• ramble81@lemmy.zip
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    1 month ago

    You know that’s an interesting thought there. If you’ve lived in a certain place for at least 10 years, I almost think that you should be forced to renounce citizenship of your prior country and become a citizen there or you’re basically just a long term squatter.

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      1 month ago

      Long-term squatter here, applying for citizenship is expensive (almost 2 grand) and it’s a bloody awful process. It involves taking a test that I’m sure the vast majority of actual citizens would fail. I’d rather put the money towards a house deposit.

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        1 month ago

        I get that, but consider getting a house deposit requires paperwork and financial testing. Skipping or ignoring that paperwork may not serve getting a house deposit.

        But it does seem like the person in the article did their paperwork and still ended up being rejected.

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        1 month ago

        Then I’d argue you’re refusing to integrate and you shouldn’t be there. You’re talking about a house, which means even longer term roots. If you’re going to take advantage of their system, you should become willing to integrate.