Wednesday 9 February 2011

Being a Foreigner

Well I never!!!!!
So far we’ve been called Pomms, Immigrants and foreigners.
We can’t get a car loan as we are required to pay it off in two years as that is the length of the visa, despite the fact the job is open ended. I’m not allowed to work, but Peter is paying local taxes and we will be paying rent and spending our money in South Africa, yet we are treated as a flight risk.....
If we get a loan for a car then decide to leave the country, there is nothing anyone can do about it...but hold on a minute...don’t they realise how much it cost us to get out here in the first place, visas, x rays, police checks, a year’s deposit for both kids at school and a year upfront, furniture removal, additional luggage at the airport plus the flights.
Oh and don’t forget...I have a car in the UK sitting on my parents drive I can’t sell and the Tax is due in March, plus it’s still fully insured, a house we are paying a mortgage on that is sitting empty waiting for tenants, the set up costs, electricity and gas safety checks, redecoration, new carpets after the flood (not off insurance) the energy efficient certificate, the stuff we had to give away or sell for a loss (ebay), agents fees.....
So right now we can’t afford to go home (not that we want to)..bank account was a great achievement, which has enabled us to rent a house from March, but in the mean time we are being fleeced....need 3 months bank statements for mobile contract, internet and land line.....
So I’ve decided to do what others do.....
‘I’m a Nigerian representative for the exiled King...send bank details to thechickendoesjoburg.co.za’

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