Pieman72 Posted April 19, 2021 Report Share Posted April 19, 2021 Out of interest I'm picking up on Visa problems relating to Australian and American riders who are failing to comply with 'beefed up, immigration rules. Does anyone have any information on this? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ch958 Posted April 19, 2021 Report Share Posted April 19, 2021 swiftly followed by EU riders Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cityrebel Posted April 19, 2021 Report Share Posted April 19, 2021 IF we do get going on May 17th, there could be a few last minute teams changes! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikebv Posted April 20, 2021 Report Share Posted April 20, 2021 14 hours ago, cityrebel said: IF we do get going on May 17th, there could be a few last minute teams changes! Scott, Rory and Bomber are going to be very busy boys... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fromafar Posted April 22, 2021 Report Share Posted April 22, 2021 Get the impression that things might get a bit tricky regarding visa issue.Watch this space!!!! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pieman72 Posted April 22, 2021 Author Report Share Posted April 22, 2021 I think the Brexit boys might go quiet on this one !! Watch this space !!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YerRopes Posted April 22, 2021 Report Share Posted April 22, 2021 Can't see the GP qualifier going ahead at Glasgow on May 29th either.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fromafar Posted April 22, 2021 Report Share Posted April 22, 2021 (edited) 12 minutes ago, YerRopes said: Can't see the GP qualifier going ahead at Glasgow on May 29th either.. Have they not all been cancelled this season? Though I read it some where recently. Edited April 22, 2021 by Fromafar 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
topaz325 Posted April 22, 2021 Report Share Posted April 22, 2021 21 minutes ago, YerRopes said: Can't see the GP qualifier going ahead at Glasgow on May 29th either.. Rearranged for June 19th. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YerRopes Posted April 22, 2021 Report Share Posted April 22, 2021 1 minute ago, topaz325 said: Rearranged for June 19th. Thanks for that.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonny the spud Posted April 23, 2021 Report Share Posted April 23, 2021 It also can affect uk riders racing abroad now that Britain is out of the EU. In addition to his British passport, Adam now has a French one so no problems with traveling / visas Europe. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
*JJ Posted April 23, 2021 Report Share Posted April 23, 2021 There is some talk now about closer ties with Australia now that we are out of the EU, so no more need for visas for Aussies coming here, and for Brits going there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uk_martin Posted April 23, 2021 Report Share Posted April 23, 2021 58 minutes ago, *JJ said: There is some talk now about closer ties with Australia now that we are out of the EU, so no more need for visas for Aussies coming here, and for Brits going there. I wonder if that's going to make a difference though? Looking at how the next crop of Aussies like Jaimon Lidsey and now Frazer Bowes are choosing to base themselves in Poland or Germany so that they can more easily hop between EU countries and their teams in Germany, Poland, Denmark and Sweden, being based in the UK could actually be a hindrance to them, no matter how easy it is to get to the UK. Having an easy entrance into a dead end street doesn't get you anywhere. 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Humphrey Appleby Posted April 23, 2021 Report Share Posted April 23, 2021 (edited) 2 hours ago, *JJ said: There is some talk now about closer ties with Australia now that we are out of the EU, so no more need for visas for Aussies coming here, and for Brits going there. We shall see. Australia is pushing for something along those lines as part of any trade deal, but the UK doesn't want that which is why the trade talks are not going well. After all the fuss about '20 million Romanians coming to the UK', why would the same government want to allow '25 million Australians to come to the UK'? I have to say that I also don't see Australia agreeing to free-for-all from the UK either, even though it's largely irrelevant from a speedway perspective these days. Edited April 23, 2021 by Humphrey Appleby Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heathen52 Posted April 24, 2021 Report Share Posted April 24, 2021 12 hours ago, Humphrey Appleby said: We shall see. Australia is pushing for something along those lines as part of any trade deal, but the UK doesn't want that which is why the trade talks are not going well. After all the fuss about '20 million Romanians coming to the UK', why would the same government want to allow '25 million Australians to come to the UK'? I have to say that I also don't see Australia agreeing to free-for-all from the UK either, even though it's largely irrelevant from a speedway perspective these days. I very much think the exodus may be the other way with Brits going to Australia, probably Australia, and New Zealand, are more British than Britain these days. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
*JJ Posted April 24, 2021 Report Share Posted April 24, 2021 19 hours ago, Humphrey Appleby said: We shall see. Australia is pushing for something along those lines as part of any trade deal, but the UK doesn't want that which is why the trade talks are not going well. After all the fuss about '20 million Romanians coming to the UK', why would the same government want to allow '25 million Australians to come to the UK'? I have to say that I also don't see Australia agreeing to free-for-all from the UK either, even though it's largely irrelevant from a speedway perspective these days. On this morning's news, the talks were said to be going well. The rest of your comments is a non-sequitur: while the fuss over the Romanians was justified, I can't see that 25 million Aussies will want to come here. They are better off at home, except for a season's speedway. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Humphrey Appleby Posted April 24, 2021 Report Share Posted April 24, 2021 25 minutes ago, *JJ said: On this morning's news, the talks were said to be going well. The rest of your comments is a non-sequitur: while the fuss over the Romanians was justified, I can't see that 25 million Aussies will want to come here. They are better off at home, except for a season's speedway. 25 million Aussies are no more likely to come to the UK than 20 million Romanians, but it was still used as an argument to end freedom of movement. So after all the fuss about 'taking control of the borders', why would the UK allow a free for all from Australia? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Humphrey Appleby Posted April 24, 2021 Report Share Posted April 24, 2021 6 hours ago, heathen52 said: I very much think the exodus may be the other way with Brits going to Australia, probably Australia, and New Zealand, are more British than Britain these days. In terms of permanent migration, there's probably more Brits headed to Australia than vice versa. But there's probably as much short-term migration the other way which is actually what Australia is concerned about as they fear losing skilled people to the UK, whilst they get unskilled backpackers in return. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chewbacca Posted April 24, 2021 Report Share Posted April 24, 2021 Having visited Australia many times I’m surprised that any of them would bother coming here. As far as gammons are concerned Australians are white and speak English so are perfectly ok to let in Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dontforgetthefueltapsbruv Posted April 24, 2021 Report Share Posted April 24, 2021 51 minutes ago, Chewbacca said: As far as gammons are concerned Australians are white and speak English so are perfectly ok to let in The first part is irrelevant (they are white) but the second (and speak English) is pertinent and a perfectly acceptable expectation 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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