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PRESSED FOR ANSWERS ABOUT WHY, AGAINST EXPECTATIONS, THEY ARE NOT APPLYING, THE MOST COMMON ANSWERS HAVE BEEN THAT THE APPLICATION PROCESS IS TOO COMPLICATED, THAT THE SCHEME IS EITHER PUBLIC SECTOR ORIENTATED OR ORIENTATED TOWARDS THE VERY RICH AND THE VERY HIGHLY QUALIFIED, AND THAT THEREFORE THERE IS NO POINT IN
THEIR APPLYING PARTICULARLY IF THEY ARE OUTSIDE THE FAVOURED AGE BRACKET: OR IN THE CASE OF THE BEST QUALIFIED, THAT THEY ALREADY HAVE PASSPORTS FROM ELSEWHERE OR ANTICIPATE NO DIFFICULTY IN GETTING ONE.
5. IF SIGNIFICANT NUMBERS ARE HOLDING BACK BECAUSE THEY ASSUME
THEY STAND NO CHANCE THEN THE PROBLEM MAY BECOME LARGELY SELF- CORRECTING. IF THE NUMBERS ARE STILL LOW AS THE DEADLINE APPROACHES,
, THEN PRESUMABLY MANY MORE WILL BE TEMPTED TO PUT IN APPLICATIONS AGAINST THE CHANCE THAT MOST APPLICATIONS MIGHT TURN OUT TO BE SUCCESSFUL.
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