Terrible experience at London Heathrow Airport

zimba88 wrote:All immigration officers I dealt with were respectful, friendly and nice. Sometimes the ask few questions but no harassment, threats or hostility at all.
A front desk immigration officer at the Airport has no power to curtail your residence permit and deport you to Pakistan Residence permit curtailment requires arrangements with the HO and their approval where they should prove that you broke some immigration rules. Deportation almost cannot happen to someone with a valid residence permit arriving at the UK border.

Now did you get a an official letter from HO for interview ?

The front desk guy does not do the curtailment himself. He takes the immigrant to another room where he is interviewed by an Immigration Officer. And this officer does have the right to curtail the visa at the airport.

I know a woman from London whose visa was curtailed at the airport and was put into detention.

The front desk guy does not do the curtailment himself. He takes the immigrant to another room where he is interviewed by an Immigration Officer. And this officer does have the right to curtail the visa at the airport.
I know a woman from London whose visa was curtailed at the airport and was put into detention.

If HO has flagged you, then yes. You could expect to be detained, questioned, interviewed, etc.
Otherwise it will be almost impossible to get your residency curtailed at the airport just because a front desk officer was not satisfied. I am not convinced that you get randomly selected for interviews or questioning at the border with a valid BRP. The story is different for people who are on short visit visas at the border.

There is a big paranoia trending on this forums right now. Hundreds of thousands of residents travel in and out of the country every year without any issues at all. On here, we just hear the odd cases usually without enough information, context or details. The advice is to follow the rules and you should be fine.

zimba88 wrote:

The front desk guy does not do the curtailment himself. He takes the immigrant to another room where he is interviewed by an Immigration Officer. And this officer does have the right to curtail the visa at the airport.
I know a woman from London whose visa was curtailed at the airport and was put into detention.

If HO has flagged you, then yes. You could expect to be detained, questioned, interviewed, etc.
Otherwise it will be almost impossible to get your residency curtailed at the airport just because a front desk officer was not satisfied. I am not convinced that you get randomly selected for interviews or questioning at the border with a valid BRP. The story is different for people who are on short visit visas at the border.

There is a big paranoia trending on this forums right now. Hundreds of thousands of residents travel in and out of the country every year without any issues at all. On here, we just hear the odd cases usually without enough information, context or details. The advice is to follow the rules and you should be fine.

Only those facing problems will use this forum to look for a solution to their problem. So we read only cases where there were issues at the airport. Rest will not post here.

Regarding random selection for interview - all immigrants on T1visa are questioned by the immigration officer at the immigration desk. They start with asking simple questions on business and nature of business. On the basis of the answers you give, they either probe further or they stamp your passport and allow entry.

The lady whose visa was curtailed at the Heathrow was asked whether she invested the money. This is a normal question asked to all.

She said, NO she has not yet invested because she had borrowed the money from relatives which she returned after she got the visa. She has to now arrange for money. Her visa was immediately curtailed.

The moral of the story it depends how you answer the basic questions.

mohammed1980 wrote:

zimba88 wrote:

The front desk guy does not do the curtailment himself. He takes the immigrant to another room where he is interviewed by an Immigration Officer. And this officer does have the right to curtail the visa at the airport.
I know a woman from London whose visa was curtailed at the airport and was put into detention.

If HO has flagged you, then yes. You could expect to be detained, questioned, interviewed, etc.
Otherwise it will be almost impossible to get your residency curtailed at the airport just because a front desk officer was not satisfied. I am not convinced that you get randomly selected for interviews or questioning at the border with a valid BRP. The story is different for people who are on short visit visas at the border.

There is a big paranoia trending on this forums right now. Hundreds of thousands of residents travel in and out of the country every year without any issues at all. On here, we just hear the odd cases usually without enough information, context or details. The advice is to follow the rules and you should be fine.

Only those facing problems will use this forum to look for a solution to their problem. So we read only cases where there were issues at the airport. Rest will not post here.

Regarding random selection for interview - all immigrants on T1visa are questioned by the immigration officer at the immigration desk. They start with asking simple questions on business and nature of business. On the basis of the answers you give, they either probe further or they stamp your passport and allow entry.

The lady whose visa was curtailed at the Heathrow was asked whether she invested the money. This is a normal question asked to all.

She said, NO she has not yet invested because she had borrowed the money from relatives which she returned after she got the visa. She has to now arrange for money. Her visa was immediately curtailed.

The moral of the story it depends how you answer the basic questions.

The moral of the story is that you need to abide by the rules of the visa. You must keep access to the investment money. She relinquished it and was rightly curtailed.

Hello Everyone,,,,,As i posted earlier that My interview was on 16/6/16,but the borderforce changed my interview to 03/08/2016,,,,,,,,,,They asked for proof of Fund transfered to uk which 30000£,IHhave already invested 20000£ in uk,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,Any one suggest 50000£ should be invest in 6 month or in 3 year time,,,,,,,,,i recently got my visa in dec 2015

I came back last Saturday from India and was asked just the basic questions that's it.
I usually travel due to business or holiday. I have had problem only for the first time (i.e. when I switched to T1 Ent visa) in which they grilled me. But after that every time the immigration officer would only ask the basic questions that's it.

I guess they are stopping people on the basis of their previous immigration history or if there are any red flags.