UK Tourist visa times 'to be halved'

[simong]

Proposals to cut the time tourists from outside the EU can stay in the UK from six months to three are expected to be announced by ministers this week.

The move is among measures aimed at further tightening the visa system.

A deposit of at least £1,000 to be paid by families who want relatives to visit Britain will also be introduced.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/7146527.stm

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GB doesn't want tourist money?

[jjpb3]

GB doesn't want tourist money?

How many tourists need to stay for more than three months per visit?

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How many tourists need to stay for more than three months per visit?

GB could try to attract backpackers?

[MAN Flyer]

GB doesn't want tourist money?

GB could try to attract backpackers?

I don't think backpackers, and their limited spending power, are quite the target market the UK tourist industry is after.

[CGK]

GB could try to attract backpackers?

You are kidding, right? UK is very expensive even for backpackers. I have met backpackers who spending the whole summer in Europe, but not in the UK.

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You are kidding, right? :

correct. I should have put a behind it.

[simong]

Well I think the UK doesn't mind Backpackers but of the variety of Australians(or other Commonwealth countries) who are entitled to a two year working holiday visa.

These visas are important for running pubs in London...

[KeithMEL]

Well I think the UK doesn't mind Backpackers but of the variety of Australians(or other Commonwealth countries) who are entitled to a two year working holiday visa.

These visas are important for running pubs in London...

Likewise in Melbourne and Sydney.

[MAN Flyer]

These visas are important for running pubs in London...

Not any more fella, we've got half a million Poles and other Eastern Europeans over here now who seem to be taking over the UK's bar staff positions.

[simong]

Not any more fella, we've got half a million Poles and other Eastern Europeans over here now who seem to be taking over the UK's bar staff positions.

Yes I did notice that last June, even builders that work past three!

We arrive into MAN on Sat morning, perhaps I should bring my Polish phrase book....

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Not any more fella, we've got half a million Poles and other Eastern Europeans over here now who seem to be taking over the UK's bar staff positions.

Or so the right wing politicians say

[KeithMEL]

Or so the right wing politicians say

Please don't read that literally. I think you might have missed MAN Flyer's incredible sense of irony.

[MAN Flyer]

Or so the right wing politicians say

Oops.

I'd rather not go too far OT, but you obviously know your stuff, as it's here in an article from that well known right wing publication, The Guardian:

http://society.guardian.co.uk/racefo...186288,00.html

It's worth noting that the figure of 683,000 in that article is just those who have registered to work.

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Oops.

I'd rather not go too far OT, but you obviously know your stuff, as it's here in an article from that well known right wing publication, The Guardian:

http://society.guardian.co.uk/racefo...186288,00.html

It's worth noting that the figure of 683,000 in that article is just those who have registered to work.

The western Europeans (including Austria, Italy and Germany) have always been scared of the open borders. Well, until now they always profited from it...