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Not really. Residency and citizenship is different. You need a prolonged period of residency in the UK /IOM to apply for citizenship (with additional tests like life in the UK / English language etc)The process takes 6 + years (could be more now ) Also the residency permits etc for all those years are issued for 1 or 2 years or so at a time that need to be renewed ( more fees to the government ;-)) . I'm also not sure if the ones issued in the UK are valid here ..
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British citizens do not need to get residency permits for isle of man It's not needed.. There are many who are self employed and run a business. It's only a case of needing a work permit if the profession is not exempt from a work permit. There is no restriction on stay.
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There have been issues with isle of man issued British passports in the past like being denied entry to Romania. http://www.isleofman.com/News/details/25863/passport-shock-for-onchan-man
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Another thing which often works is to travel on same airline every time . If they have cleared someone on a particular visa before and can see evidence of successful entry into the UK ( UK immigration stamp on arrival + the airline can check ) then its easier the second time. Would suggest carrying evidence of this for future travel like copy of eticket / boarding pass etc . Just out of curiosity was this her first time back to the UK with the visa I.e was the visa issued recently. A visa which has not been used to travel before is often treated as suspicious.
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Unfortunately that's the reality of travel with isle of man issued visa / work permits. I have a few friends who are in a similar situation. They end up carrying all the paperwork in a file so that they don't have issues. The visa stamps issued in the IOM do not help . Its not easy for an immigration officer / airline employee from another country to clear someone for a flight to the UK with a visa stamp like this. No security features/ no photograph etc unless things have changed recently.
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Has been the case for over a year now..They are still allowing those who have the card to keep it . But I've heard that this might change at some point.
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House price inflation by £1000 per week ?
mad_manx replied to Shake me up Judy's topic in Local News
Not saying that it will be worse for some but I know many who earn a combined income of close to 100k and say that they cannot afford a house deposit One of them is paying close to £2k in rent for a "detached house" in a popular residential area. I asked them why they can't move to a slightly cheaper property ( maybe a smaller semi-detached property) and save quite a bit in rent and also utility bills and save for a deposit.. They only have one child but still want to stay in a 5 bed house and have 3 or 4 holidays a year. While I agree that there are many who will struggle to raise a deposit , there are also many others who don't save any money at all.. -
Doesn't happen often as that could dump market prices. Afaik many countries would rather dump it at sea 😞
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Thanks for confirming my post..:-)
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Yes.. If you say that you are going to send it to those who don't pay 😉
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Yes. As I said it was a surprise for me and that's why I remember it so well . I had not seen it anywhere else on the Island except Sea terminal/ Airport. But this is from maybe 2.5 years ago..So things could have changed ..
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Yes... Bank of England notes if you insist on the correct terminology 🙂 The machines I mentioned used to dispense them instead of the IOM notes I was expecting to get ( so was a bit of a surprise as it's usually only the sea terminal and airport ones that do this) But as I mentioned above this was some time in late 2019 ( before the pandemic ) Since then I've withdrawn cash maybe only 3 or 4 times ( and from the ones in Douglas Town centre which gives IOM notes ) Almost every retailer accept cards these days anyway and I haven't really needed much cash.
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Machine outside cycle 360 Machine inside newsbeat in the business park Both used to give UK notes but I have not taken cash out from them for a while and also don't know if these machines are still there.( last time I took cash was before covid hit ) I also used to think that UK notes were only available at the sea terminal/ aiport and was shocked when I got it . Not sure if these machines were loaded with those notes as a one off . Will be great if someone living nearby could check and post here.
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Many other cash machines on the Island dispense UK notes .