#Overstayers UK

[mylegalservice]

Can I take a visa/entry in the UK after a complete 10 years banned?

If you were subject to a 10-year immigration based on deception or misrepresentation or for overstaying, once the time becomes spent, you will be entitled to apply for a new visa and entry to the UK. However, in any future application you must disclose that you were subject to an immigration ban.

If you are looking to apply for a new visa to the UK. My Legal Services have vast experience and expertise in UK immigration and EU law matters. They are based in the heart of Central London, Bond Street.

Original Source:- https://www.quora.com/Can-I-take-a-visa-entry-in-the-UK-after-a-complete-10-years-banned/answer/My-Legal-Services-1/log

[coochiequeens]

The passport is being heldup because not all the checks were satisfactorily completed?

A father says he has been "abandoned" by UK authorities in his attempt to bring his newborn baby back home.

Raj Gill, from Grays, Essex, arrived in Cyprus two days before his son was born by surrogacy on 29 January.

But he is waiting for his child's British passport to be issued and his temporary visa for Cyprus is due to expire on 26 April.

The Home Office said passports were not issued until all checks were "satisfactorily completed".

The office of the Conservative MP for Thurrock, Dame Jackie Doyle-Price, said it had made an "urgent inquiry" with the government over Mr Gill's case.

The 49-year-old said he completed the documentation for his son in the days following the birth, but that "nobody has looked at my application since 12 February".

He said he "desperately" needed to get the 11-week-old back to the UK for immunisations.

'What happens to my children?'

"It's stressful," he said.

"Unfortunately, as there is no-one else to look after [my son], I have no choice but to remain in Cyprus despite knowing that I will be classed as an overstayer from 26 April."

An overstay would mean Mr Gill risks being fined, prosecuted or even jailed.

He added: "If that happens then what happens to my children?"

Mr Gill, who has taught at Lee Chapel Primary School in Basildon for the past 18 years, said he looked to have a baby by surrogacy after not finding a partner.

"Being a primary school teacher myself, I love my children and I thought I wanted some of my own," he said.

The Home Office said it would not comment on individual passport applications, but said additional checks ordinarily take place to confirm a child's nationality, before an emergency travel document is issued.

[nochd]

During the 1970s New Zealand had a thing called the Dawn Raids, where the police would go around neighbourhoods before sunrise arresting people who'd overstayed their work visas, or were suspected to have overstayed their work visas, to be prosecuted and deported.

Supposedly the purpose, at the government policy level, was to free up the job market for New Zealand-born workers -- I'm not even going to get into why that was a stupid idea in the first place.

It scarcely needs to be said that Pacific Island people were disproportionately targeted; they were about five-sixths of those arrested despite being one-third of all overstayers. Legal immigrants and New Zealand citizens were not safe if they looked like Pacific Islanders. Māori people were not safe.

My mother's family were overstayers at the time, if I remember my family history correctly, but they were white English-speaking overstayers from the UK and no-one came knocking on their door.

The 1970s Dawn Raids were instigated by the right-leaning National Party. I have to say, in the interests of balance, that in the 2010s I spent hours upon hours that I'll never get back, arguing with people in supposedly left-leaning social media spaces whose main complaint about the National Party by then was that it was letting in too many Asian immigrants. There were calls for policy changes that, had they been implemented, would have required a second era of Dawn Raids against Asian people.

[mylegalservicesuk]

An Overstayer in UK is someone who arrived in the UK with valid leave to remain in the UK and then subsequently remained and overstayed in the UK. This is usually the case when someone may have arrived to the UK many years ago on a visitor visa or overstayed in a different visa category or did not enter the UK with a visa. If you have stayed beyond the expiry of your leave, this means you have overstayed or are an illegal entrant. https://mylegalservices.co.uk/overstayers-in-the-uk/

[astrovian]

In case you were wondering what it's like to be a New Zealander right now...

In case you were wondering what it's like to be a New Zealander, it's currently impossible to get into the country for any NZ citizens (not an exaggeration). The government has mismanaged mandatory quarantine to the extreme - spots are booked out 5 months in advance and so limited that people pay thousands of dollars & give their passport information to internet strangers to have them also attempt to book spots on their behalf to see if they can get even a tiny advantage over everyone else - it's become a booming industry. The NZ government's response to this exploitative & dangerous (re: identity theft) practice is to simply say it is legal and people should "exercise caution".

