Bipat

Was not being "dismissive"----I know firsthand the difficulties. However in the general scheme of life problems which people face it is not that much of a stress.

BristolUK

That's another pet peeve of mine as well as the portrayal of traffic wardens and other officials or those acting in official capacity as little hitlers.

I don't understand how people say it about others doing their jobs. Unless, of course, they routinely work in such a way that would not find favour from their own employers

Bipat

There is a difference in doing a job and being deliberately unhelpful or difficult. My above reference was a joke describing a specific happening! However there was no need to slam down a time closure window when a person was in the actual process of handing money through (he had his arm raised as in a salute---he was elderly--and the window was high). (They at that time only accepted cash!).
(The laughter also eased the tension of a time not long after post assassination the PM and there was a police presence--- (the police officers----had a table and chairs and were playing cards!)

37100

I'm sure that you do have experience in applying for an Indian via, but a Schenghan visa is different. Totally different. Anyone from a non 'visa free' country can apply for a Schenghan visitor's visa. It is valid 90/180 days and usually lasts 1 year for first time applicants. It is fairly easy to obtain. However, UK citizens with homes in the Schenghan area cannot apply for a Schenghan visa as these are not available to citizens of visa free countries. . The limit for them is also 90/180 days. A visa that extends this doesn't exist. The only option would be a long term resident's visa. Expensive, difficult and a lengthy process, but not impossible to obtain. This, whoever, would usually mean becoming a tax resident.
All 2nd home owners can hope for is the introduction of a visa by individual countries specifically for UK citizens because, while the EU could change it's rules and allow 90 days back to back in a year, I can't see that happening.

Fredbargate

Bipat

No it is not different we only can get extended visas and OCI (life-time) because OH previous Indian citizen I get them as a spouse ----on divorce I would be ---out of the country!---
There has been improvement for ordinary holiday visitors (on-line e-visas), however also second home owners in recent years can now get overall longer but generally more difficult and even then returning to UK to renew every 6 months.
Ordinary British have the same restrictions that you have discussed.

dave_j

Apparently this petty civil servant was doing what civil servants do, being as officious and objectionable to the client as the the job allows, and I repeat the point I made originally, Bipat was describing events, no opinion, no joke, simple fact.
But perhaps it's the fact you object to, perhaps you'd approve of alternative facts, or perhaps you'd rather civil servants were placed on a pedestal above us simple supplicants.

Bipat

(Actually as I posted above-- they are -not civil servants---but still people being 'petty'.)
See Fredbargate post great video!

dave_j

Perhaps not at the present, but hopeful... and learning on the job.

Macca67

They're called Little Hitler's because that's who they are. Inadequates with a deep desire to put on a uniform and tell people what to do. The 3rd Reich was full of them even as far as a group made up of Bus Conductors deployed to quell the Prussian uprising in '43. Ausparkenhilfenersatz Kommando I believe they were called.

They're named well.

Bipat

No--apologies ---they are nothing to do with civil service, they are employees of VFS global. See my post 23775.

Red Eric

I think, in this post and the others of yours preceding it, we've finally reached an agreement that says you continually repeating "What's so difficult about getting a visa?" is shown up beyond any doubt as being trite nonsense even to you.

Fantastic.

Took a while but we got there in the end.

DaveLovesDee

Working in Security, I've been called a Jobsworth more than a few times, usually at events where I'm on specific gates or doors with limited access. And calling me that doesn't change the fact that they're not getting backstage unless they've got the correct pass unless the event organiser and my manager have agreed exceptions that apply to the person. For which I have a regularly-updated list. And no sir, I am not letting you look at the list to see if your 'friend' is on it.

If you're supposed to be backstage and don't have the right pass, you'll have a contact number to call to get someone to bring you a pass out. No sir, I will not give you their phone number. Oh, you're with the band, your manager is already backstage, phone them. But there are exceptions in the rules.

At one gig, we had two gentlemen turn up and one said he'd driven two hours to get here but had left his pass at home. He said he could get a new pass if he got backstage, but no-one was answering their phones. I asked the gentleman to wait for a sec while I checked the other guy's pass. Said to second guy, "do you know the other guy?"
"Yes, we're together.".
"Great, you've got the right pass,and it allows you to escort someone without a pass backstage. Are you willing to escort this gentleman?"
"I am."
Ten minutes later, first comes back with new pass, and says to stick my head in the door to backstage anytime I want food or a drink. Turns out they're the guitarists for Paolo Nutini, who also turns out to be a very nice guy. I love my job.....


Yup, the UK outsources it's visa services abroad, but EU countries tend to do things in-house....

And the EU rules have always been there for third-country nations (TCNs), and the UK is about to become a third-country in 30 days. It's not a surprise to Remainers, we literally knew what we were voting for. We also knew what the rules would be on leaving with no deal.

BristolUK

No, I just oppose people acting in an official capacity being portrayed as Hitler types. It's quite simple.

When it's the end of your shift for example and someone says "can I just ask/do/check something...it won't take long" it never is something short and likely someone else says can they just ask something too and before you know it you've missed your bus home or your break is almost over. Seen it all before and then you get jobsworth thrown at you.

dave_j

We've all been subject to the needs of the job at the end of the day or during a break. In the real world you do what needs to be done. In most manufacturing companies that I dealt with the workforce had been honed to reduce waste and if you were needed there probably wasn't anyone else available with the skills or knowledge you had. Unlike the civil service the requirement to remain profitable outweighs the inevitability of job loss when the company fails.
But the Hitler jibe, well if it walks like a duck and quacks like a duck it's probably a duck, we all remember the Stamford Experiment don't we?
Give someone a little authority and they'll exploit it,and who's able to exploit it most? Those representing that authority.
In another thread I remarked about how easy it had been for Thatcher to recruit the police to act illegally against members of the public during the miner's strike.
I've been on the wrong end of crass authority when I was young enough to be intimidated, it wasn't justified then but perhaps I'd been intruding on someone's break.