I am a very lucky girl - I've got a chilled glass of Piper Heidsieck champers in my hot sweaty hand. What did I do to deserve this? you may ask. I'll tell ya what I did...
I hung around the *beautiful* boro of Croydon for hours, paid £1k and FINALLY received my Indefinite Leave to Remain visa which grants me the privilege - honour? burden? - of being able to live in the UK forevermore.
Now if Gordon Brown could leave office, I might consider staying.
Could have saved yourself a mint and entered the UK via Dover or Folkstone along with all the other foreigners who see us a free meal ticket. No disrespect to you though.
Posted by: Joan | July 11, 2009 at 09:14 PM
Congrats - I think!
Posted by: Expat Mum | May 10, 2009 at 10:45 PM
I think £1,000 is a minute sum of money to pay for the extraordinary privilege of being allowed to remain indefinitely in UK. It's really good to see a 'colonial' finally coming 'home'. By the way, Piper Heidseck? Is Norm a complete cheapskate or what? Bollinger or Krug are the only choices for a celebration of this magnitude!
P.S. Dontcha just lurrrve Lunar House? The white person is definitely in the minority AND you're the only one your side of the counter that speaks English (and that's another compliment to a Septic...)
Posted by: Lord Farr-Kernukkel | May 10, 2009 at 07:48 AM
£1k? Wow! Though I admit I have no idea how much a US green card costs nowadays, I suspect it's not quite that much!
Posted by: Almost American | May 07, 2009 at 10:51 AM