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Visa Letter has arrived! Hallelujah!

Published on 2009-07-06 13:36:00

Aberystwyth has finally sent me my visa letter! I am ecstatic, as it has taken several months, plenty of paperwork, and a mysterious labyrinth of a process that no one at the University Admissions Department seems to be fully aware of. As was recentl > read more

An Open letter to Aberystwyth

Published on 2009-06-23 13:42:00

Dear Aberystwyth University:You were not my first choice, however you became my first choice because you told me you could provide me a visa letter in time to apply for the old system of Student Immigration, instead of the incredibly difficult Tier 4 > read more

My trip to first trip to Aberystwyth!

Published on 2009-04-29 06:52:00

I recently paid my future home of Aberystwyth a visit, and I found it to be a lovely and enchanting place, full of friendly people and hospitable establishments, with plenty of things to do, see, and try. It was as if every moment spent there was one > read more

What will a Conservative Government mean for Immigration in the UK

Published on 2009-03-22 10:21:00

The way in which David Cameron has approached the subject of immigration has been very careful. He leaves his shadow ministers to do most of the dirty work, only really commenting on the «issue» when there is something so outrageous to the British > read more

NuLabour and Immigration: A Farce

Published on 2009-03-22 08:26:00

NuLabour has made a fool of itself by succumbing to the xenophobic, often racist, anti-immigrant sentiment that has gained some popularity these days. As the economy shrinks and unemployment reaches 2 million, the Brown government has chosen the bigo > read more

Yes I could talk for Britain

Published on 2009-03-20 08:47:00

It's not that I've ever actually been there, let alone live there. Simply is that the United Kingdom has called to me since I was 15 years of age. The British Isles, their climate, their personality, their verdant landscape and grey skies, the deteri > read more

Xenophobia and closing borders in the United Kingdom

Published on 2009-03-20 07:15:00

There has been little good news lately in the realm of UK Immigration:There has been introduced a 50 pound tax on all student and work visas, A report saying that 75 percent of Britons want unemployed immigrants to return home, The news that the Gove > read more

Deception at Aberystwyth

Published on 2009-03-17 11:37:00

The small seaside town of Aberystwyth, in Mid-Wales, is seen as quite an idealic spot. But beneath the surface there lurks several unseemly elements: Impolite, cold, uninformed staff, indecisive and unhelpful staff, and worst of all, liars. Now to be > read more

My story so far, and what is ahead...

Published on 2009-03-17 06:19:00

In my post-secondary education career (all two years of it) I have vacillated from school to school, sometimes in Montréal, sometimes in Hartford, sometimes New Hampshire in the United States. However the goal has always remained the same: To earn t > read more

Visa Worries

Published on 2009-03-16 20:04:00

My dream is to study in the United Kingdom, and eventually settle there permanently. However my dreams look as if they may not be realised any time soon due to recent changes in the United Kingdom's immigration policy.Today with a further 15 days to > read more