The NZ government has repeatedly refused to advise the public about when new spaces will be opened up, so it's a complete guessing game. The government said today it releases "hundreds" of spaces daily - there are people who run bots which give you a Twitter notification every single time a space comes available - yesterday only 25 rooms were released. I'm unsure how "hundreds" = 25, but there you go. These rooms are booked within milliseconds of appearing.

The system punishes those who are unable to sit & refresh the site 24/7 - I am not exaggerating when I say that I have not slept for more than 55 minutes in a row over the past month. Every single hour (yes, including from midnight to 7am) I wake up to an alarm so I can check the website hourly to see if new spots have opened up. I get panicky if I have to put my phone away for something (e.g. if I'm going out or am in a place with a poor signal) because that could be the moment spots are released & therefore I miss out.

Emergency spots are also impossible to obtain. Currently, those who are in a situation like mine with an overseas visa soon to expire are being told to country hop around the world on tourist visas once your overseas residence visa expires. We are told that an expiring visa & the risk of becoming an illegal overstayer is "not enough to warrant an emergency place", but we just have to keep trying to book a spot ourselves while moving from country to country on tourist visas as each one comes to an end.

There have been notorious cases in NZ media over the past 6 months of NZers who are dying (as in, diagnosed as only having 2 months left to live) being rejected an emergency spot to come home and see family, get support etc. These people have had to go the media & kick up enough bad press for the government to finally step in & change its tune in regards to their case.

The icing on the cake is that today I pretended I needed to go through the UK quarantine system to see what it is like. I obviously didn't actually book anything, but would have been able to book a quarantine space for THE VERY NEXT DAY should I have needed it, with no hassle at all.

Obviously not everyone coming into the UK has to quarantine, like in NZ. But let's be real - the numbers have to be pretty relative considering how tiny NZ is.

There is no ethical justification for the way NZ has been treating it's own citizens needing to return home & excuses from the government about "fairness" and "we just can't do it" are laughable given the success of other international quarantine systems.

This is NZ's only protection against Covid, yet they refuse to expand or invest in it because more people returning = higher number of cases arriving & being stopped at the border. Lower border cases are apparently more important than the mental, physical, social and emotional well-being of Kiwis stranded overseas.

This isn't something new - this has been an issue since the beginning of the pandemic & overseas Kiwis have been complaining about it since the system was put in place 1 & 1/2  years ago, and yet the NZ government still refuses to make changes or take the issues seriously.

Basically, I didn't want to just complain for complaining's sake to the void because this is just the reality of my life over the past few months - but I just had to say something after seeing how smooth & easy it is to book spots in other country's quarantine systems.

I sincerely look forward to the day when I can sleep for multiple hours in a row & my anxiety isn't just through the roof every waking minute

[samheughanswife]

As many here have counselled it is important not to add to a very busy playbook right now. Read the room and leave discussions for DM’s and WhatsApp groups.

The virus lockdowns are not going to end any time soon. So the vacuum needs to be filled. Make no mistake about this.

Some clarity regarding the movement of people right now, and of course this applies to Sam.

British nationals leaving the US DO NOT face current restrictions on departure, other then the obvious, restriction of supply of flights back to the UK.

A traveller flying from say Honolulu to London would need to find a flight from Honolulu to a transit port - this could be LAX,JFK,SFO, and even Tokyo or Seoul, navigating through visa restrictions of the hub used.

The next step is finding an onward flight to Heathrow. Not an easy task right now. Airline websites show availability, but the reality is very different. The schedules are there almost as a placebo. In actuality the schedules have been reduced further and there is only one flight out daily, confirmation is only after payment.

So it is possible, just very difficult. This applies to flying private as well. And the private sector is suffering just as much as the large commercial airlines.

If you have been forced to overstay your visa say in either Honolulu or LA, the US like many other countries has extended visas until the person is able to leave the country. The overstayer will not be penalised.

This information is from my son. He works at The Australian High Commission in London in a very senior role. He has returned home and is self isolating for 14 days. The consular departments of all embassies and high commissions are exclusively dealing with finding flights for citizens to be repatriated. So it is with in mind you could conclude one of two points.

[globalspecialistprograms-blog]

Global understudies in the UK: migration and visa Q&A

From visa lapse to Distance Learning and Tier 4 investigation visas, this Q&A by movement master law office, Reiss Edwards, can help. If you still have any query then you can visit Global Specialist.

