Can I apply for BA??
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Can I apply for BA??
Can I apply for BA as a cabin crew even though I hold a US passport? I read on another website that there are some US nationals working for BA that commute to JFK and BOS. How can that be if the website says hold a EU passport?
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From: YYZ,LIS
Just as their website said...
you can apply but you have to have the right to live/work in the UK!
As far as the others...i t's possible that maybe they have EU passports (which allowed them to get the job) but they prefer to live in the US!
For example... I was born in Portugal moved to Canada when I was 9 and retained my canadian citizenship some years after that; therefore, I am a EU and a Canadian resident...I have 2 nationalities which allows me to work in Canada and anywhere in the European Community!
This is strickly a theory as I am not too sure about the USA and dual citizenship agreements with European countries!!
Best of luck to you!
-upinthesky-
As far as the others...i t's possible that maybe they have EU passports (which allowed them to get the job) but they prefer to live in the US!
For example... I was born in Portugal moved to Canada when I was 9 and retained my canadian citizenship some years after that; therefore, I am a EU and a Canadian resident...I have 2 nationalities which allows me to work in Canada and anywhere in the European Community!
This is strickly a theory as I am not too sure about the USA and dual citizenship agreements with European countries!!
Best of luck to you!
-upinthesky-
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From: Milton Keynes
The downside of getting EU citizenship is that the US, being a not terribly enlightened sort of place, requires that you give up US citizenship if you take citizenship of another country.
You can also come to the UK to work if you fulfill one of several criteria. Have a look at the Home Office site, go to Immigration and Nationality. There are so many ways in that it is difficult to generalise, but you are looking for something that will give you a right to work, but not require you to get a UK passport, as then the US govt. will take your US one.
IIRC you can have two passports as a US citizen until you are 21 but then have to choose.
You can also come to the UK to work if you fulfill one of several criteria. Have a look at the Home Office site, go to Immigration and Nationality. There are so many ways in that it is difficult to generalise, but you are looking for something that will give you a right to work, but not require you to get a UK passport, as then the US govt. will take your US one.
IIRC you can have two passports as a US citizen until you are 21 but then have to choose.
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From: The most Easterly Cape in the Nation
My sister holds a British, US and Australian passports!!!! British as our dad is a pom making us half, US she is a Registered Nurse and they want them bad in the states and this is where she resides, mind you married to a German and Australian 'cause that is where we were born!!! Not that this is probably any help but interesting enough and a lucky lady!!! "which passport will i use today?'
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From: London
I have to agree with Sammy there. I've just moved from Australia, to the UK for my job at BA, and I must say, the UK is not a place you really want to live if you're used to lots of space and QUALITY OF LIVING like you are in Australia, and the states.
The problem is, you get stuck. Leave the UK and go back to doing some job that you don't really want to do, or stay in the UK and do the job you love, but live in a country that is in a terrible state. What do you do? Either way you're unhappy.
Anyway, just my opinion and how I'm feeling now, you're prolly quite happy anyway.
The problem is, you get stuck. Leave the UK and go back to doing some job that you don't really want to do, or stay in the UK and do the job you love, but live in a country that is in a terrible state. What do you do? Either way you're unhappy.
Anyway, just my opinion and how I'm feeling now, you're prolly quite happy anyway.
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From: Surrounding the localizer
Just to Qualify what im about to say.....im not a Brit.....but Ive lived here for 4 years....and yes the UK could be better, but career and job wise..you would stuggle to find a land of more opportunity anywhere in the world.
As far a Qantas crew slagging the UK off.....Id advise them to get out of London once in a while, and actually have a look at the beautiful (in a different way than Australia is) that the UK is. Inner cities all over the world can be run-down.
As far a Qantas crew slagging the UK off.....Id advise them to get out of London once in a while, and actually have a look at the beautiful (in a different way than Australia is) that the UK is. Inner cities all over the world can be run-down.
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From: Peckham
im not so sure what all your problems are with the UK....if you all decide to live in earls court then you really dont get the right impression of the country.
Ive lived in AUZ and would never ever want to live there, spent a lot of time in the USA and would never ever want to live there.
Im sure if you dont like England that much we will not shed any tears if you decide to leave and go home.
Ive lived in AUZ and would never ever want to live there, spent a lot of time in the USA and would never ever want to live there.
Im sure if you dont like England that much we will not shed any tears if you decide to leave and go home.
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From: London
I guess it's just what you're used to. The UK way of living is alien to me, just as Autralian way of living is alien to you. Sorry, I didn't mean to offend anyone, I'm just feeling really sad at the moment...My dream isn't quite what I expected it to be.
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From: london
hi
i have lived in london for nearly 4 years now and im still adjusting to the way of life.... AND im not even foreign!!! i am English but found getting used to city life very difficult..... i am from a remote part of the UK where you had to drive an hour to the nearest cinema and decent clothes shops, although it is now changing there...at least slightly!!
anyway i guess what im trying to say is:
1/it takes a while to adjust to a new place and a massive adjustment for a new country
2/ cities arent all they are cracked up to be... the countryside that we have in the UK is beautiful/friendly faces etc
3/ UK is my home and i wouldnt change it for the world but i do agree that decent jobs can be a problem but that is down to politics
not every one should have to like one particular country otherwise i think the UK would be likely to sink!!!!
i have lived in london for nearly 4 years now and im still adjusting to the way of life.... AND im not even foreign!!! i am English but found getting used to city life very difficult..... i am from a remote part of the UK where you had to drive an hour to the nearest cinema and decent clothes shops, although it is now changing there...at least slightly!!
anyway i guess what im trying to say is:
1/it takes a while to adjust to a new place and a massive adjustment for a new country
2/ cities arent all they are cracked up to be... the countryside that we have in the UK is beautiful/friendly faces etc
3/ UK is my home and i wouldnt change it for the world but i do agree that decent jobs can be a problem but that is down to politics
not every one should have to like one particular country otherwise i think the UK would be likely to sink!!!!
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From: About 3000 below Midhurst SID I reckon
Flying Sarah & Bluestars -
Are you in central london? I lived in the big smoke for a while and decided I couldnt do it long term.
Things are very much different if you move outwards, ie windsor, weybridge, langley, etc.
There are still great links to london and transport to the airport but things are slower paced and more tranquil than what we call the city.
There are some fab rural areas which are easily accesible and you can chill on your days off in a park or by the river. Theres more of a community feel too.
Maybe consider living in another area, it may improve things for you??
Best Wishes
Are you in central london? I lived in the big smoke for a while and decided I couldnt do it long term.
Things are very much different if you move outwards, ie windsor, weybridge, langley, etc.
There are still great links to london and transport to the airport but things are slower paced and more tranquil than what we call the city.
There are some fab rural areas which are easily accesible and you can chill on your days off in a park or by the river. Theres more of a community feel too.
Maybe consider living in another area, it may improve things for you??
Best Wishes
