British citizenship will take 5 years now

[joebloggs]

The only mistake the Government has made is not implementing tighter rules long ago. Some of the current rules are a bit silly to say the least - eg if someone can manage to stay here for 10 years on students visa they can obtain ILR.

that is crazy, how can anyone afford to pay int fees for 10yrs ? many are not at uni, but working full time, and how can you study for 10yrs ?

a good one is the 14yr rule, where if you manage to overstay for 14yrs or a combination of legal and illegal stay equalling 14yrs, without getting a removal order there is a good chance you can get ILR.

http://www.ncadc.org.uk/resources/residence.html

slowly these people are coming out of the wood work claiming ILR.

[darren-b]

that is crazy, how can anyone afford to pay int fees for 10yrs ? many are not at uni, but working full time, and how can you study for 10yrs ?

a good one is the 14yr rule, where if you manage to overstay for 14yrs or a combination of legal and illegal stay equalling 14yrs, without getting a removal order there is a good chance you can get ILR.

http://www.ncadc.org.uk/resources/residence.html

slowly these people are coming out of the wood work claiming ILR.

If you look around you can find cheap 1 year part-time courses, especially at London colleges. And yes most people wouldn't study for 10 years, but most of the international students who do this are not doing it for the academic side.

I agree the stay illegally for long enough and you can stay here legally rule is crazy as well.

[somebody]

that is crazy, how can anyone afford to pay int fees for 10yrs ? many are not at uni, but working full time, and how can you study for 10yrs ?

a good one is the 14yr rule, where if you manage to overstay for 14yrs or a combination of legal and illegal stay equalling 14yrs, without getting a removal order there is a good chance you can get ILR.

http://www.ncadc.org.uk/resources/residence.html

slowly these people are coming out of the wood work claiming ILR.

Written this before but many of the colleges only do half day lessons some very early some late in the evening so people can hold down a job.

But as you say I know that many schools have been inspected in London and many are now appealing as the inspectors marked them down which means most likely they will not be able to assit people with visas etc.
Although it seems many get a second chance to be regraded so will probably scrape though.

My Wifes first manager was on a student visa. Unbelivable amount of study at any time, work the rest of the time. But ten years is a little long i think for anyone, but they know if they can hold on then they are sorted..