Canada Ping!
Posted on 04/12/2015 8:57:24 PM PDT by smokingfrog
A Canadian woman hoping to spend her retirement years with her husband in England is on the verge of being kicked out of the country because officials are questioning the affection level in her 45-year marriage.
Maria Summers had her application for a visa formally declined in 2014 on the grounds that she and her husband David had not provided enough evidence to prove that their relationship was both ongoing and emotionally supportive.
The retired optician has appealed the unusual decision, but says the stakes are high if it’s declined.
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Summers’ troubles with British authorities began in 2013 when she and her husband sold their Ottawa home and moved to Hereford to care for his mother. Customs officials informed her at the time that she was welcome to remain in the country for six months, but would then have to depart for at least 24 hours in order to open a new six-month window.
The couple took a one-week vacation in Malta in order to comply with this request, but found themselves under scrutiny when they returned.
Summers says customs officials detained her for five hours, during which time she was questioned, photographed and fingerprinted.
It was at this point that she decided to apply for an extended visa that would grant her the same travel permissions as David, who holds a British passport.
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If she said she was a Muslim there would be no problems at all staying and getting a tax-funded apartment and all sorts of benefits.
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emotionally supportive.?????
wha??
Not the right race...
Just the mere fact that she’s willing to move from Canada to the UK could indicate that she is emotionally unstable.
My first thought...She’d be eligible for all sorts dole too.
It is a pretty good example of why you don’t want government bureaucrats making important decisions on your behalf.
The difference between a bureaucrat and a sack of fertilizer is that the bag of fertilizer can be used to make vegetables grow and flowers bloom. A bureaucrat is just a bunch of s**t.
Similar thing happened to me after marrying my British hubby. Threatened to be deported from the UK after following all the protocol and put in a holding area with a guard to be sent back to the US.
Crazy.
Long story.
I’d prefer rain to snow myself.
Thank you!
Schengen visa situation. Read up on it. Roughly twenty-five European countries signed it and it basically limits how long someone can stay without a full-up visa (fair amount of paperwork). The days when someone would arrive and stay eight months walking around European cities are long gone as a college student.
Is there a precedent of questioning a marriage that lasted longer than 10 years?
thats true!
What is the advantage?
Do you prefer soccer to hockey?
If so, maybe you’d fit right in. lol
Canada Ping!
After reading everything, I still fail to see the logic of the entire story.
Weird.
I guess it all turned out OK?
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