Consistently, practically a large portion of 1,000,000 global understudies go to the UK to consider, of which more than 33% are from outside of the European Union. Coronavirus has, notwithstanding, put a 'spanner underway's implying that instructive foundations over the UK are shut aside from separation learning. On the off chance that you are a global understudy who is wanting to go to the UK to initiate your examinations, you are as of now in the UK, or you have gotten back to be with your family during the lockdown, you might be uncertain about your position with respect to movement, and what will occur straightaway.

Imagine a scenario in which my Study Visa Expires Soon.

In the event that your examination visa has lapsed or is expected to terminate inevitably, and you can't leave the UK because of COVID-19, the Home Office have expressed they will extend it to 31st May 2020 without expecting you to present a movement application or pay a charge. You will, in any case, need to finish and send a structure to the Home Office's Coronavirus Immigration Help Center.

I Applied for a Study Visa While in the UK before the UKVI Offices Closed, what will Happen Now?

Right now, all UK Visas and Immigration (UKVI) administration focuses are shut in the UK. As per UKVI, as long as you applied before your present visa status lapsed, you won't be named an overstayer while hanging tight for a choice. This implies that you won't have to apply for the free augmentation illustrated previously.

In the event that I am Absent from my Studies will I Lose my Tier 4 Study Visa?

Customarily, instructive patrons have an obligation to screen participation of Tier 4 examination visa holders and report global understudies who are not going to their course. In the current circumstance, the Home Office has affirmed that no implementation move will be made against understudies who are done going to homeroom based learning or missing because of COVID-19 because of related sickness or travel.

Imagine a scenario in which I have been given Immigration Approval, however I can't go to the UK.

In the event that you have a spot on a course in the UK, you have been given a CAS, and your Tier 4 examination visa has been affirmed, and you wish to initiate concentrate yet you can't make a trip to the UK, at that point your solitary alternative will be to inquire as to whether you can embrace online far off separation learning with your instructive supplier. When the movement limitations are lifted and your course has restarted, you should check if your entrance leeway is as yet legitimate. In the event that it has, you will have the option to demand a supplanting passage leeway vignette sticker with the new date, for nothing out of pocket (until the finish of 2020).

Would i be able to Keep my Tier 4 examination visa regardless of whether I am utilizing Distance Learning?

The exhortation of the UK government is that Tier 4 backers can keep on supporting their current Tier 4 visa understudies who are examining through separation realizing, regardless of whether they are in the UK, or in another nation. Besides, scholarly backers (for example the British school or University) are not needed to pull back sponsorship for any new Tier 4 visa understudies who have been not able to head out to the UK to begin their examinations, and are using separation learning.If you are a global understudy who wishes to learn at a UK instructive foundation yet can just do so by means of separation learning, you won't have to apply for a Tier 4 visa to do as such, as you won't have to enter the UK presently (anyway this is being investigated on 31st May '20).

Would i be able to Start my Studies before my Application to Switch to Tier 4 is chosen?

Under explicit conditions, the Home Office is permitting the individuals who are exchanging into the Tier 4 investigation course to start their examinations preceding their application being chosen if it tends to be appeared:

The individual is concentrating with a Tier 4 support (not a 'Inheritance Sponsor')

The Tier 4 support has appointed a Certificate of Acceptance for Studies (CAS)

The individual has presented an in-time application and has furnished the support with affirmation of that reality

The individual has a substantial ATAS testament (where fundamental) needed for their course

Imagine a scenario where I needed to leave the UK before I got my Biometric Residence Permit (BRP.

The UK Council for International Student Affairs (UKCISA) suggests that those understudies who left the UK however were still to get their biometric living arrangement grant (BRP) ought to ask their training supplier or a confided in singular still in the UK to advance the archive by post. Shockingly, there is a danger that in the event that it isn't gathered, it might be dropped, implying that the individual should reapply before entering the UK.

Would i be able to enter the UK to Commence my Studies once Travel Restrictions in my Home Country are Lifted?

You won't have the option to apply for authorization to enter the UK for the motivations behind investigation until vis-à-vis study resume, and application revolves re-open the world over. Tragically, expected postponements in handling applications (for example because of overabundances) may mean you can't proceed with your seminar on schedule; in such conditions, you may need to embrace your course utilizing separation learning until you can enter the UK.

