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advice needed-Tier 2 Min of Relig refusal of entry ETS scam

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advice needed-Tier 2 Min of Relig refusal of entry ETS scam

Post by Flask123 » Sun Oct 12, 2014 9:08 pm

I am new to the forum and am posting for the first time.

My friend has a Tier 2, Minister of Religion visa that he obtained over a year ago. He was previously a Tier 4 student in the Uk. He used his ETS/City and Guilds certificate to show he met the English Lang requirements.

Today he was returning from a trip abroad and he was detained by the immigration officers at Heathrow and interviewed about his English Language test. He was refused entry and has been given temporary admission for 10 working days. He was told that voice recognition was used and it did not match the voice of the person who took the test and there is also discrepancy in the test centre used.

My friend is adamant that his test was genuine and a mistake has been made. He is under Tier 2 now and is much needed by his sponsor.

We have had some bad experiences in the past with immigration law solicitors.

Please can someone advise what my friend should do next and if he needs a solicitor and if so any recommendations for a solicitor who has dealt with a similar case before.

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Re: advice needed-Tier 2 Min of Relig refusal of entry ETS s

Post by Frontier Mole » Sun Oct 12, 2014 11:27 pm

There is nothing your friend can do but return to the airport once he has packed his bags and go home to serve out the 10 year ban for deception.
He does not even have a right of appeal so it is a pointless exercise engaging a solicitor as that will not prevent his removal from the UK. His appeal would be non suspensive because of the deception.
No matter that he protests his innocence he has taken part in the deception. There is no doubt as to the evidence and 1000's claim it was them who took the test but the digital recording will show without doubt that he did not take the test.
Not once have I seen or heard of an individual who claims to have taken the test be proven right or there has been an error when assessing the voice.

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