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Visa!

posted by [personal profile] owlfish at 01:45pm on 12/01/2007
In December, I mailed my old and new passports to Durham. I received a letter from Croydon saying the government had received them. Today, I received a package from Sheffield with my passports in them: complete with my UK residency visa!

(How long we're actually staying in the UK depends on what jobs we get where; but it's reassuring to know that I can stay with no further paperwork if we end up doing so.)
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posted by [identity profile] toscas-kiss.livejournal.com at 01:49pm on 12/01/2007
Congratulations!
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posted by [personal profile] owlfish at 02:02pm on 12/01/2007
Thank you! I already had indefinite leave to remain, but it feels so much more permanent having a visa that says things like "residency" and "settlement" on it, and doesn't include C.'s name on it at all.
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posted by [identity profile] austengirl.livejournal.com at 03:01pm on 12/01/2007
That's great. :) Can you clarify for me the difference between the ILR you already had and the new visa?
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posted by [personal profile] owlfish at 03:12pm on 12/01/2007
I'm a little fuzzy on what the differences are. It's as if my status has stayed the same, but I have a different visa now.

Old visa: Titled "Entry Clearance"
New visa: Titled "Residence Permit"

Old visa: Specified that the visa was for "Settlement to join/accompany partner" and named C. by name
New visa: No limitations listed.

Old visa: Expired when my passport expired.
New visa: Says it's valid indefinitely.

Either way, however, I still had indefinite leave to remain from the point I got the first visa. I only had to get a new visa because my passport was going to expire.
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posted by [identity profile] purpletigron.livejournal.com at 01:58pm on 12/01/2007
W00t!
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posted by [personal profile] owlfish at 02:03pm on 12/01/2007
Usefulmost of all, having my passport back means it's legal for me to leave the UK again! (Which seems ironic, given my visa allows me to stay.)
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posted by [identity profile] snowdrifted.livejournal.com at 10:21pm on 12/01/2007
Congrats!
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posted by [personal profile] owlfish at 07:11pm on 13/01/2007
Thank you!
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posted by [identity profile] mutabbal.livejournal.com at 11:13pm on 12/01/2007
I have a new passport too - they are such funny things when they are new, all shiny and unbent, and so skinny they don't quite seem real.

mabrouk 3aleiki on the permanent residency! if you feel like a regional excursion, Beirut is just one BMED flight away :-).
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posted by [personal profile] owlfish at 07:12pm on 13/01/2007
Thank you! I wondered when you'd be back.
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