Would it be a good idea if Commonwealth citizens

[GilbertGrape]

could just 'up sticks' and move to another Commonwealth country without immigration hassles?

I wouldn't mind spending summers in Cyprus and winters in Canada for example.

Edited by GilbertGrape on Tuesday 2nd November 02:20

[mybrainhurts]

NO...

[SC7]

You haven't thought this through have you?

[Eric Mc]

GilbertGrape said:

could just 'up sticks' and move to another Commonwealth country without immigration hassles?

I wouldn't mind spending summers in Cyprus and winters in Canada for example.

Edited by GilbertGrape on Tuesday 2nd November 02:20

Fancy a move to Mozambique then?

You have 54 countries to chose from.

[cal72]

Have you seen who is on that list.

Commonwealth countries

1. Antigua and Barbuda 28. Mozambique
2. Australia 29. Namibia
3. The Bahamas 30. Nauru
4. Bangladesh 31. New Zealand
5. Barbados 32. Nigeria
6. Belize 33. Pakistan
7. Botswana 34. Papua New Guinea
8. Brunei 35. St Christopher and Nevis
9. Canada 36. St Lucia
10. Cameroon 37. St Vincent and the Grenadines
11. Cyprus 38. Seychelles
12. Dominica 39. Sierra Leone
13. Fiji (Nov 97) 40. Singapore
14. The Gambia 41. Solomon Islands
15. Ghana 42. South Africa
16. Grenada 43. Sri Lanka
17. Guyana 44. Swaziland
18. India 45. Tanzania
19. Jamaica 46. Tonga
20. Kenya 47. Trinidad and Tobago
21. Kiribati 48. Tuvalu
22. Lesotho 49. Uganda
23. Malawi 50. United Kingdom
24. Malaysia 51. Vanuatu
25. Maldives 52. Western Samoa
26. Malta 53. Zambia
27. Mauritius 54. Zimbabwe

We would be swamped under with half those countries coming here in thier thousands.

I actually think it is about time we scrapped the commonwealth and tell the european parliment to feck off.

[plg]

If you have both useful skills and money (i.e. you won't be a burden on their state and will be a net contributor) then you would probably have no problems getting repeated work/residency permits to most of those countries.

Canada is possible, but you would need a job and sponsor company lined up if you want to work - though they are fairly straightforward there as there is a high % of migrant workforce.

Not sure on Cyprus. But Ghana, etc, you should have no problem.

[Engineer1]

cal72 said:

I actually think it is about time we scrapped the commonwealth and tell the european parliment to feck off.

Um yeah great lets be a tiny self sufficient country on the edge of a large landmass, Honda, Nissan etc would be gone as quick as they could move. The Commonwealth lets us keep on good terms with a large number of countries.

[lodgy]

Engineer1 said:

cal72 said:

I actually think it is about time we scrapped the commonwealth and tell the european parliment to feck off.

Um yeah great lets be a tiny self sufficient country on the edge of a large landmass, Honda, Nissan etc would be gone as quick as they could move. The Commonwealth lets us keep on good terms with a large number of countries.

keep the commonwealth but sack off the eu. waste of time and money imo

[soad]

cal72 said:

We would be swamped under with half those countries coming here in thier thousands.

True, (almost) be a great invasion - not the best idea, OP.

[plg]

Why on earth would we scrap the Commonwealth? Not exactly a large drain on our finances and keeps us a last vestige of the empire...

[cal72]

Engineer1 said:

cal72 said:

I actually think it is about time we told the european parliment to feck off.

Um yeah great lets be a tiny self sufficient country on the edge of a large landmass, Honda, Nissan etc would be gone as quick as they could move. The Commonwealth lets us keep on good terms with a large number of countries.

Good point. Edit my quote for correctness.