Upon arrival, be sure to declare valuable items such as laptops, for which you may have to pay a refundable deposit, the British Consulate advises.

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They're trying to find a place together and have a voucher from FEMA to pay first month's rent and a deposit.

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And if they want to withdraw their gold deposit, they receive it back as a gold bar, and have to pay another 10% or so of its value to have it fashioned back into jewellery.

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