuses/116370002594506921https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://computerfairi.es/users/Atatra/statuses/116370002594506921Wed, 08 Apr 2026 16:22:02 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to can we talk about how deliberately, purposefully cruel the UK settlement (permanent residency) process is on Wed, 08 Apr 2026 16:06:31 GMT]]>mx @artemist, if this one recalls correctly: in [Poland, Spain], non-citizens (even if they are from the EU) need to register their address with the police and update it when they move (in Spain even when they change their occupation!). in the Netherlands they need to do so with the immigration and naturalization service.

in addition, all people (including citizens) are required to register their address with the municipality in [the Netherlands, Spain]. for Poland this one is not completely sure how the process works.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.vierkantor.com/users/1/statuses/116369941550850737https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.vierkantor.com/users/1/statuses/116369941550850737Wed, 08 Apr 2026 16:06:31 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to can we talk about how deliberately, purposefully cruel the UK settlement (permanent residency) process is on Wed, 08 Apr 2026 15:55:09 GMT]]>@1 the difference with the US, CN, and IT requirements is that they only apply to foreign citizens. I'm not sure if NL, PL, or ES have similar requirements for their own citizens

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://social.mildlyfunctional.gay/users/artemist/statuses/116369896859798255https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://social.mildlyfunctional.gay/users/artemist/statuses/116369896859798255Wed, 08 Apr 2026 15:55:09 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to can we talk about how deliberately, purposefully cruel the UK settlement (permanent residency) process is on Wed, 08 Apr 2026 15:52:14 GMT]]>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.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.vierkantor.com/users/1/statuses/116369885425284764https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.vierkantor.com/users/1/statuses/116369885425284764Wed, 08 Apr 2026 15:52:14 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to can we talk about how deliberately, purposefully cruel the UK settlement (permanent residency) process is on Wed, 08 Apr 2026 15:45:14 GMT]]>@artemist @coral i knew about china and russia but i had no idea schengen states do this

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://social.treehouse.systems/users/whitequark/statuses/116369857881021807https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://social.treehouse.systems/users/whitequark/statuses/116369857881021807Wed, 08 Apr 2026 15:45:14 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to can we talk about how deliberately, purposefully cruel the UK settlement (permanent residency) process is on Wed, 08 Apr 2026 15:44:32 GMT]]>@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.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://social.mildlyfunctional.gay/users/artemist/statuses/116369855115288504https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://social.mildlyfunctional.gay/users/artemist/statuses/116369855115288504Wed, 08 Apr 2026 15:44:32 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to can we talk about how deliberately, purposefully cruel the UK settlement (permanent residency) process is on Wed, 08 Apr 2026 15:41:43 GMT]]>@whitequark

Harrison wrote some stories based on that premise 🙂 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deathworld

@gsuberland

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://chaos.social/users/ChuckMcManis/statuses/116369844043469187https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://chaos.social/users/ChuckMcManis/statuses/116369844043469187Wed, 08 Apr 2026 15:41:43 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to can we talk about how deliberately, purposefully cruel the UK settlement (permanent residency) process is on Wed, 08 Apr 2026 15:35:58 GMT]]>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

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://social.treehouse.systems/users/whitequark/statuses/116369821450624482https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://social.treehouse.systems/users/whitequark/statuses/116369821450624482Wed, 08 Apr 2026 15:35:58 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to can we talk about how deliberately, purposefully cruel the UK settlement (permanent residency) process is on Wed, 08 Apr 2026 15:34:23 GMT]]>@gsuberland it's convenient that my life has prepared me for literally everything around being adversarial 🙂

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://social.treehouse.systems/users/whitequark/statuses/116369815193203406https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://social.treehouse.systems/users/whitequark/statuses/116369815193203406Wed, 08 Apr 2026 15:34:23 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to can we talk about how deliberately, purposefully cruel the UK settlement (permanent residency) process is on Wed, 08 Apr 2026 15:33:21 GMT]]>@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!

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://social.treehouse.systems/users/whitequark/statuses/116369811152371298https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://social.treehouse.systems/users/whitequark/statuses/116369811152371298Wed, 08 Apr 2026 15:33:21 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to can we talk about how deliberately, purposefully cruel the UK settlement (permanent residency) process is on Wed, 08 Apr 2026 15:27:58 GMT]]>@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).

