Originally Posted by poppetjay (Post 10265351)

Many of you know i lived in Goa for over 10 years before splitting from my husband, and returning to the UK
Things turned very bad for my OH, what with being unable to sell the flat we purchased and a number of failed businesses etc etc.
He wanted to return to the UK but was refused due to the indian government saying he had stayed there illegally for the past 8 years, (rubbish) but you dont argue with the IG, lets face it.
After months of back and froth to FRO he found himself destitute living on the beach etc etc, my kids have been sending him money through money gram, arranged to pay the fine and his flight, but he has now been told his file needs to go to delhi, this has been over 6 months now and the file went off this monday, we managed to get the fine down to 23.000/- but it will now go up once his file comes back.
the british government refused to get involved even though the man has a heart condition and is living rough.
He was mugged a few months ago by foreigners and they took everything, so my kids sorted that out and good friends over there, but the thieves took his passport, so back to square one.
As i send his been living rough and a guy called <snip> got friendly with him, we were unable to send money to him as he had no id so we sent the money in this guys name and my OH went to money gram to collect the money. this guy i feel prayed on my oh venerability and on monday my daughter sent a money gram and gave him the code, this awful guy took the number from the phone and cashed the money gram and took all his clothes as well so when your out and about and you meet this guy <snip> be warned his a low life ..... mean while my oh is sleeping in doorways and shut up bars until the indian government get their acts together :(:(

Originally Posted by poppetjay (Post 10270150)

pollyanna, my kids cant do anymore for him, they have put up the money to pay the fine and his flight home but now its in the hands of the indian government, who lets face it only see rs/- signs and probably ask for even more money.
I feel the british government have let us down very badly, but to be honest i didnt expect anything different from them, when it comes to helping their own we now always taken second place!!!!!!
My OH is now being threatened by this scumbag and his "friends" but word has it this guy has been around for years visiting goa on and off and has used the same tactics to get money by either saying his been robbed or lost etc etc,
My OH is very vunerable and this guy certainly took advantage of this over the last few weeks.

Originally Posted by collettehughes (Post 10270130)

The person who shared an apartment with you OH is my brother. Your other half was supposed to pay half of the rent for the apartment but didn't, so my brother only took the money he was owed. You are not there and are only listening to your OH. I think you owe my brother(who you named) an apology.Your OH half has been stealing food from the supermarket and basically living off my brother for the last month. There are many expats in the area who agree with my brother so maybe you should do a little more research before you slag my brother off