Morrisman
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My daughter is flying off to Canada to work for the summer, for reasons I fail to see the logic of. However, she has to do one of these stupid money spinning tests within 72 hours of her flight departure. Which is a Monday @ 14:05
The ‘fit to fly’ test centres all seem to claim ‘you should get the results within 48 hours’. But they also state the test might not get to the lab if it is done on a weekend. So, she’s booked the only sensible slot left in our local Boots: Friday 14:15 which leaves her just 10 minutes inside the 72 hours.
And she has to pay £90 for the privilege too. I‘ve heard some places charge far more than that.
And we are off on a jolly to London next week, to get her ‘biometrics’ (fingerprints) done to get her work permit ... another fiasco, the agent in Canada booked it for her, we booked train tickets, Midland to London... then the date changed, and the tickets are non-refundable.
Fingers crossed they have halted this £1750 hotel quarantine by the time she returns in August. If they haven’t, then we are all in trouble, as it means the sticky C*v*d stuff has hit the fan again.
Oh well, nothing else can go wrong, can it....
The ‘fit to fly’ test centres all seem to claim ‘you should get the results within 48 hours’. But they also state the test might not get to the lab if it is done on a weekend. So, she’s booked the only sensible slot left in our local Boots: Friday 14:15 which leaves her just 10 minutes inside the 72 hours.
And she has to pay £90 for the privilege too. I‘ve heard some places charge far more than that.
And we are off on a jolly to London next week, to get her ‘biometrics’ (fingerprints) done to get her work permit ... another fiasco, the agent in Canada booked it for her, we booked train tickets, Midland to London... then the date changed, and the tickets are non-refundable.
Fingers crossed they have halted this £1750 hotel quarantine by the time she returns in August. If they haven’t, then we are all in trouble, as it means the sticky C*v*d stuff has hit the fan again.
Oh well, nothing else can go wrong, can it....