Proposed government changes for UK tourist visas

[Rover8098]

It's been in the news all day today and yesterday (if you haven't read it, click http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/7146527.stm )

I think it's a joke to penalise genuine visitors, especially family members of British Citizens/long-term residents of the UK.

What do you think? What's your view?

[magata]

Rover8098 Posted: Tue Dec 18, 2007 7:58 pm Post subject: Proposed government changes for UK tourist visas

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It's been in the news all day today and yesterday (if you haven't read it, click http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/7146527.stm )

I think it's a joke to penalise genuine visitors, especially family members of British Citizens/long-term residents of the UK.

What do you think? What's your view?

It's getting harder!!!

[olisun]

I think it's a joke to penalise genuine visitors, especially family members of British Citizens/long-term residents of the UK.

It's not written on anybody's face nor do they carry a certificate which mentions they are genuine visitor's.

I have seen so many cases where people come down as family visitors and stay back beyond their visas or start working...

One even managed to extend his visa for 6 months from within the UK and continued to work. He went back to India for 2 months and now he is back in the UK again on the visitor's visa and is still working...

That's what happens, a few abuse the system and everybody else is penalised for their deeds.

[Richard66]

That's what happens, a few abuse the system and everybody else is penalised for their deeds.

As far as I see, as soon as one or two dishonest people abuse the system, everyone is made to pay in the UK, when it would be far fairer to catch these people. It's the old school mentality: someone writes a nasty anonymous letter to the headmaster? Simple: don't waste time and energy trying to identify the culpit, just punish all the pupils. In this case it's far more unfair in that the legitimate visitor cannot possibly get his own back on the dishonest one.

Thank Heavens that, though English, I don't live in the UK: if I did, I would never have managed to bring my fiancée over on a tourist visa and would never never have been allowed to marry her either.

We both work and none of us ever have had any recourse to public funds whatsoever now or before, neither was it a sham marriage as the UK Embassy in Rome seemed to believe.