OutofLondon

That’s the same type of bs and lies they used to justify attacking Iraq 35 years ago and it’s as untrue now as it was then. Also, do you mean your wonderful president was lying when he told the world he’d destroyed Iran’s nuclear programme last year? If not, I don’t understand why you need to do the job twice if you did it properly the first time.

Then may I respectfully suggest that you were not very thorough with your checking.

My point is once you've got the funds you can start applying for your visa in the same way everyone else does next year (or whenever) - you haven't made life more difficult for yourself. Any seasoning you have to do is exactly what you would have had to do when you first applied for a visa extension. So it's no more difficult. If YOU don't understand THAT, then I don't know where to start either!

You're still not making any sense. Of course you need to put 800k in the bank if you want to apply (without help) for an extension of stay on a retirement visa. You have to do that whether you've used an agent in the past or not. So what's the difference? Swapping from using an agent to doing your own visa extensions is no more difficult than starting by doing it yourself in the first place.

Well, I'd imagine it's safe to assume that none of the people you see dancing in the street because the Jews have stopped murdering them have actually already died of starvation you <deleted> idiot

You're so pathetic, I actually pity you.

No I don't. I've never done that. I send a picture and some money. I attest to absolutely nothing. You've clearly never done it yourself so please stop posting completely false information and misleading others.

Yes, my experience with volume licensing was somewhat different. I purchased what was described as a full Windows 10 licence from an American vendor. Unfortunately, I subsequently found I was unable to upgrade that Windows 10 installation via the retail channel, because it was corporate volume- licensed software. In other words, the software was useless to me. The vendor offered to help me with that particular upgrade but that wouldn't solve my issue in the long term. As they refused to refund me, I had to open a Visa dispute and get my refund that way. I guess once bitten, twice shy.

They want more Palestinians to die of starvation because some dead bodies haven't been handed back on time? And they certainly killed some of these hostages themselves, with their own strikes? And people can't understand the animosity towards Jews today? 😵

It doesn't that that at all. It says: "All cats and dogs must stay at the Mickleham post entry quarantine facility in Melbourne for at least 10 - 30 days and up to 180 days" So the stays could be much shorter than 6 months.

You're out on your own now for sure, but not in the way you think.

Yes really. Trump is crapping himself because you yanks need China's rare earth metals way more than they need your trade.

State sponsored murder is not a good thing. Only a fool would disagree.

He's a pathetic man baby, I know that. Doesn't deserve a prize and didn't get one. I expect he'll be whining about that for weeks. No class whatsoever, just like the electorate.

So they often don't work like people expect them to. All sorts of crap is available on Amazon - they don't curate the site in the way they claim to.

If you paid £20 for Microsoft Office, that's an illegally resold volume licence.

It's thanks to this kind of behaviour that I now use Google Docs for my writing and Linux instead of Windows. Sick of being badgered to try a 365 subscription and/or OneDrive upgrade every time another update is installed. Apple is just as bad, trying to trap everyone in the iCloud, with thousands of photos that are impossible to download in a timely manner thanks to their criminally slow service.

So get a new battery.

In these situations, I ask my wife what her TIN is, change one of the numbers in the sequence and give them that.

Maybe keep your meat in the fridge? 🙄

Being able to waste a whole day applying for an extension of stay is the only achievement many of these people can boast of each year. They're literally not qualified to do anything else, that's why they have a tantrum every time the subject of agents is discussed. And they always conveniently ignore the massive hypocrisy of taking such a saintly position on visa agents here on this message board, considering its origins.

Not if the money WAS in the bank when the original visa was applied for.

You could simply scroll past it, if you had control of your own mind.

Better than being just another bigoted yank with absolutely no clue what he's talking about. Now, shall I trust the qualified, experienced doctor or some unqualified bigot with an obvious agenda?

You're the one with comprehension issues. I know it was online and not in a store and that's why it couldn't be reversed, which is why it takes longer to refund than to take in the first place. I was explaining the wait. You're obviously not very bright, like most on here. As you're clearly struggling, let's make it really simple for you. You said: "Shopee says it may take up to 45 days, while COD refunds are always instantly. Anyone know the reason, and is this Shopee or the bank that creates the delay?" In my post, I answered this question. The only time a Visa payment can be 'refunded' immediately is by reversing it straight after an erroneous transaction (which is only normally possible in a shop, for obvious reasons). You bought online, so that was never going to happen, hence the difference between COD refunds and your card refund. Why are you incapable of understanding plain English? (N.B. As someone must have pointed out already, the 45 day upper limit is to cover themselves for credit card billing cycles, surely you are aware of that?) Top Tip: Try to focus more on engaging intelligently with other people rather than desperately trying to prove you're more intelligent than you obviously are. That way you'll embarrass yourself less often.