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://social.treehouse.systems/users/ilmari/statuses/116369789952933397https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://social.treehouse.systems/users/ilmari/statuses/116369789952933397Wed, 08 Apr 2026 15:27:58 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to can we talk about how deliberately, purposefully cruel the UK settlement (permanent residency) process is on Wed, 08 Apr 2026 15:23:41 GMT]]>@whitequark its disgusting , every year they make it hharder and pricier, so many of my colleagues have had trouble with thr process and excess scrutiny applied for no reason other than where they were born

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://chaos.social/users/mini_ninja_64/statuses/116369773110182290https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://chaos.social/users/mini_ninja_64/statuses/116369773110182290Wed, 08 Apr 2026 15:23:41 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to can we talk about how deliberately, purposefully cruel the UK settlement (permanent residency) process is on Wed, 08 Apr 2026 15:22:50 GMT]]>@gsuberland putting the grim in government.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://social.treehouse.systems/users/dysfun/statuses/116369769783783859https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://social.treehouse.systems/users/dysfun/statuses/116369769783783859Wed, 08 Apr 2026 15:22:50 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to can we talk about how deliberately, purposefully cruel the UK settlement (permanent residency) process is on Wed, 08 Apr 2026 15:20:33 GMT]]>@whitequark yeah when Theresa May said "hostile environment" she really fucking meant it. it's grim.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://chaos.social/users/gsuberland/statuses/116369760788819361https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://chaos.social/users/gsuberland/statuses/116369760788819361Wed, 08 Apr 2026 15:20:33 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to can we talk about how deliberately, purposefully cruel the UK settlement (permanent residency) process is on Wed, 08 Apr 2026 15:16:15 GMT]]>@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.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/hyc/statuses/116369743916130672https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/hyc/statuses/116369743916130672Wed, 08 Apr 2026 15:16:15 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to can we talk about how deliberately, purposefully cruel the UK settlement (permanent residency) process is on Wed, 08 Apr 2026 15:14:13 GMT]]>@whitequark ouch. I felt that one. Not even a little bit wrong.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://bsd.network/users/hypostase/statuses/116369735910824892https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://bsd.network/users/hypostase/statuses/116369735910824892Wed, 08 Apr 2026 15:14:13 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to can we talk about how deliberately, purposefully cruel the UK settlement (permanent residency) process is on Wed, 08 Apr 2026 15:14:12 GMT]]>@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)

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://social.treehouse.systems/users/whitequark/statuses/116369735847509609https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://social.treehouse.systems/users/whitequark/statuses/116369735847509609Wed, 08 Apr 2026 15:14:12 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to can we talk about how deliberately, purposefully cruel the UK settlement (permanent residency) process is on Wed, 08 Apr 2026 15:12:57 GMT]]>@whitequark I've heard that the Home Office operates at an insane profit because of these fees.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://floofy.tech/users/arch/statuses/116369730914604968https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://floofy.tech/users/arch/statuses/116369730914604968Wed, 08 Apr 2026 15:12:57 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to can we talk about how deliberately, purposefully cruel the UK settlement (permanent residency) process is on Wed, 08 Apr 2026 15:12:47 GMT]]>@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.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/hyc/statuses/116369730274320574https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/hyc/statuses/116369730274320574Wed, 08 Apr 2026 15:12:47 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to can we talk about how deliberately, purposefully cruel the UK settlement (permanent residency) process is on Wed, 08 Apr 2026 15:12:43 GMT]]>@coral that one was removed a few years ago

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://social.treehouse.systems/users/whitequark/statuses/116369729981457482https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://social.treehouse.systems/users/whitequark/statuses/116369729981457482Wed, 08 Apr 2026 15:12:43 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to can we talk about how deliberately, purposefully cruel the UK settlement (permanent residency) process is on Wed, 08 Apr 2026 15:12:31 GMT]]>@hypostase home office is the type of organization that would invent Racism 2 because they found the original one insufficient

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://social.treehouse.systems/users/whitequark/statuses/116369729211840299https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://social.treehouse.systems/users/whitequark/statuses/116369729211840299Wed, 08 Apr 2026 15:12:31 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to can we talk about how deliberately, purposefully cruel the UK settlement (permanent residency) process is on Wed, 08 Apr 2026 15:11:49 GMT]]>@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.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://empty.cafe/users/coral/statuses/116369726487487554https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://empty.cafe/users/coral/statuses/116369726487487554Wed, 08 Apr 2026 15:11:49 GMT