Over 40's Moving Back and Catching Up
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Islandwoman and Windsong I hope you see a solution.
I understand Islandwoman the housing situation because I share your discouragement at finding a house that is affordable. I also compare the prices of what you could pay for a home in the US but I wouldn't swap places. I would stay in Dawlish. You will find something.
Windsong you are in a situation were you could gamble. Can you get a rush on your replacement passport?
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I understand Islandwoman the housing situation because I share your discouragement at finding a house that is affordable. I also compare the prices of what you could pay for a home in the US but I wouldn't swap places. I would stay in Dawlish. You will find something.
Windsong you are in a situation were you could gamble. Can you get a rush on your replacement passport?
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By mid-July. I really have to hustle now to get the pets prepped, get their airline carriers, etc. I am still in shock! I will have to go in on my US passport and have my friend send the dogs the next day. I hate to do this but I have no choice. I can't take them with me when I am using my US passport because having pets with me makes it obvious I am staying.
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At this point, I don't know how I feel. Yes, I do! Scared stiff! Also concerned because I have to try to stay calm and do all the preparation in only four weeks. Yikes!
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Well, it is assuming, of course, I can still stay with my half-sister. I have to call her tomorrow to find out. Her computer needs repair apparently so no emails. I wrote to her five weeks ago but have had no response. Fingers crossed!!
At this point, I don't know how I feel. Yes, I do! Scared stiff! Also concerned because I have to try to stay calm and do all the preparation in only four weeks. Yikes!
At this point, I don't know how I feel. Yes, I do! Scared stiff! Also concerned because I have to try to stay calm and do all the preparation in only four weeks. Yikes!
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I don't get the dog situation: surely if you are entering the UK on a non-UK passport (even though you do hold a UK passport which is expired) how will your dogs enter? Are they being sent to your sister's care?
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I understand Islandwoman the housing situation because I share your discouragement at finding a house that is affordable. I also compare the prices of what you could pay for a home in the US but I wouldn't swap places. I would stay in Dawlish. You will find something.
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Now do you want to talk about the wheelie bins or the dog poo? I am in the mood to take this on verbally again.....
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The housing situation IS a national disgrace. The fact that there are ex-council houses for sale in the £200K price range makes my blood boil, when the housing lists are so long. They do happen to be amongst the best built places, with the largest gardens which adds to my fury as I want a garden but my conscience fights me all the time when I see these types of properties on the open market.
Now do you want to talk about the wheelie bins or the dog poo? I am in the mood to take this on verbally again.....
Now do you want to talk about the wheelie bins or the dog poo? I am in the mood to take this on verbally again.....
Wheelie bins RUIN the look of so many pretty streets, it is a great shame.
Dog poo--actually here the problem is not nearly as bad as it was where we lived in France, so that is less of an issue for me.
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By mid-July. I really have to hustle now to get the pets prepped, get their airline carriers, etc. I am still in shock! I will have to go in on my US passport and have my friend send the dogs the next day. I hate to do this but I have no choice. I can't take them with me when I am using my US passport because having pets with me makes it obvious I am staying.
For another, what's to stop you saying you are bringing the dogs back, leaving them with your sister, having a holiday, returning to the US, and will return on your UK passport at a later date? Non-UK citizens bring dogs into the country all the time ... so even if you were only a US citizen, why would that stop you bringing your dogs to leave with your sister?
During your "holiday", you can apply for your UK passport and the question is then moot... surely?
It seems like you are over-complicating things, but I could be wrong about any of what I said above.
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By mid-July. I really have to hustle now to get the pets prepped, get their airline carriers, etc. I am still in shock! I will have to go in on my US passport and have my friend send the dogs the next day. I hate to do this but I have no choice. I can't take them with me when I am using my US passport because having pets with me makes it obvious I am staying.
I thought I would just let you know that when I returned to the UK in November 2011, I travelled on my US passport, which meant filling out a landing card for the UK, but also carried my expired British passport. When going through immigration I showed both my expired UK passport as well as the US one, and was lucky as the officer allowed me to go through as if I had just travelled on a British passport, and handed me back the landing card with my passport, which meant no restrictions whatsoever. I did mention that I was moving back permanently.
Good luck in the upcoming few weeks.
