[thechat] Swiss visa problems
Martin Burns
martin at easyweb.co.uk
Fri Sep 30 02:39:51 CDT 2005
On 30 Sep 2005, at 08:09, William Anderson wrote:
> Sounds like standard "do you have means to stay in our country so you
> won't try and sponge off the state" policy to me. Interesting that
> they
> want to make sure the person you're staying with can do the same.
Yes.
> Probably a reaction to a large influx of Balkan asylum seekers in
> the 1990s.
No, they're Just Like That in .ch. They're *very* happy to have
people coming in and staying, even for long periods of time, as long
as there is *no* possibility of you being anything but a net economic
gain to the country.
Think *this* is harsh - wait till you start talking about the
citizenship rules...
Cheers
Martin
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