Talk of officialdom going bananas, well, this story on the BBC website made my jaw drop just now. People applying for a visa to visit the UK had it turned down, as they wanted to visit the UK for no other reason than sightseeing. For not having a (sufficient) command of the English language. If that was applied in the reverse direction, quite a few English people would have their visa applications turned down. Anyway, read the whole story here, and other feedback here.
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WTFH? That is simply insane! I wonder what would be an acceptable answer in order to get approval....
ReplyDelete~Amy
That's going to limit tourism for sure. I should apply for one and just to see what happens. Linda in Washington state
ReplyDeleteunbelievable. Well, that will stop most Brits going abroad if applied in other countries. Brits are notoriously bad at learning other languages, we expect them all to speak English
ReplyDeleteWow... huh...
ReplyDeletebe well,
Dawn
http://journals.aol.com/princesssaurora/CarpeDiem/
Reading this makes me feel ashamed to be a British citizen. England especially, is getting bogged down in so much officialdom and reams of crazy new laws, we wont be allowed in our own country much longer.
ReplyDeleteTake care, Sylvia x
I can't see that working out well.
ReplyDeleteLori
What a biased story.
ReplyDeleteThose kinds of things happen in lots of countrys.