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This is not the birthday post you've been looking for, gentle readers... though it is the first post that I make in my thirty-sixth year on this planet. Although Nomad's Thirty-Fifth Birthday Weekend ExtravaganzaTM was a phenomenal success -- and I'm sure that all my dear friends are gripping the edge of their collective seats waiting to hear all -- writing about it will have to wait. I'm currently preparing a proposal to obtain Super-Kamiokande neutrino and decay electron data... which I need to send off shortly in order to get to the final Oxford BiFest planning meeting on time!
Thus, my gathered friends, I have but one nugget from the Life of Nomad to share with you on this fine March evening. And that nugget is:
These are the third visas that we have had since moving to Merry Olde England nearly four years ago. The first set, from March 2006 to March 2008, were based on a Work Permit... and thus tied to my old job. The second set, from March 2008 to March 2010, were under the now-defunct Highly Skilled Migrant Programme... and thus tied only to me.[**] The current visas are valid for even longer, under the new Tier 1 (General) status... which basically is just HSMP under another name.
Sorry, folks! If you thought you were getting rid of me so soon -- or so easily -- you were mistaken! The Nomad is here to stay!
[*] Incidentally, the UK has the longest name of any country in the world!
[**] And my high skillz.
Thus, my gathered friends, I have but one nugget from the Life of Nomad to share with you on this fine March evening. And that nugget is:
On checking the post this afternoon, I found a rather large package from the Home Office. In it, alongside a boatload of papers that were being returned to me, were passports for my belovedcheshcat and myself... complete with our new visas!!! We are now legal residents of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland[*] until March 2013! Three more years!! Huzzah!!!!!
These are the third visas that we have had since moving to Merry Olde England nearly four years ago. The first set, from March 2006 to March 2008, were based on a Work Permit... and thus tied to my old job. The second set, from March 2008 to March 2010, were under the now-defunct Highly Skilled Migrant Programme... and thus tied only to me.[**] The current visas are valid for even longer, under the new Tier 1 (General) status... which basically is just HSMP under another name.
Sorry, folks! If you thought you were getting rid of me so soon -- or so easily -- you were mistaken! The Nomad is here to stay!
[*] Incidentally, the UK has the longest name of any country in the world!
[**] And my high skillz.
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