Last words

Covid pandemic has caused numerous issues for worldwide understudies previously considering or wanting to concentrate in the UK. In the event that you are in the UK or your nation of origin and still uncertain of your position, contact your instructive supplier to request their recommendation. They are managing requests from understudies over the globe as of now and will have the option to clarify your alternatives from the stance of examining and UK migration. You can be guaranteed that UK instructive foundations will be as adaptable as conceivable given the troublesome conditions, and will do everything they can to continue courses for their esteemed worldwide understudies as quickly as time permits.

[icslegal-blog1]

UK Visas, British Nationality, UK Immigration Lawyers and Appeals

UK spouse visa

The UK spouse visa which is also known by many as the UK settlement visa is allowed a spouse, partner, proposed partner, civil partner, child or other dependent relatives of a person who has been currently living in the UK or immigrating to the UK permanently.  

How to qualify for the UK spouse visa

Some credentials are needed to be qualified for getting a UK Spouse Visa. Firstly, one wishing to apply for the visa must ensure he or she is married to a person who is present and settled in the UK. Besides, the applicant should intend living together with the spouse while living in the UK. Furthermore, relationships status of partners must be subsisting and genuine.

Financial requirements for the spouse visa, partner visa and fiance visa

To meet financial requirements sponsoring partner must earn more than £18,600 per year to sponsor his partner. Besides, the applicant has to prove that accommodation meaning flat, house or room is enough for the family without recourse to public funds.

How long does the application take to process?

The average processing time for the UK spouse visa is around three months. However, it can take longer than three months depending on where you are applying from and how clearly your documents are satisfied.

Duration of the Spouse Visa

Spouse Visa normally is issued for thirty-three months. However, an applicant is eligible to make it extend for an additional thirty months. In this case, the applicant can apply for indefinite leave to remain, providing that he or she is still married and living in the UK with spouse and continuing to meet the requirements.

Frequently asked questions for Spouse Visa:

Can I live in the UK after my visa expires?

If you do not leave or apply for extending visa before your visa expires you will be becoming an overstayer which is considered criminal offence. There is no chance to stay after your visa expires and you will not be able to stay until you get a new visa. If it is you are not eligible to work or study there. Besides, you will have to pay for any healthcare that you received in free once. Moreover, the bank may close your account.

However, every problem has possible solutions. So, you will have to the opportunity to prove that there were some legal reasons for overstaying that was beyond your control. For instance, you were hospitalized or your home or office website did not work or your application had been refused by authorities.

How do I extend my Visa?

You are eligible to apply for extending your visa as long as the total time you spend in the United Kingdom. For example, if you apply for 3 months visa you can extend it 3 months more to stay. However, you may stay more six months regardless of having permission for three months staying if you receive private medical treatment.

Can I work on a spouse visa?

Yes, you will have permission to work there without any restriction. UK spouse visa, which is initially permitted to stay for a two and a half years, is allowed you to depart and re-enter to the country multiple times.  At the end of the two and a half years, you can extend it two and a half years more.

British Nationality

If you have British Nationality you could live permanently in the UK and have free medical treatment as well. Moreover, you will have a safe and secure society and economy.

If you are at least 18 years old and have been acquired for indefinite leave to remain and have rights to reside in the UK permanently, then you are eligible to apply for the British Nationality. For doing so, you must have a permanent residence card before you apply.

Types of British Nationality

There are six different types of British Nationality such as British Citizenship, British overseas territories citizen, British overseas citizen, a British subject, British National (overseas) and British protected person.

What are the main eligibility requirements for British Nationality?

To be naturalized as a British Citizen you must meet certain criteria. You should meet all the required credentials before applying for British Nationality. Firstly, you should be aged 18 or over. You must get married to a British citizen. Besides, you must be living in the United Kingdom at least three years before the date of your application. Moreover, your English level should be equivalent to B1. Furthermore, you should be intending to live in the UK and have good character means you do not have any serious criminal record or you are not involved in immigration illegality.

 UK Immigration Lawyers and Appeals  

The preliminary job of UK immigration Lawyers is totally different compared to the other categories of lawyers. They have to deal with a green card, citizenship, deportation issues, employment for foreigners, spouse visa, sponsor license, Partner Visa,  Fiance Visa. Moreover, they get involved with issues among immigration and criminal laws. If someone is not eligible to do the process by them than the immigration lawyers helps make the process ease.

