Why indeed?

Silkenray wonders aloud:

Apparently, most spousal visas for US citizens moving to the UK take one day to process.
Conversely, most spousal visas for UK citizens moving to the US take more than one year to process.

Add to this that the landing card for non UK citizens entering the UK is half the length of the landing card for US citizens entering the US.

Why is our system so f---ed up?

But our visa waiver form (do we even have one?) wouldn't sound nearly as funny set to music.

Of course, if the British electorate makes the mistake of electing the Welsh vampire on May 5th, then we might end up with something as Kafkaesque and inhuman as America's INS.

Posted by TimHall at April 13, 2005 09:42 PM | TrackBack

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