#no you can’t get a visa to the UK if you’re a broke disabled queer person with only an American citizenship. | Explore Tumblr posts and blogs

greaseonmymouth · 2 months ago

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the number of Americans who think they can just move to somewhere else - my social media feeds everywhere (except tumblr, but I’ve seen it here too) is flooded with Americans asking whether they qualify as citizens bc their great great grandpa was from [insert European country] or which area in Scotland has best weather or which southern European country has cheapest rent or how to get a marriage visa to a Nordic country

my dudes. you can’t. there’s no “I’ll just move elsewhere” about this. Europe generally speaking is hostile to immigrants even from within Europe. unfortunately for you, you will have to stay and keep voting and keep working to make your country a better place. I’m sorry it’s hard. it is what it is.

#I say this AS a European #who has moved around a fair bit within Europe #the UK is not the great safe haven you think it is #do you even realise how hostile the UK is to immigrants?#no you can’t get a visa to the UK if you’re a broke disabled queer person with only an American citizenship.#the UK wants rich people only #no you can’t marry a random Danish person and get a residency permit #you have to prove a real connection. and not in the arranged marriage fanfic way. in the way where you have to provide tangible proof #in the form of text messages and emails and letters and cohabitation and time spent together #a paper trail of a relationship #you think the United States alone are hostile to immigration? my friend. Europe is worse.#do you want to know how many American-European couples I know who couldn’t get visas for their spouses in Europe and went to USA instead?#ALL OF THEM

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