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ILR Refused with no right to appeal - Please Help!!

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ILR Refused with no right to appeal - Please Help!!

Post by hasher768 » Sun Jan 16, 2011 8:44 am

I came to the UK on 21st Jan 2006 to work for a large blue chip company and since have been associated with the same employer. My role requires me to travel to locations all over the world with UK being my base location. I stayed in UK continuously with occasional European business trips from Jan 2006 to March 2009 and was sent abroad for a project for one year. I completed my project and returned back to my base UK in May 2010. I must add that all this while I was still an employee of the UK based company and my salary and expenses were all coming in my UK account. Even during this absence, I was coming back every 3 months except for 1 instance where I had to stay long due to the nature and pressure of my work. This amounts to 204 days (March 2009 to October 2009). My employer has confirmed in the attached letter that frequent travel is necessary and part of my job description.

During the 5 year period I had my two sons born in the UK and I have bought a residential property where I reside with my family. For all practical purposes UK has been my country of residence and my absence from UK as I mentioned above was under the direction of my UK based employer.

At my interview (I went for an PEO appointment) I was told by the case officer that because I was out of the country for more than 90 days in one of my absences, he couldn’t make a decision on my application. I explained as above that these absences were due to the nature of my job and pointed that the supporting letter from my employer explains that these absences were necessary travels as part of my job description. The case officer wasn’t too sure and told me that he could not make a decision and my case had to be referred to the review team for further deliberation and action. I was told, it could take up to 3-4 weeks.

I got the Home Office Letter today citing the same reason and have refused my application with no right of appeal. they further said, I should be eligible to apply for ILR in 2014. My current leave to remain expires on 21st Jan (a week's time). I am arranging for a CoS with my employer to extend my stay probably untill 2014 (I'll know on Monday) but can I apply for a judicial Review against this decision and what are my chances of success and what kind of costs would be involved.

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Post by vinny » Sun Jan 16, 2011 10:28 am

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Post by hasher768 » Sun Jan 16, 2011 10:46 am

Thanks, I'll check it. My work permit expired in Nov 2010. So I got a CoS from my employer to help me complete my 5 years. On the basis of this I got a Tier 2 General Visa and the BRP Cars. The reason for the extension was that I got the visa in Nov 2005 but only came into the country in Jan 2006, so was falling short of 3 months to apply for an ILR

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Post by xyz123 » Sun Jan 16, 2011 11:44 am

hasher768 wrote:Thanks, I'll check it. My work permit expired in Nov 2010. So I got a CoS from my employer to help me complete my 5 years. On the basis of this I got a Tier 2 General Visa and the BRP Cars. The reason for the extension was that I got the visa in Nov 2005 but only came into the country in Jan 2006, so was falling short of 3 months to apply for an ILR
your best bet is to talk to a solicitor and be mentally ready for battle with home office and for expenses.

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Post by hasher768 » Sun Jan 16, 2011 12:31 pm

Hi,

I am going to a solicitor tomorrow (Monday). What I need to know if there has been any similar instances involving Tier 2 General Visas. I went through the earlier link posted and it talks about WP and the definition of "lawfully residing in UK for 5 years". However, I was going through some documentation on the UKBA's website and it talks about discretion between 3-6 months. Mine is about 7 months. Based on your past experiences, just need to know about my chances of winning and possibly costs involved.

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Post by Natita » Sun Jan 16, 2011 2:23 pm

I'm sorry to hear that.

May I ask which PEO did you go to? And how many days of absence in total?

I will have just over 350 days absence (mostly work), applying in 4 weeks.

Apparently AmandaC has got her ILR with absences 435 days mostly work related. http://www.immigrationboards.com/viewto ... ht=#447055

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Post by renzokuken » Sun Jan 16, 2011 2:57 pm

What is your total absences?

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ILR absences

Post by srs1972 » Sun Jan 16, 2011 3:38 pm

Which PEO office did you go?

Appreciate if you can update on your case..My case is similar to yours and need to share your experiences..

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Post by hasher768 » Sun Jan 16, 2011 6:09 pm

total absences of 516 days. 440 work related and 76 vacations. I went to Croydon. The guy on the window told me that its the 204 days absence thats the problem and not the whole 516 days. Following is the breakdown: -

25-Dec-06 16-Jan-07 Personal Trip 20
09-Sep-07 14-Sep-07 Business Trip 4
29-Sep-07 03-Nov-07 Personal Trip 33
15-Nov-07 19-Nov-07 Business Trip 3
07-Dec-07 10-Dec-07 Business Trip 2
26-Feb-08 07-Mar-08 Business Trip 10
09-Mar-08 13-Mar-08 Business Trip 3
16-Mar-08 02-Apr-08 Personal Trip 15
21-Dec-08 26-Dec-08 Business Trip 4
11-Jan-09 18-Jan-09 Business Trip 6
07-Feb-09 15-Feb-09 Business Trip 7
04-Mar-09 22-Mar-09 Business Trip 17
29-Mar-09 24-Oct-09 Business Trip 204
31-Oct-09 16-Jan-10 Business Trip 75
23-Jan-10 06-Mar-10 Business Trip 42
14-Mar-10 18-May-10 Business Trip 63
29-Dec-11 07-Jan-11 Personal Trip 8

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Re: ILR Refused with no right to appeal - Please Help!!

Post by fahadz1 » Sun Jan 16, 2011 6:41 pm

hasher768 wrote:I came to the UK on 21st Jan 2006 to work for a large blue chip company and since have been associated with the same employer. My role requires me to travel to locations all over the world with UK being my base location. I stayed in UK continuously with occasional European business trips from Jan 2006 to March 2009 and was sent abroad for a project for one year. I completed my project and returned back to my base UK in May 2010. I must add that all this while I was still an employee of the UK based company and my salary and expenses were all coming in my UK account. Even during this absence, I was coming back every 3 months except for 1 instance where I had to stay long due to the nature and pressure of my work. This amounts to 204 days (March 2009 to October 2009). My employer has confirmed in the attached letter that frequent travel is necessary and part of my job description.

If your ILR is due to expire after the case is decided no one get appeal chance
During the 5 year period I had my two sons born in the UK and I have bought a residential property where I reside with my family. For all practical purposes UK has been my country of residence and my absence from UK as I mentioned above was under the direction of my UK based employer.

At my interview (I went for an PEO appointment) I was told by the case officer that because I was out of the country for more than 90 days in one of my absences, he couldn’t make a decision on my application. I explained as above that these absences were due to the nature of my job and pointed that the supporting letter from my employer explains that these absences were necessary travels as part of my job description. The case officer wasn’t too sure and told me that he could not make a decision and my case had to be referred to the review team for further deliberation and action. I was told, it could take up to 3-4 weeks.

I got the Home Office Letter today citing the same reason and have refused my application with no right of appeal. they further said, I should be eligible to apply for ILR in 2014. My current leave to remain expires on 21st Jan (a week's time). I am arranging for a CoS with my employer to extend my stay probably untill 2014 (I'll know on Monday) but can I apply for a judicial Review against this decision and what are my chances of success and what kind of costs would be involved.

KH

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Post by hasher768 » Mon Jan 17, 2011 10:51 am

Have spoken to 2 lawyers uptill now and both think, it will be difficult to win even if we go for JR.

KH

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Post by uksettlement » Sun Jul 22, 2012 8:16 pm

Any update hasher?

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