In some cases, it is quite important to hire UK immigration lawyers. When someone convicts a crime it becomes quite necessary to let the immigration lawyer take over the situation.  Moreover, if someone suffers from a serious medical condition and is not allowed to enter into the United Kingdom then it is required to meet the immigration lawyers. Furthermore, when an employer does not assist in getting the employment visa, immigration lawyers deal with the situation.

Visa Refusal and Appeal

In most cases still, you may get refused to have your visa. However, you should not give up on a visa for the UK when still you have rights to appeal the decision. Following the change implemented by the immigration act you have limited right to appeal. If your application does not attract a right to appeal, then you are eligible to complete an administrative review.

[todaynewsguru]

India, UK discuss migration, security issues as Indian envoy calls on Home Secretary

India, UK discuss migration, security issues as Indian envoy calls on Home Secretary

Cooperation on migration and security issues was on the agenda at a meeting between UK Home Secretary Suella Braverman and Indian High Commissioner Vikram Doraiswami here, nearly a month after her controversial remarks about Indian visa overstayers. The envoy called on the Indian-origin Cabinet minister on Tuesday to discuss the India-UK security partnership and to “make progress” under the…

[mylegalservice]

What is the penalty for overstaying in the UK?

It is a criminal offence if you overstay in the UK and do not have the right to work or study. Indeed, you are at grave risk of being removed. It also means that you are restricted in opening a bank account or trying to find a place to rent and to access medical treatment in the UK.

It is always best to ensure that you do not overstay and apply for a further application before the expiry of your visa or return back to your home country and re-enter with a new visas to the UK. However, if you overstay you are in breach of the UK immigration laws and this is a ground for refusal. You may still be able to submit a new application within 14 days from the date of the grant of your last visa and provide a good reason why your application was not made on time.

Original Source: https://www.quora.com/What-is-the-penalty-for-overstaying-in-the-UK/answer/My-Legal-Services-1

[shreemetalprices]

Arindam Bagchi denied media allegations that the India-UK free trade agreement (FTA) is “on the verge of collapse,” stating. That negotiations have not ceased and that MEA has not received any reports in which the UK has placed blame on India.

[squarwell-breakingnews]

"Action In All Cases": India Counters UK Home Secretary's Claim On Visa Overstayers

“Action In All Cases”: India Counters UK Home Secretary’s Claim On Visa Overstayers

“The largest group of people who overstay are Indian migrants,” Suella Braverman said. London: India has countered UK Home Secretary Suella Braverman’s claim that the Migration and Mobility Partnership (MMP) had not “worked very well” saying that India had initiated action on all cases raised with it under the agreement. In response to a PTI query about Ms Braverman’s interview in ‘The…

[znewstech]

"Action In All Cases": India Counters UK Home Secretary's Claim On Visa Overstayers

“Action In All Cases”: India Counters UK Home Secretary’s Claim On Visa Overstayers

“The largest group of people who overstay are Indian migrants,” Suella Braverman said. London: India has countered UK Home Secretary Suella Braverman’s claim that the Migration and Mobility Partnership (MMP) had not “worked very well” saying that India had initiated action on all cases raised with it under the agreement. In response to a PTI query about Ms Braverman’s interview in ‘The…

[ukimmigrationmatters]

UK To Fast Track Working Visas For EU Citizens While Those Refused Residence Permits Face Deportation

Highlights:

·        Fast track temporary working visas

·        Deportation set for EU overstayers

·        Over 1 million job vacancies in the UK

·        Reed Employment website is advertising 300,000 job vacancies

·        100,000 lorry drivers needed in UK, but 400,000 in required in Europe

·        500,000 agricultural and food worker jobs vacant with few willing takers

As the continuing UK lorry driver and staffing shortage is forcing the Home Office to fast track work visas for European workers, some EU nationals living here could be deported.

EU citizens refused the right to remain in the UK should leave the country and if they don't, they will be kicked out, according to a British Government Minister.

Immigration Minister Kevin Foster told Italian newspaper La Repubblica in an interview published Saturday that "EU nationals who have been refused status, and who remain in the country, will be in the UK illegally."

He added: “We expect people to leave the country voluntarily" and if they do not, immigration officials "will seek to enforce their departure."

