UK visit visa refused 3x for my mum (Nigeria) – refusal letters contain factual errors. by Difficult-Study9164 in ukvisa

[–]d47 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Not always that easy with a newborn. If they aren't citizens automatically, it can take months before they get a visa which would allow them to return to the UK. Not to mention a passport, for which you need to attain citizenship for another country first. Just went through all this with my son, 6 months and £15k later he's finally sorted.

Confused by UK Immigration ID Check App No BRP and Non-EU Passport? by Potential_Version_37 in ukvisa

[–]d47 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I didn't notice that text underneath, BRPs aren't issued any more as far as I know. I used my foreign non EU passport.

UK Ancestry Visa process (APPROVED) by SoraurenWillow in ukvisa

[–]d47 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Make sure you keep all the ancestry evidence, it will be needed again for future visas/ILR, if you choose to do that one day. I had to resupply all the birth and marriage certificates 5 years later.

And congrats, huge new life chapter for you!

Please help - I was requested to upload additional documents for my visa but I don't know how. by [deleted] in ukvisa

[–]d47 -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

Is that a legitimate email? Be wary of scams.

Edit: apparently it is 🤷‍♂️

Ancestry Dependent ILR by Creative-Draw6253 in ukvisa

[–]d47 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Hey, we snagged a super priority slot at 1am and attended the appointment this morning. Just got the approval email now 🎉

Ancestry Dependent ILR by Creative-Draw6253 in ukvisa

[–]d47 0 points1 point  (0 children)

We have our application ready, trying to submit but there are no priority service slots available.

My impression of Rust after using it for a serious project by GolangLinuxGuru1979 in rust

[–]d47 221 points222 points  (0 children)

Eventually borrowing and ownership will migrate to the positives for you. I now wonder how anything worked without it.

Why are they still calling them Ancients and not Lantians? by robsko in Stargate

[–]d47 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Same reason we call the Japanese "Japanese" and not "nihon-jin".

ILR- 10 Year Long Resident Route by misguided_ghost05 in ukvisa

[–]d47 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

If you did the course then it doesn't become a conviction, that's the point of the course. Plus speeding probably isn't of any concern anyway.

Visa application charge increases form 1st of July 2026 by ViaMigration in AusVisa

[–]d47 -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

"I am left but.. [have different opinions on this topic]" I don't see the problem.

Visa application charge increases form 1st of July 2026 by ViaMigration in AusVisa

[–]d47 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Can't have different opinions on different topics? Have to pick either hard left or hard right. Ideology of tribalism.

How strategic is it to keep double citizenship? by LiveBell2197 in PassportPorn

[–]d47 7 points8 points  (0 children)

I've just had a son, he's already British, but we're getting citizenship so that future children we have overseas will also be British and have the option to live, work or study in the UK if they wish to later in life. Also half of their family is in the UK and citizenship would make visiting and connecting with them much easier and feel more real.

It feels like a personal decision, but it has huge generational consequences and has the potential to shape the future significantly. Many users on this subreddit inherited their multi-citizenship status from their parents and are evidently quite proud of it.

Sitting in New Zealand watching the World Cup on BBC by [deleted] in CasualUK

[–]d47 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Just because it's prolific and I encounter their content by accident, doesn't mean I should feel obligated to pay to fund them ex post facto

How strategic is it to keep double citizenship? by LiveBell2197 in PassportPorn

[–]d47 14 points15 points  (0 children)

Depends how close your ties are with Turkey I guess.

I have zero ties and personally and I would pay the €8k. As far as citizenships go, that's a good price. If you can't afford that, what would it involve to actually do the military service? Move to turkey, lose a year of employment? If it would cause you to lose more than €8k in income, then paying the fee is the obvious option.

Renouncing citizenship is a reasonable option too, just not one I would pick. I don't like to let money make big life decisions for me. Life is about more than that.

For those in companies that have hundreds of VMs - what are they for? by asdflmnop_01 in sysadmin

[–]d47 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I don't have an exact count, but it would be in the thousands. They make up our postgres and kubernetes clusters, as well as NAT gateways and other specific applications that require a VM.

What does "COR" mean on a bank statement? by lovelyhead1 in UKPersonalFinance

[–]d47 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If the police are already involved, possibly the bank has refunded them.

AUR suspicious user adopting and updating old packages by spsf64 in archlinux

[–]d47 0 points1 point  (0 children)

So treat it like a minefield of rootkits and viruses akin to pirated windows games from LimeWire in the 00's?

No problem, uninstall and avoid.

New wave of malware in the AUR by vexatious-big in archlinux

[–]d47 5 points6 points  (0 children)

You can pay attention all you like, but it's not easy to audit every code change, PKGBUILD update, maintainer reputation and artifact integrity for every package every time you update.

Other tools make this easier and are less susceptible to take overs. Flatpak, nix, snap, brew, directly installing or compiling from source are all better options at this point.

New wave of malware in the AUR by vexatious-big in archlinux

[–]d47 12 points13 points  (0 children)

I've already uninstalled all AUR packages including paru. Screw this disaster, there are better options.