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I'm just using the dictionary definition. Just because a paper uses the wrong terms doesn't make the term wrong in Expat.
It does not apply to economically inactive people who have basically moved over there permanently (even if they might hold a "belief" that they will return) It's since been twisted by British people as a way to distinguish themselves from other immigrants, especially those Brits who move to a hot country and refuse to learn the local language or customs. |
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But surely there could be many nationalities outside the EU that board at Southampton. IF passports are currently not checked again after boarding why should that change if we leave the EU?
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I fail to see what the OP is getting at as he is I assume talking about a tourst visa which appears to simply require you to have sufficient funds to support yourself for the duration of your stay which one would assume any visitor to any country would need to have.
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They are often. Most european cruising is by fellow europeans. Sweden did a passport check on UK passengers a while back as we were outside Schengen. Bloody nightmare. Stockholm was the first Schengen area port after embarkation.
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They are often. Most european cruising is by fellow europeans. Sweden did a passport check on UK passengers a while back as we were outside Schengen. Bloody nightmare. Stockholm was the first Schengen area port after embarkation.
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I fail to see what the OP is getting at as he is I assume talking about a tourst visa which appears to simply require you to have sufficient funds to support yourself for the duration of your stay which one would assume any visitor to any country would need to have.
I, for one, could (hopefully) be in the position where I am self-funding until my main two pensions kick in. I won't have an income - save for savings interest (which is a joke right now) - other than taking out of my savings. The Spanish authorities SEEM to want you to provide details of a minimum 6 months pension income. Therefore you COULD be recently retired, more than solvent, maybe have self-funded for a wee while yet denied entry as you haven't reached 6 months!! Clearly that's bizarre, and there must be a protocol in place - which I'm asking what is that protocol as I may need to know. Is it to visit an embassy armed with bank statements? One sent via e-mail?? Or, simply, why cant there be a box on the form which states no income but self-sufficient? There MUST be plenty of non-EU self-funders wishing to visit the EU, what do they do to satisfy immigration? |
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You said they weren't checked again after leaving port. Anyway I would have thought that as the ship knows where its going and doesn't just turn up at a random country unannounced that when checking passports on boarding they would know if any passenger did not have the right to visit any country that they were stopping at. Why would that change?
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You said they weren't checked again after leaving port. Anyway I would have thought that as the ship knows where its going and doesn't just turn up at a random country unannounced that when checking passports on boarding they would know if any passenger did not have the right to visit any country that they were stopping at. Why would that change?
Of course the key question is the ship could dock, but could anyone embark? |
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Exactly, but the way the via application is worded it could mean that many who are perfectly able to support themselves can't fill in all the boxes because they don't have any actual income as in wages, benefits or pensions. As I pointed out - those who have left work early and can support themselves using savings in the period between leaving work and obtaining their first pension.
I, for one, could (hopefully) be in the position where I am self-funding until my main two pensions kick in. I won't have an income - save for savings interest (which is a joke right now) - other than taking out of my savings. The Spanish authorities SEEM to want you to provide details of a minimum 6 months pension income. Therefore you COULD be recently retired, more than solvent, maybe have self-funded for a wee while yet denied entry as you haven't reached 6 months!! Clearly that's bizarre, and there must be a protocol in place - which I'm asking what is that protocol as I may need to know. Is it to visit an embassy armed with bank statements? One sent via e-mail?? Or, simply, why cant there be a box on the form which states no income but self-sufficient? There MUST be plenty of non-EU self-funders wishing to visit the EU, what do they do to satisfy immigration? |
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The Spanish Embassy sounds your best bet as opposed to this forum.
Now, when did Farage/Gove/Johnson/Mum mention that? Hmm, even if I were a Brexit fan that alone would turn me off.... Hopefully it doesn't get down to that; but the way things are going gawd knows what's gonna happen. |
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From booking with lateratinfestedrooms.com and flying off the following day without a care in the world to visiting an embassy 200 miles away armed with statements weeks in advance and hoping they let you in.
Now, when did Farage/Gove/Johnson/Mum mention that? Hmm, even if I were a Brexit fan that alone would turn me off.... Hopefully it doesn't get down to that; but the way things are going gawd knows what's gonna happen. |
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You could always give Bognor a try.
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You could always give Bognor a try.
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That the best Brexit can do....??
![]() You're only allowed to do that if you've been there, and if that makes me an elitist then so be it
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I agree, I have worked there and enjoyed licensed hostelries in that fine town, often not at the same time.
Oi! No need to be rude about Bognor! You're only allowed to do that if you've been there, and if that makes me an elitist then so be it ![]() |
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I've seen the webcam....
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I fail to see what the OP is getting at as he is I assume talking about a tourst visa which appears to simply require you to have sufficient funds to support yourself for the duration of your stay which one would assume any visitor to any country would need to have.
The thought that France would require UK citizens to have visas a for tourism purposes post Brexit is barmy - citizens of Vanuatu and Costa Rica don't so why would they require this of one of their biggest sources of tourism. We maybe leaving the EU but the chance of UK citizens needing visas to visit EU nations purely for tourism purposes for their two week annual holiday is about zero. |
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What's the betting our spanish chums will want to get some concessions from the UK over Gibraltar in return for them being "co-operative"? You can probably apply the same approach to other EU countries, and assuming the UK plays hardball (which apears to be the case) I fail to see how we will end up with any agreement about anything! Yes it will also hurt EU countries but the UK will be the biggest looser.
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What's the betting our spanish chums will want to get some concessions from the UK over Gibraltar in return for them being "co-operative"? You can probably apply the same approach to other EU countries, and assuming the UK plays hardball (which apears to be the case) I fail to see how we will end up with any agreement about anything! Yes it will also hurt EU countries but the UK will be the biggest looser.
Imposing visas would be an insanity on their part - even the Spanish aren't going to cut off their nose to spite their face. In the end money talks and we Brits provide an awful lot of it to Spain. And of course in the unlikely 1 in a million event there are visas imposed on UK tourists to Spain perhaps we should try holidaying in the other 150plus nations outside the EU that don't require us to have visas to go there. Many are a lot cheaper too! |
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And of course in the unlikely 1 in a million event there are visas imposed on UK tourists to Spain perhaps we should try holidaying in the other 150plus nations outside the EU that don't require us to have visas to go there. Many are a lot cheaper too! Meanwhile, I like going to Spain, it's warm, close and they have Formentera. I'll go somewhere else when funds and time allows, I don't want "Brexit" telling me where to go!! Why should a tourist - much like those EU nationals living here - be some kind of "bargaining tool" in this whole saga? Basically, visa-free travel is one of the first things that should be agreed - not even negotiated, just agreed, and then we can plan accordingly. And if it's not agreed? Scrap Brexit. |
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You're only allowed to do that if you've been there, and if that makes me an elitist then so be it