GeoG
Chief Minister (5k+ posts)
this documentary was on channel 4 i think few months ago and after that there were raids on liverpool,manchester,blackburn etc by home office officers to eliminate these illegal guys from UK ...
GeoG its now a days impossible to come as a student and u will be a permanent resident, guys who came 5 to 10 years ago its ok for them but not for new guys... now a days its worst life for students who are coming to earn money only not for studying ... i asked my all friends who were on students visas that do your degree and then jobs or etc bcz after you have degree you can go HOME with head held high and you can easily get good job in pakistan or middleeast rather than here ..
now a days in READING per hour rate in pakistani/indian grocery stores is 50p to 1 pound per hour ... thats shame for us ...
what they shown in this film is about illegals not every immigrant ... but afterall life is getting hard here in UK .. only doctors or engineers or highly paid guys are living good life otherwise its getting worse .. like hand to mouth ...
but at the end of the day "" pakistan pakistan hai"" koi nahin iss mulk jesa ... ab pta chala dharti maa kya hoti hai
I agree with you that things were much easier ten fifteen years ago, visa extension was piece of cake whereas it is much difficult now.
Even then out of 10 students 5,6 find a way to settle, marriage, HSMP and other ways which I will not discuss not to encourage anyone.
If you settle down here, well done
If not you will appreciate more of your family and learn to Love more of your country.