While I agree with absolutely everything here, I just wanted to point out one tiny quibble.
I voluntarily gave six grand to the UK Border Agency just for the right to continue to live here.
Just for the right to ask them to let you continue to live here. I'm always convinced something's going to go wrong -- even though I have absolutely no reason to think it should as I do everything "right", but when the system's set up to treat me like a criminal asking for special favors, maybe it's no wonder I end up feeling like one -- I can't help but think they could take all my money and still say no, and there's nothing I could do about that.
...No wonder I got diagnosed with an anxiety disorder a few years after I moved here! It might say "settled" on my passport these days, but I don't feel it.
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Date: 2015-04-29 06:47 am (UTC)I voluntarily gave six grand to the UK Border Agency just for the right to continue to live here.
Just for the right to ask them to let you continue to live here. I'm always convinced something's going to go wrong -- even though I have absolutely no reason to think it should as I do everything "right", but when the system's set up to treat me like a criminal asking for special favors, maybe it's no wonder I end up feeling like one -- I can't help but think they could take all my money and still say no, and there's nothing I could do about that.
...No wonder I got diagnosed with an anxiety disorder a few years after I moved here! It might say "settled" on my passport these days, but I don't feel it.