UnemployedI was Mordred writes, "I've been out of work for a while now... however, every cloud must have a silver lining. Tell us your stories of the upside to unemployment."
You can tell us about the unexpected downsides too if you want.
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chthonic, Fri 3 Apr 2009, 10:02)
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Daftest thing I ever didI told the Job Centre people I would do anything. I had just returned to the UK after getting married to a foreigner abroad and needed a job so I could prove that I could support my new husband without recourse to benefits.
I applied for the first job suggested and got it. Three months later my husband was allowed into the country. Two months after that I got the sack.
Nine years later I had to do a moonlight flit, complete with three children, to get away from the control freak that he had turned into. After six months in a refuge 150 miles away I got my own place.
My now ex is now working on the black market and not paying a penny towards the upkeep of his children and even reported me for claiming benefits that I was not entitled to - wrongly, but I still had to go through an uncomfortable interview.
Upside to unemployment? My then husband would never have got into the country.
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(, Mon 6 Apr 2009, 20:58, 2 replies)
Shame it was 9 years agoIf it was before he got indefinite status here, then he would have lost his right to reside because of the break-up of the marriage.
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HmmmIs there a set minimum you're expected to earn as a sponsor for a visa? Reason I ask is because I'm moving back to the UK hopefully this year, after my wedding in September, and just wondered how the process works. Hopefully it's as easy as it appears to be, but I don't think I stand much chance of getting a job sadly :(
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Trijian, Wed 8 Apr 2009, 8:59,
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