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This rule can be worked out.
e.g if you have a visa and you have applied for british citizenship, they dont ask for ANY documents to be sent over and you can travel/work as normal. The fallback if your application doesent succeed for any reason is the visa you are currently on. They can have similar logic like that. Either way even an "economic migrant" doesent have access to public funds and have to pay 'health surcharge' for NHS (while paying tax and NI etc).
amey
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I think allowing work while in limbo is trickier than it first seems.
You've got the uncertainty around what someone's legal status is, and also the prospect of a huge amount of admin for someone who may not be allowed to remain.
I think separating immigration into its own department, processing in France, and generally investing in the whole process could reduce waiting times to the point that not being able to work isn't really an issue.