The UK has granted around 5.4 million EU citizens the right to stay in the country. “As of 31 August 2021, there are around 400,000 applications pending an outcome,” Foster said.

“Those with reasonable grounds for missing the deadline [to apply to leave to remain in the UK] are still able to apply,” the minister added. “We have built-in safeguards to protect those who have not yet applied, but who may still be eligible which means everybody will be able to get the status they deserve."

However, the country has been struggling to fill gaps in the labour market, especially in the trucking and food sectors, which has led to shortages of food on supermarket shelves, according to the Food and Drink Federation. On Saturday, the British government confirmed that it’s considering more flexible visa rules for truckers, according to the Financial Times.

Foster denied that there is a link between the shortages and immigration. "We do not accept the points-based system is the key cause of labour shortages in the UK, not least because we can see similar scarcities across the EU, specifically in areas like hospitality and truck driving,” he said.

Meanwhile, the Guardian reports that Home Secretary Priti Patel is refusing to consider allowing asylum seekers to work following a public intervention from her cabinet colleague Dominic Raab to say that he would be “open-minded’ about the proposal.

MPs on both sides of the house joined refugee charities in a bid to persuade the Home Office to allow 70,000 current benefit claimants to take up employment after the Justice Secretary said a rule change could help to solve the UK’s current labour shortage.

There are currently over a million job vacancies in Britain. At the same time, over a million people are claiming unemployment benefit, five million people on universal credit benefit and another million workers coming off the job retention furlough scheme which closed at the end of September.

In theory the country has enough people to fill the job vacancies, but will they have the right skills?

Temporary work visas will be issued to 300 overseas fuel drivers "immediately", the government has just announced.

Under the special scheme, foreign drivers will be allowed to work in the UK until the end of March in addition to 4,700 foreign food haulage drivers to be offered work permits from October to the end of February.

Despite the move, the government said temporary visas were not a long-term solution and urged firms to invest in a British workforce.

Ministers have also extended the length of temporary visas being issued to 5,500 foreign poultry workers, to head off a shortage of Christmas turkeys in supermarket.

Temporary visas were previously expected to last until Christmas Eve but have now been extended by a week until 31 December.

Will the new temporary visas be enough to attract EU workers?

The answer is, probably not.

Firstly, there is a also shortage of 400,000 drivers and other workers in Europe.

Secondly, the UK visas are temporary, not even lasting a year, with no guarantee of a permanent job or long-term residence. As one Polish employment specialist put it in a TV news interview: “Why would a skilled HGV driver quit a permanent job to come and work in the UK for three months?”

Finally, according to many retiring and former drivers, pay and conditions will need to improve to attract British and overseas drivers back into lorries.

Unfortunately, haulage prices have been driven into the ground to satisfy our lust for cheap goods leaving little room for higher wages.

Increased red tape and government interference have not helped. It now takes longer than ever to get a driver licenced and on the road, and HMRC changes to IR35 tax rules have made it financially unattractive for freelance operators.

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[thedrasticfateoftheoptimist]

Giving up Everything for Love.

This week my family and I have transformed ourselves to Immigration Lawyers as my mother prepares for a case this Friday, fighting for her right to stay in the UK.

Even though its been less than a week that my mother has been given to prepare for her case (she’s representing herself), this is something she has been fighting for 10 yrs in the UK, and even longer in the United States. Being that this is a battle my family has been involved in since the 80′s, I plan on making this as concise as I possibly can. I’m in need of support and guidance, and I pray that this may speak to a reader in ways I’m unaware of. 

Where to begin -the bare facts are - My father was born in England and moved to the US when he was a child. Throughout his adolescent years, he got in trouble with the law a couple of times and served his time in [US] prison. In between sentences, he met my mother and they both fell in love. After serving his last sentence, they got married and changed their life for the better (establishing a family unit w/ my sister and me, and having well-paid jobs, attending church etc.). Over 2 decades later, the FBI (Atlanta division) followed my dad and I home and swarmed around our car. Guns drawn, they identified my dad, cuffed him, and took us into our home. Being that I was only 6, I couldn’t fully comprehend what was happening; we were the only ones home at the time and I was instructed by officers to go to my room. It was at that moment, my process of suppression began. After that day I did not see him for 10months, and then for another 4yrs.

