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16-18, May 2008 http://lists.goanet.org/pipermail/goanet-goanet.org/2008-May/073789.html --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Hi Eddie This article by the so called foreigners, ( I would call them willing Goans) to our politicians they are foreignor, NO Votes so call them alliens, The concept of foreigners cannot buy land, why , like they have put it accross, can we absorb all our Goans abroad, ?????? What are we trying to do dig our past, I would do the basic, hold on to my land, we have survived by exodus to Sea , Africa, Gulf , UK, US and Australia, if we can so can they. I am a proud Goan , who lives here loves it here, I have tried to adjust, Places , People and circumstances I cannot change , just myself. IF I HAVE TI LIVE, CASTIGASTE OUR POLITICIANS, CAN WE ?? DO WE??? Do we really care about our GOA. or just our pockets, Ayres deSouza On 5/14/08, Eddie Fernandes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > "Confiscate properties of UK Goans and deport them" > > Source: Herald 14 May 2008 at > http://oheraldo.in/pagedetails.asp?nid=3950&cid=13 > By Michelle Savage, UK > > Full text: > > Eight years ago, my husband and I decided that we no longer wanted to deal > with the stress of working in high pressure jobs. Our children were all > married and half of them had moved abroad. We looked around and decided to > move to Goa. > > We approached a reputed builder and local advocate, who all told us we were > safe to buy property in Goa. To be on the safe side, we asked the advocate > to confirm through the Reserve Bank (RBI) that any purchase made by us was > legal. We received a letter from the RBI advising that there would be no > objection, providing we complied with FEMA. We still have this letter. > > As we are not great lovers of modern architecture, we purchased an old > Portuguese house with a nice-sized garden. All the paperwork was completed > and we took possession of the property. Renovating the property and grounds > was expensive; in all honesty it would have been cheaper to build a new > house. But we were happy that it was our last house and we would make it > just as we wanted. > > For several years we were very happy in Goa. Then all of sudden we are > being > treated quite disgracefully. The press runs daily horror stories of how Goa > doesn't want people like us. We originally came on a 5 year X Visa. Then we > were told we no longer qualify for these visas, and can only have a > six-month tourist visa. > > Now MLAs are openly saying that properties purchased by foreigners will be > confiscated and auctioned. We sadly decided to leave Goa, but were informed > that we could not sell our property. Our builder, who has enjoyed our > patronage for years, has said that he will deal with all the paperwork if > we > sell the house to him for the initial purchase price (excluding what we > paid > him). My husband has become quite ill from all the stress, and we are now > back in the UK so that he can be treated for the illness this has brought > on. > > While we are here, I will asking the UK government to put in place a > reciprocal arrangement whereby properties of Goan settlers in the UK are > confiscated and the country's 60,000 Goan immigrants are forced to return > to > India. We want to say that we wished we had never heard of Goa and had > never > visited India. The whole experience makes me want to constantly cry, and I > have been prescribed anti-depressants, something that never happened in the > past. I would make a sincere plea to the authorities in Goa. We haven't > done > anything wrong. Let us sell our legally purchased property and we guarantee > we will come back again. > > Forwarded by Eddie Fernandes > http://www.goanvoice.org.uk/ > > -----Original Message----- > "Goa has become a Toilet" > 13 May: British Expats Goa Forum. > http://britishexpats.com/forum/showthread.php?t=536195 > > > > -- Ayres deSouza