tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6008037633121035579.post3966463270901511840..comments2023-10-22T11:57:34.718+01:00Comments on A Pint of Unionist Lite: The Ancestral Visa Scheme to be swept quietly under the carpet?O'Neillhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02531858236570346203noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6008037633121035579.post-89524184249992323802008-09-10T17:59:00.000+01:002008-09-10T17:59:00.000+01:00Here in Australia there was a visa for Commonwealt...Here in Australia there was a visa for Commonwealth citizens under the age of 26 who could stay in the country for up to 12 months and legally work. That may have changed but it certainly existed in the 1980s when I was in the Commonwealth Public Service. And anyway the ancestral visa scheme in the UK would only affect a relatively small proportion of Australians of British &/or Irish descentAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6008037633121035579.post-43552439720217866052008-03-04T20:03:00.000+00:002008-03-04T20:03:00.000+00:00the aberdonian,There's certainly no colour bar on ...the aberdonian,<BR/><BR/>There's certainly no colour bar on the "ancestral visa", if a Nigerian or Jamaican has a British parent/grandparent they've has much right as anyone else to come to the UK to live and work.<BR/>More the merrier in my opinion!O'Neillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02531858236570346203noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6008037633121035579.post-54974421898586238592008-03-04T16:46:00.000+00:002008-03-04T16:46:00.000+00:00When a lot of people think about the rights of Com...When a lot of people think about the rights of Commonwealth citizens they are not talking about the Nigerians, Jamaicans (despite many West Indians being of mixed race - notably the Very honourable Robert Nestor Marley) etc getting into the UK?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6008037633121035579.post-54864385804835652192008-03-04T12:22:00.000+00:002008-03-04T12:22:00.000+00:00Point taken, although I'm guessing if you had a ca...Point taken, although I'm guessing if you had a canadian dad or Australian grandfather then you'd get priority if you wished to immigrate to either place?O'Neillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02531858236570346203noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6008037633121035579.post-84638617538119345022008-03-04T09:52:00.000+00:002008-03-04T09:52:00.000+00:00From Wikipedia:"details of a new points based syst...From Wikipedia:<BR/><EM>"details of a new points based system announced on 7 March 2006 made it clear that ancestry routes to the UK would not be affected"</EM><BR/><BR/>More broken promises and/or U-turns? Shurley not!<BR/><BR/>I like the idea of keeping links to Commonwealth countries, but let's face it: most of them don't have any kind of reciprocal agreement or recognition.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com