Quote Originally Posted by singkit View Post
My friend was advised to either get a solicitor or go home and re-apply for a settlement visa She chose getting advice from a lawyer but did she make a right decision there? I heard some takes 2 years and the case still not resolved. Going back home and applying for another settlement visa maybe a disaster aside from paying the plane ticket there and back, visa fee, and the horror of waiting if the visa will be approved or not due to overstay record. Which is a better choice?
If you get deported you only have to pay for the flight back to the UK, as the UK tax payer pays for a one way flight to your home country.

If the appeal is going to take a couple of years I would have thought the short term hassle of being deported would be the best bet. Especially as I think the new visa application is unlikely to be refused.