midivydale

You should be fine. She is not legally obliged to be in full time education until her 5th birthday. Some schools are are more relaxed than others. We have the same issue and spoke to the school our son is due to start in September.They were very reassuring and reasonable about it.

I would go and do something beauty/pamper related have a long wine fuelled brunch/lunch and then stock up on lots of magazines and or books for an afternoon early night on the sofa in a for once tidy and clutter free living room. Ah I am sat here nursing a foot bruised by ninjago lego and feel slightly envious at the prospect of 24 hrs to myself! A

http://change.libdems.org.uk/right-to-stay?recruiter_id=1118362

This would not put me off at all. My son's childminder used to live in a flat and I did not even occur to me to consider that to be an issue. I went to see loads of childminders before I decided, some of which lived in large houses with lovely gardens. When I walked into the one we choose in the end, I felt straight away that it was the right fit for us. She was warm, patient, experienced, the other kids clearly loved her and she was active (a must for my boy). She was always out and about with the kids. The fact that she lived in a flat did not even occur to me to be a factor for consideration. Go for it, good luck!!

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-36746763

Thanks Jenny for posting that link.

Thank you so much everyone! Yes EEA applicant.

Thanks, oh I hope she is around, the username alone made me smile!

I need some help with my PR application, it is a reasonably straightforward one but I have 3 questions that I need clarifying. I have looked at the rates for immigration solicitors and they are very expensive. Does anyone know where I can turn with my few yes/no questions without having to spend ?500 plus? I need to save that money for my citizen application if at all possible. I have tried CAB and the home office but no luck. Any ideas?

Seabag, that is a really well written post.

signed

WorkingMummy Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > midivydale Wrote: > -------------------------------------------------- > ----- > > Saffron, a classic example of "it is not so > much > > you, it is the rest of them" so often used by > > racists and xenophobes. As if I am supposed to > be > > grateful/proud/pleased that I am "ok" and not > like > > "the rest of them". > > Quite! > > Campaigning in my street, I spoke to a very nice > (I had thought) lady with a huge house and another > in the country too, who was committed to voting > leave because we don't need Europe (??) and there > is too much immigration (clearly nothing to > overcrowd her living space). When I said, really? > My children's father is a migrant, my children are > first generation British-European, and we live > with a lovely nanny who is an EU migrant too ..., > she said, "Oh, don't worry about them. They are > white, and it's just a racist policy, isn't it? > They won't deport your husband." > > ?!?? Point. Made. > > (And she is very ignorant, because in fact our > Swedish nanny is not white. Black people are born > in Sweden too.) FFS!! Lost for words

Saffron, a classic example of "it is not so much you, it is the rest of them" so often used by racists and xenophobes. As if I am supposed to be grateful/proud/pleased that I am "ok" and not like "the rest of them".

The permanent residence card is ok - for as long as we remain in the EU, it is questionable what value it will hold without EU membership. Citizenship seems the only way forward for many. Let us all just find the ?2k needed and get on with it hey.

Yes quite, It is really not as simple as saying "I am sure you get to stay", the problem is on what conditions can I stay? If my partner (cohabiting for 15 years) leaves me or dies, then can I stay? If I lose my job (not entirely unlikely, I work for a European Bank) then can I stay? If I have another baby, then am made redundant (not unheard of in city banking) then can I stay? My Swedish father has a heart condition, he will need care very soon. Both his daughters live and work in the UK, when the day comes that he needs care, can he come here so that I can care for him? If not, and I have to "go home" (to a country I have not lived in for 20 years) and care for him, can my son's father then join me? The list of scenarios are endless and at the moment we do not have the answers to anyone of these.

Jeremy, I mean this kindly but really, this is not a walk in the park situation. The truth is that no one mnows on what premises we are able to stay in this country. That is a fact. People say "I am sure this" and "it is impossible it will ever come to that" but really the truth is somewhat very different indeed.

Jeremy, how do you know this? I would really appreciate some reassurance on this matter so please share if you can, Thanks

No it really doesn't, at all. I do think it is offensive as well as ignorant. It was edited which you clearly could not respect, as I simply do not have it in me to go backwards and forwards to explain HOW I found it offensive. Hence, the edit.

Farage also claimed that 350 million a week would go to the NHS following Brexit, did he not? And Theresea May and the rest of the Government including the Prime Minister has refused to reassure existing EU nationals in the UK. My family and I can simply not afford to "wait it out" for a couple of years Thank you for your kind words though ?? I appreciate them greatly even if my response seems ranty

Alan Medic Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I've never built a life of being a citizen of > anywhere. I'm not sure what it means to be honest. > Your life is your life. It doesn't depend on > politics. Enjoy it if you can. Anyway if it > worries you so much at least you can get an Irish > passport. It doesn't guarantee being happy though. > Remember, the world will end.....for everyone. Enjoy your life? I doubt very much that my 4 year old (and the thousands of children with him) can enjoy his life very much without his mother in it!!!

WM, sent you a PM. I can only pray (and I am not religious) that we can find our way back, through this, to that simple world. I just do not know how.

Yes he did, it is vile. And for hundreds of thousands of us this is not just about politics, it is about our future. I dont care where people stand politically but if anyone close to me has voted against the very core makeup of my family, voted against the future security of my son then there is nothing more for me to say to that person. Deleted and gone. Those are the consequences for families like ours, and yes it is deeply personal. It would be to them too if it was their family, their children.

Thank you WM for articulating what thousands of us are going through at the moment.

Pawn chips

How did a thread about increased xenophobia and racism end up derailed to discussion about modelling the tsunami?