Well i have family in England and netherlands, but these days if you immigrate they want to make sure you can provide for yourself and not live on government money. and the scrutiny they make you go through is also insane specially now a days coming from south africa they are starting to handle us like refugees
There really isn't that much scrutiny. They ask for you to prove who you are, and to provide proof of your qualifications and a few other documents that they require. Once you've done that and you've come up with the money there really isn't much else to it.
When an anti-piracy method is affecting the game for people who legitimately bought it and causing other people not to buy the game, there is obviously something wrong with it!