Posts by Laura Witters

'Della': Dell's very special site for women

OMG! It's all so clear!

I see what they are trying to do.. the tech tips are there to produce the next set of Stepford Wives!

My husband has just placed the order for the pink one with matching bag!

UK's visa fingerprint system fails

Not the first time!

Can't say this story surprises me, hubby and I had to travel up to Glasgow (3 hour trip!) in January to get his biometrics taken, only to be told when we got there the system had been down for 3 days and they weren't sure when it was likely to be working again.

Our appointment was re-scheduled for mid-March and once we got past the security gate and had our electronic devices removed from our posession were told that we may not get seen as the system was down and had been since lunchtime! I can see the ID card scheme working really well!

Paris - coz she has better things to be doing with her fingers!

UK gov unleashes biometric IDs

There really is no hope

@ Martin - Thanks for posting the link to the Guardian article, it just goes to prove that the Home Office are completely useless morons.

Having married an American, he has to have one of these pointless little bits of plastic. We received a letter from the UKBA stating that we had 15 days to apply for a biometric appointment from the date of their letter, what was really nice of them was that they did not post said letter until the day following its printing, then sent it second class, thus we lost 3 working days.

When we got the appointment, we went to Glasgow, only to be told 20 minutes before my hubbys appointment that the systems were down and we had to come back for another appointment, which they would call us and make to ensure we got a quick appointment. That was four weeks ago, we are still waiting.

No doubt they have lost our contact details as that is the only thing this government seems to be good at. Doubt we will ever see our passports again.

£495 well spent i'd say!