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Lots of celebrations all around the South Coast, especially from Portsmouth to Wey mouth where many of the ships and troops involved left from, there were also celebrations at Bletchley Park, where the code breakers not only deciphered the German codes, but used 5th columnists to send messages to the Germans that the invasion was to be at the Cap de Calais, a very sucessful ploy as it diverted a huge amount of German forces and armour there, and even in October '44 they were still there waiting for the invasion that never came. It shows how good the false messages were, and how good the agents were that got them believed. people working at Bletchley were sworn to secrecy about thier roles for 25 years. It wassn't till 1974 that the role Bletchley had during the war was fully explained.
There are also details and photos of the Royal Navy ships and men on them who captured the first enigma machine. Normal practice was for the Germans to flood their U-boat before jumping overboard, the allies would then collect those sailors and ram the u-boat as it sank. On this occasion the captain of the u-boat didn't sink it properly and it was going down slowly. The order to ram the u-boat was called off by one RN captain when he realised what an opportunity this offered and young British sailors were diving into the sea to board the u-boat. The German captain saw the Brits swimming to his vessel and tried to swim back to it to make sure it did sink, but he never made it.
It's staggering to see how many young British sailers gave their lives trying to get the daily codes and enigmas machines off sinking U-boats. There are life stories and pictures of some of those men, in the huts at Bletchley.
Also a good section from the pigeon society in Hut 4. Once the Germans realised how useful messenger pigeons were (and people on the coastine of the UK shot down the hawks they sent up to kill our pigeons) they used them too. There was a fine in the UK if you shot a pigeon, but a reward if you shot a hawk.
The pigeon breeders got up to lots of tricks too i.e. they would capture German pigeons and replace them with one that looked like it, then drop that pigeon in a special pigeon partachute (one on display at Bletchley) over Germany, so that it was too tired to fly home and would follow German pigeons to a German coup. Then when the Germans used that pigeon again, it would fly to it's coup in the UK with the german message
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Hi Tina
I thought I would just let you know that when I returned to the UK in November 2011, I travelled on my US passport, which meant filling out a landing card for the UK, but also carried my expired British passport. When going through immigration I showed both my expired UK passport as well as the US one, and was lucky as the officer allowed me to go through as if I had just travelled on a British passport, and handed me back the landing card with my passport, which meant no restrictions whatsoever. I did mention that I was moving back permanently.
Good luck in the upcoming few weeks.
Sue
I thought I would just let you know that when I returned to the UK in November 2011, I travelled on my US passport, which meant filling out a landing card for the UK, but also carried my expired British passport. When going through immigration I showed both my expired UK passport as well as the US one, and was lucky as the officer allowed me to go through as if I had just travelled on a British passport, and handed me back the landing card with my passport, which meant no restrictions whatsoever. I did mention that I was moving back permanently.
Good luck in the upcoming few weeks.
Sue
http://britishexpats.com/forum/showthread.php?t=642808
- It's 5 years old so still needs further research, but there are several links that may add further detail.
- I also used Google and found loads of sources addressing the same question issue (e.g., simply Googling Can I enter the UK on an expired passport). Might be worthwhile using Google as well as asking BE'ers to answer the question, especially as there seems to be some urgency about the situation..
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This thread addresses the possibility of entering the UK on an expired UK passport:
http://britishexpats.com/forum/showthread.php?t=642808
- It's 5 years old so still needs further research, but there are several links that may add further detail.
- I also used Google and found loads of sources addressing the same question issue (e.g., simply Googling Can I enter the UK on an expired passport). Might be worthwhile using Google as well as asking BE'ers to answer the question, especially as there seems to be some urgency about the situation..
http://britishexpats.com/forum/showthread.php?t=642808
- It's 5 years old so still needs further research, but there are several links that may add further detail.
- I also used Google and found loads of sources addressing the same question issue (e.g., simply Googling Can I enter the UK on an expired passport). Might be worthwhile using Google as well as asking BE'ers to answer the question, especially as there seems to be some urgency about the situation..
I am confused about why I cannot enter the UK as a visitor on my US passport and simply renew my UK passport when in the UK. I will have my pets with me and I know it looks suspicious but surely I could simply be visiting and taking my dogs to live with my relative over there. Surely, someone must have done that at some point in time.
I thought of having my friend take my dogs over. She is a US citizen and there is no dual citizenship issue with her. After I thought of that idea, I thought well why can't I do the very same thing? It is so confusing.
I don't want to end up in jail over there simply because my passport is expired and nor do I want to return to the USA. I am really worried about this.