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- upliftingnews@lemmit.online
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- upliftingnews@lemmit.online
He has been one of the UK’s favourite and most prominent refugees for two-thirds of a century. Now Paddington Bear – official name Paddington Brown – has been granted a British passport.
The co-producer of the latest Paddington film said the Home Office had issued the document to the fictional Peruvian-born character – listing for completeness the official observation that he is, in fact, a bear.
“We wrote to the Home Office asking if we could get a replica, and they actually issued Paddington with an official passport – there’s only one of these,” Rob Silva told Radio Times.
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He produced the document, complete with Paddington’s photo inside, adding: “You wouldn’t think the Home Office would have a sense of humour, but under official observations, they’ve just listed him as Bear.”
so all this time he was working with a Tier 2 work visa?
So this is why I’ve been waiting since July for the Home Office to decide whether to give me Indefinite Leave to Remain.
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What message is conveyed here?
That you shouldn’t become upset over a children’s fictional character.
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Initially they had a PR stunt in which he was deported to Rwanda, but the focus groups were not reacting very positively.
People need a bit of fun from time to time. This seems lovely and did not cost an arm and a leg to pull off
In a way it’s a shame Mohamed Al Fayed isn’t still around, he’d have been fucking livid 😀 (That is of course the only way in which it’s a shame)
Surprised it was rejected for infringing trademarks