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Jul 9th 2017, 9:54 am

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Re: Visa queries

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Originally Posted by Pollyana

Those were the ones I meant - back in the early days of BE there were several of us who got Partner Visas over-the-counter.. Hand over your paperwork, go for a quick walk round the block, come back and pick up passport plus visa.

Bring your own chest X-rays

Jul 9th 2017, 12:56 pm

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Pollyana

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Re: Visa queries

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Bring your own chest X-rays

Oooh yes, that big envelope with the Xrays in, how could I have forgotten that

My other lasting memory is that the metal detectors to get into the building were super-sensitive, and any females with underwired bras were causing alarms to go off

Jul 9th 2017, 4:17 pm

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Re: Visa queries

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Originally Posted by Pollyana

Oooh yes, that big envelope with the Xrays in, how could I have forgotten that

My other lasting memory is that the metal detectors to get into the building were super-sensitive, and any females with underwired bras were causing alarms to go off

Did you have to whip your bra off and go through again, Polly? Wouldn't put anything past these Aussies

Jul 9th 2017, 4:40 pm

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Re: Visa queries

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Did you have to whip your bra off and go through again, Polly? Wouldn't put anything past these Aussies

It got close actually! The guy couldn't work out why the detector was going off for women and not men but three of us got it down to a common denominator. Think he was too scared to ask us to start stripping