Jack Edwards #2

[cukiesandcreme]

Not surprised his visa got rejected. Most countries like Spain where I currently am doing my year abroad offer a 90 day shortstay visa which you can get at the consulates. But what people don't realise is that the official limit now to stay in the EU is 90 out of 180 days (aka three out of six months) for everybody and to get around that you need to go through an entirely different process in the EU country. In Spain I had to pay a 15 euro tax and present the receipt of that, my form, passport photos, proof of my address and visa and passport at the police station making an appointment within 30 days of arriving. Then I had to wait six weeks for my application to be processed and then the day after I flew home from spending christmas in england (and less than a day before my visa expired) I made another appointment to collect it went back to the police station with the receipt of my application to collect my permiso de residencia which will last me til the beginning of June when my placement ends and after that I legally become a tourist rather than a resident and get the right to spend another 90 days in Spain but no longer to work. I was very careful to return within the time that my visa allowed as six weeks after my appointment was christmas and well I wanted to spend it in London with my family. It's a long ass process and kind of complicated but its doable if you do the research and gather the paperwork correctly for me the process was wayyyy easier in Spain than it was at the London Consulate and they were very friendly in Spain which made the actual appointments very easy (London was a nightmare I won't go into it) cos seriously both times I was out in half an hour. I reckon that Jack probably decided during his initial trip to extend it and missed the deadlines to complete the process in France and was kind of hoping to bypass it by trying to do it in London which is nearly impossible. There's plenty of information on the internet and consulate websites all it takes is a quick google search and it comes up with plenty of guides. Seriously Jack do you not understand that England ain't that special and we don't get special treatment just because we used to be a part of the EU nope we're treated like every single non-eu country out there.
(Edited as I realised I said shortday not shortstay guess I've been speaking too much spanish lately)

was this an ESA d-type visa? Just asking bc I’m currently in the process of applying for it and there’s no info on whether it’s multi entry or not lol

 

[joonielovers]

It’s a puzzle. I would assume he’d want to promote the brand on the channel with more subscribers and views?

yeah exactly what I thought too, its weird

 

[loveyoutubers2021]

has anyone seen his Instagram stories

 

[mindlessness]

Btw, he doesn't work for a publishing house. He works as a freelance RA for some mystery author. My bet is Ali Abdaal.

In his video on the job he said he was working for Penguin Random House? Maybes it’s on a contracted basis? I agree with your suspicion he’s doing RA work for Ali’s book.

 

[mindlessness]

I thought the screenwriting course he was considering was one in the States? I presumed Paris was just to continue working similarly to as he was in London - the research assistant stuff for Ali and YT?

 

[Binx]

bets on which country hes moving to. (unless it's been said, in which case ignore this message)

Mine: Germany

 

[herathebeaver]

he did reach the top of Cambridge medicine and got a first overall
not many middle class people do that

Ali is full of shit, middle class man who’s skimmed money out of everything, hired people in other countries so he could paid less. These aren’t people to aspire too, Ali’s productivity is bollocks! He doesn’t properly read anything, he reads the highlights on sponsored apps.

 

[roy]

I didn’t listen to it, but what happened to the Wooden Spoon podcast? Could this not be revived?

 

[Bennycs]

He strikes me as someone who reads them online and then also has the physical books
I know for dune he had the audiobook and the physical copy so I assume he does that alot

Yeah, I could be completely wrong of course. It just always seemed odd is all.

 

[hollowcrown]

It's "leadership team" which is most cringe imo.

 

[3calico3]

In his latest 'Jack in the books' video, he said he is moving to a non-English speaking country. Doesn't look like that's the US.

Hmm, it looks like he's moved back home for a bit, maybe until he goes off to whenever he's heading.

 

[darkhairedpixie]

was this an ESA d-type visa? Just asking bc I’m currently in the process of applying for it and there’s no info on whether it’s multi entry or not lol

I'm not sure if we applied for the same visa type (mine was a student one) but I do remember that there were two boxes on the form and you had to tick either single or multi (strongly recommend multi as you never know you may have to return unexpectedly)

 

[herathebeaver]

i was responding to a previous poster who called ali middle class
Cambridge is full of middle class people bc not there not many rich people to begin with and not all rich people are academically inclined

doesn't make him a good person

also Cambridge is full of upper to middle-class people, do you even know what you're on about?



I'm so tempted to apply just to see what the interview process is like. I don't have the relevant experience though, unfortunately (OT: when you've got all the necessary skills and qualifications, but need 3 years experience. like bitch we're in a pandemic, who do you think needs jobs? yeah, graduates. don't ask for 3 years experience for everything i beg)

i was just responding to a previous poster who claimed that ali was middle class

Social class has nothing to do with intelligence.

 

[mindlessness]

So he’s some house master as apart of Ali’s youtuber course… they’re really linking themselves together!

Uh oh! This course is just sounding more and more scammy

 

[xaannaa]

But you can get books in English there? So it has to somewhere else?

Has he said there are no English books there or just that it's a non-English speaking country? Also wouldn't put it past him to just assume non-English speaking country = no English books

 

[3calico3]

He's filming a lie update video soon, and is asking for questions on his IG stories for a Q&A section.

Very tempted to ask what his girlfriend thinks of him moving.

 

[mindlessness]

I doubt he'd do that though - he didn't like being defined by his Oxford rejection, so if any of the plans he outlined didn't happen/work, then he'd be anxious about getting the same 'rejection' reputation.

Yeah that's a good point!

 

[Lola123]

And now he’s hung out with hannah witton and Lucy moon…. Like what? I assume it was to ask about podcasting etc as that’s what he seems hell bent on doing, if it’s a book one then I’ll be interested but if it’s anything else, I don’t think it’s a good idea

 

[Lola123]

Hmm, it looks like he's moved back home for a bit, maybe until he goes off to whenever he's heading.

I believe that’s the intention, his lease has expired on the London flat, that’s what he said

 

[Bennycs]

He's probably just annotating for himself - I feel like a lot of readers do that so they can go back and find passages they liked (especially in online bookish spaces like bookstagram and booktube). And as a ~booktuber~ it's his job to talk about books, so I don't see anything wrong with underlining certain quotes/sentences he might want to refer to in a video?

I wasn't criticising him. I was asking why he did it because its not something I've done outside my time in education.