This is the correct place. I think I've picked out the best contact details for you to use.
http://www.bia.homeoffice.gov.uk/con...ontactcentres/
Phone: 0870 606 7766
Email: UKBApublicenquiries@ukba.gsi.gov.uk
Address: UK Border Agency, Lunar House, 40 Wellesley Road, Croydon, Surrey CR9 2BY
Opening Hours: Monday to Thursday 0900 to 1645. Friday 0900 to 1630.
ya bud, darren b is right.
It's the correct place, go where Darren leads you . . . and . . . they will not respond til they're good and ready, although you may feel like your'e beating your head against a brick wall (if only I had a smiley for that ... oh, look there, i do . . .)
Originally Posted by darren-b
They do seem to be better at answering emails than they do at answering the phone. They usually send a reply right away saying something like, "Thank you for contacting the UK Border Agency. We aim to respond to general enquiries about immigration matters within five working days" but they usually reply to your query properly within a couple of days.
Iain.
Hi Iain,
They do seem to be better at answering emails than they do at answering the phone. They usually send a reply right away saying something like, "Thank you for contacting the UK Border Agency. [FONT=Verdana][SIZE=2]We aim to respond to general enquiries about immigration matters within five working days" but they usually reply to your query properly within a couple of days.
Iain.
When the visa is applied for it is based on the sponcer being able to support the visa holder and where thease are female most paid for by the sponcer too.
As in my wifes case they can go home after such a short time,that of course is her right for whatever reason.
Is it right though that she could then even after I have reported that she has gone home re use the visa to come back to the UK for almost any reason and perhaps very little funding?
Puzzeld Mick.
Hi Mick,Hi Iain,
When the visa is applied for it is based on the sponcer being able to support the visa holder and where thease are female most paid for by the sponcer too.
As in my wifes case they can go home after such a short time,that of course is her right for whatever reason.
Is it right though that she could then even after I have reported that she has gone home re use the visa to come back to the UK for almost any reason and perhaps very little funding?
Puzzeld Mick.
Once you've reported the situation to them I'm pretty sure her visa will be cancelled, but apart from that fact being recorded on a database somewhere, I'm not sure what else would happen. They might write to her at the address the visa was despatched to informing her that it has been cancelled but who knows.
If she decided to come here, with a valid visa in her passport, she probably would be allowed to board a plane in Manila and would probably be able pass through immigration in the UK without a problem. Even if immigration in the UK stopped and questioned her, she could say she was still living at your address and that the reason she had gone home so soon after arriving was to attend a funeral or something.
From what I've gleaned from watching UK Border Force on the telly, they don't tend to look things up on the computer unless things don't look quite normal at first glance.
It might be a good idea when you do contact UKBA to ask them what steps they are likely to take to stop her re-entering the country.
Iain.
I presumed that when a UK issued machine readable passport/visas get scanned that your status is checked. Or does it just record the fact that you entered?
It would be interesting to know that!
Hi all,
But would that apply to a Philippines issued passport?
Mick.
I doubt your ex will come back to the UK Mick, why would she spend £500+ on an air ticket and risk being deported straight back to the phils from the UK. Even if she did get back to the UK, once her visa expired, that's if its not curtailed first be the H/O she would have to leave the UK as she would need your help to apply for ILR, or she would become an over stayer and sooner or later she will probably be caught and be deported.
just report that your marriage is over to the H/O and that's all you can do, and forget about it and her, and move on leaving this sad part of your life behind you
Philippine passport is not readable by machine at airport.Hi all,
But would that apply to a Philippines issued passport?
Mick.
I had my holiday 2 months ago and hubby, dropped me at Newcastle Airport, I had my operation few days before my flight, hubby did help for my check-in, luggage check, as I am not allowed to lift heavy things. He also tried to see if my passport is readable for speedy queue, but staff said, it is not readable.
Dont know for sure but from my last couple of flights they just semed to be checking the scanned data matched the printed page.
I remeber reading they recorded people entering but only kept the data for so long. As there was a big ho ha in the papers regarding it a few months back if i recall correctly.
To be honest recording the 10's of millions of flights which enter and depart from the UK would probably mean visas would reach even greater amounts.
Oh lord why did you make so many clothes and shoe shops
That would make sense if they were checking your passport/photo against the record they held for you. Be fairly easy to flag up people of interest.
You might want to read about the e-Boarders programme. Over the next year most carriers are going to be forced to collect information about passengers to/from the UK even before they travel (like Spain, etc does now) and your travel history will be kept for up to 10 years.
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