I might be moving to Canada, but not cause I want to

[Miniar]

Copy-Pasted from my blog... A little bit depressed at the moment, so I can't be bothered to re-write it all for ya.


I got a letter in the post this morning. Nothing unusual about that really 'cept one of the letters was from the national registry, so I took it with me to physical therapy, opened it as I walked.

I read it twice before I got there, and I read it three more times on my walk back home.

In that letter were the words "you no longer fulfill the requirements for legal recidency in this country".
I said "what?"
I said it again and louder.
I read the letter again, and again, and again, and then I got home and told Sel, I said "they're writing us out of the country!"
They are delisting me as living at my home and instead they're listing me as "living abroad".

From today, I have three weeks to do "something" about it.

The core of the problem appears to be that I've not had a taxable income in Iceland for the last 18 months, meaning they read it as I'm unable to make enough money to support myself and my family. Their solution to that is to list me as "living abroad"

If I'm unable to correct this the follwing will happen.
I'll loose all rights to disability of any kind since I'm not living in Iceland any more.
I'll loose all rights to child support and extra supportive monies for Hafdís's Autism because I'm not living in Iceland any more.
I'll loose much of my chances to getting a better paying job because I don't live in Iceland anymore.

This means that their solution to my lack of income is to rob me of what little I have left and then de-list me from the country so they don't need to take responsibility for whatever follows.

So,.. unless I can "correct" this shortly, Me and Selcar will in all probability move to Canada since we'll have no chance of surviving over here, at all!
What will become of my daughter is all up in the air, but considering her language issues and social problems, the most probable course of events is that she'll stay winters in Iceland with her father, so that she can continue to go to an Icelandic school and doesn't have to start from scratch again, and then spend the summers in Canada with me.

I'll be keeping you all updated through here, posting a link to a new blog in english on LJ as I write them from Facebook, Deviantart and wherever else I feel the need to notify people of my perdicament.

I'll probably do an obvious plug for help in the form of donations or purchases of art and/or art commissions, but that's a problem for a later date.
After all, three airplane tickets from Iceland to Toronto are pricy!

[Kimberly]

I am currently finding out one thing with flights. Book early it seems.

*HUG* I am sorry and I hope something works for you guys.

[Alyssa M.]

That's shocking.

Are you not a native or a citizen? So it's illegal to be poor in Iceland now? Did it get taken over by the Soviet Politburo after the economic crisis hit?

[Steph]

That is certainly a strange and unfortunate position to be in.  I've never heard of that situation before and hopefully it will work out for you.  On the other hand Canada is a pretty nice place to live.

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[Nero]

WTF. Were you born there?

[Miniar]

Yep, I'm a native and a citizen but apparently that is not worth much...

[FairyGirl]

oh geez dude, I'm so sorry to hear this! Thanks for the update, and let us know  I hope it all works out okay for you...

[lisagurl]

Sorry to hear of your situation. In many areas of the U.S. they put a maximum time people could live on welfare. After that time if you have not found a job they drop you from the roles or force you to work in a very undesirable job. 

Iceland is just about bankrupt. The whole world can not support the total population of earth as resources are running out faster than they are replaced. A drastic reduction in population is needed and or a drastic reduction in standard of living for billions.

[Nero]

Yep, I'm a native and a citizen but apparently that is not worth much...

wow, and I though we American citizens were undervalued...

[Lachlann]

Yep, I'm a native and a citizen but apparently that is not worth much...

Then I'm not sure how they can send you to Canada, because unless you were born in Canada, there are requirements to gain citizenship, work and stay here. Are you sure it's not some screw up?

[Miniar]

Then I'm not sure how they can send you to Canada, because unless you were born in Canada, there are requirements to gain citizenship, work and stay here. Are you sure it's not some screw up?

they're not sending me to canada, they're listing me as "living abroad" which may mean I'll just follow my canadian husband to canada.

[NicholeW.]

OMG!! What a ridiculous fashion to go about keeping a country's inemployment rate figures low. Just kick those who are unemployed outta the country!

Any idea if that is occurring with some of your bankers and financiers up there who've definitely crashed over the past year?

I hope the move works out. I presume there's no recourse to this of any kind. Is this sort of thing "big news" in Iceland?

Nichole

[Miniar]

I'm sure I could "make" it into big news with the right approach to the media, but honestly.. I'm starting to just feel like "f this, I'm leaving"

[NicholeW.]

I'm sure I could "make" it into big news with the right approach to the media, but honestly.. I'm starting to just feel like "f this, I'm leaving"

Quite honestly, I can understand that, Min. Good grief. What a pile of poopie that is!

N~

[Janet_Girl]

Ah....scratches her head....they can do that?    Isn't your SO working there?  Maybe it would be better just to go.

Janet

[Robyn]

... but honestly.. I'm starting to just feel like "f this, I'm leaving"

Which, of course, is exactly what they want you to do/

Can't the answer be that your husband has income and pays taxes and that you chose not to file a joint return?

Robyn

[Julie Marie]

So Iceland can take away your rights as a natural born citizen because you're out of work?  That sounds very wrong.  Before you make plans to leave do some research and make sure this is legal.  It sure seems fishy to me.

Julie

[Linda]

I hope you can find a way to work things out. It sounds like a raw deal. I always thought Iceland would be one of the more civil places to live. And your a born Icelandic citizen you say? It doesn't seem just.


Is there some kind of deadline, like, what if you get any kind of job/taxable income?

Best wishes, to you and yours Miniar.

[Cindy]

This sounds absurd.
How can a country make their own citizen a none citizen? I know people can be arrested and deported, as in USSR etc but that was usually at the pressure of the USA saying she would accept that person rather than goal in Siberia. I would have thought that this went against UN charters. I know Iceland seems to have a group of people in their Parliment that have made major stuff ups, but is this their solution. What would happen if you were single? Anyone single and unemployed in Iceland is to be deported?

I'm so sorry, I wish I could be of help. I would be willing to support your art by buying something I liked. How can I see them. ps I'm not in any way wealthy.

Love and Hugs
Cindy

[Miniar]

no no... I will still be a citizen, I just won't be allowed to have a legal residency in Iceland.

And hubby doesn't have an income at the time being because we're still waiting on paperwork making it possible for him to get work.

We're currently living "rent free" so we haven't needed much money to make ends meet (and are making ends meet quite well actually) so I haven't gone and filed for unemployment support or other extra payments from the government cause... there's other ppl that need it more than I do.

My deadline to fix this is 3 weeks... and then I loose my legal residency..

I'm currently waiting on them to send me letters with the details of of which the ruling was made.. should be here.. tuesday, wednesday at the latest.