I'm not so sure mate. Uk immigration being a Gov body anticipates busy periods and allows for extra staff to deal with the demand. The transfer deadline is set in stone and therefore can be anticipated and planned for every year. So they are bound to have either extra staff on to process or a special section set up to deal with football related work visas. Especially considering football is a multimillion £ industry.
Imagine all those very rich, very powerful club owners crying to any politician they can get thier hands on about red tape etc.
But back to my original point. I understand there's a lot of factors at play here, but it just seems to me that other clubs don't have the same problems in this area as we do (or at least to the same degree and frequency). It's just very frustrating.
Football is football. Unpredictable in its nature. However, behind the scenes is business. You can improve your practices constantly and learn from your mistakes. All I'm saying is that in this area we don't seem to be doing that.