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The UK government has been quite repressive against its own citizens lately, so I would not expect them to treat foreigners any better. I had been planning to m
by admissionsguy 5y ago
The UK government has been quite repressive against its own citizens lately, so I would not expect them to treat foreigners any better. I had been planning to move to the UK before last December's deadline for getting the pre-settled status, but the "snitch on your neighbour" campaign during lockdowns convinced me otherwise.
- DoomHotel 5y agoYou should be very glad you did not move to the UK. The Home Office has a backlog of 320,000 unprocessed applications for residency status, according to a recent Guardian article. [1] These people will be in legal limbo with no right to remain in the UK after June 30th if the backlog is not cleared. [1] https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2021/may/10/eu-citizens-applying-for-settled-status-face-legal-limbo-due-to-backlog https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2021/may/10/eu-citizens...