Between 2002-2007, my mother fought long and hard to get him back. Between application fees, long distance calls, and visits to London, and other necessities pertaining to this - she easily spent $100,000 +. She wrote to the President, Congress, Senators etc. pleading for him to come back -all denied. My dad’s mother passed away between that time, a painful and crucial part in his life which I’m afraid he’ll never truly get closure from.

My mother got tired of fighting and made the decision to move her and myself over to London. My mother also had a felony and was told her application for a settlement visa would be denied. She still came and is now considered an overstayer. 10yrs we’ve been here and throughout my mother has continued writing and seeking advice and guidance from many political and legal figures/ organizations fighting for her right to remain in the UK. She was informed if she ever left the UK, she would be banned - she took heed of this warning. She also missed her father’s funeral who passed away last October.

It is so aggravating and heartbreaking that as I write this, and when helping my mom compose her argument for her case, the words ‘criminal’ and ‘felony’ pop up - attached to both of my parents. Throughout their life, they put in years worth of service in working with people with disabilities, abandoned youth offenders, and charity work for the homeless - in the US & UK. My mother has established her life here - she’s made great friends who she calls family who also reciprocate the feeling. She has been a motherly figure to my friends too and has supported them as if they were her own children. But the law doesn’t care about that.  Witnessing my father’s deportation has been a traumatizing experience for me, and watching my mom over the years go to extreme lengths to keep our family together has brought me a great deal of anxiety. Not to mention the pain I hold for them in regards to the loss of their parents - my grandparents. 

I don’t have enough space, time, or words to convey the love I have for my entire family, the admiration I have for my mom, and the need for this all to be over. Of course, I want my parents to be together in peace so we can remain a family unit but this situation is bigger than me and my needs/wants. It stretches to the end of my parents’ lives and beyond - I hope to reach out to anyone in my place or those in the position of my parents. The news revolving around the deportation threats of the Windrush immigrants, and their children, and the immigration sweep around local businesses have been disheartening and infuriating, to say the least. My mother meets the criteria for the Immigration Rules, Section 117, and EX1 - the judge once granted my mom’s appeal to remain in the UK, but the Home Office has appealed that ruling stating the judge made an error in the law. 

I’m praying that all that they’ve lost during this process be restored in the name of Jesus and they and anyone else going through this, come out victorious. This has been a long and tiring battle and I cannot wait for it all to come to an end. If anyone resonates with this and wish to speak about, receive or provide comfort- I ask you reach me if you can. Even though this is long, this isn’t even the full story and I still have so much more to share. I hope that by putting out my story, I can find and create support groups. I’ve been meaning to do this for a while but had no idea where to start.

Take care everyone, give love and receive it. 

[1st4immigration]

🇬🇧 What is your status while waiting for a UK visa?

If you have a UK visa and it’s about to expire, you would, normally, submit a new application. Of the same type (extension) or a different type (switching), or for settlement. You can do it up to the last day of visa current visa and it will be 100% legal.

So, you applied and waiting for a decision, what is your status? What if your old visa expired during that time? Especially if you indeed apply on the last day. Would you become an overstayer? Do you have to time your application to give the Government enough time to make a decision before your old visa expires? Should you use the more expensive Priority services?

The answer is: if you applied while your old visa was still valid (even on the last day), your immigration status automatically extends by law and remains the same for as long as the Government takes to consider your new application. Doesn’t matter whether it would take a day, a few months or a year. Most visa types take 8 weeks while Settlement takes up to 6 months. In our practice, however, the cases are currently considered a lot faster. You can find this Information here on Gov website.

For example, if you had a Spouse visa and applied for Settlement before it expired, your status remains ’Spouse’ for as long as it takes to make a decision on your Settlement application. If you had a Student visa and applied for a Spouse visa, your status remains ’Student’ until your Spouse visa has been approved. Whether to pay more for the Priority services is entirely up to you! It only makes a difference if you need your new visa sooner, such as if you wish to change an employer or start your qualifying period for settlement.

What happens if you applied after your previous visa had already expired? This is different and depends on the reason for a delay, the period of delay and whether it was made following a refusal of a previous application. For detailed advice book a consultation with our lawyers here. 1st 4Immigration is one of the most experienced UK immigration law companies, OISC - accredited at the highest Level 3. We have been in business for over 10 years, our OISC reference is 200800152, in which 2008 stands for the year accreditation. Office: Tower 42, 25 Old Broad Street, London, EC2N 1HN. www.1st4immigration.com