Asylum Seeker Help

i am an asylum seeker originally from Ghana and seeked asylum in the UK in Feb 2009, its been a year and 4 months when i got arrested and i seeked asylum, still not been issued a case owner yet or been invited for an interview yet,I report once a month at dallas court in salford,manchester. I requested and was granted a work permit after the first 12 months.I am currently in full time employment. I have a british girlfriend who has recently had my baby, we also have a 3 yr old together who calls me daddy cause her biological father has never been involved in her life.Is there any grounds for me to be granted any sort of leave to remain? even if its temporary? or a visa to remain? since i dont want to be separated from my family. Thanks (PS: Going back to Ghana is not an option for me)

When you were arrested, did you give your true nationality and identity?

Mr Rusty wrote:When you were arrested, did you give your true nationality and identity?

I was arrested in feb 09 and yes i give my true identity and nationality and thats when i seeked asylum, i served a 3 month prison sentence under the identity act since i have a fake passport which i used to seek employment at the time.

(I forgot to mention earlier, but i first came to UK, on may 2004, on a 6 month holiday visa which expired in nov 2004 but over stayed till i was arrested in feb 09 as mentioned above and thats when i seeked asylum.)

I think the fake passport will come back to haunt you.

Wanderer wrote:I think the fake passport will come back to haunt you.

Can you elaborate please?
are you saying it might affect future applications to remain in the UK?

unknowna1 wrote:

Mr Rusty wrote:When you were arrested, did you give your true nationality and identity?

I was arrested in feb 09 and yes i give my true identity and nationality and thats when i seeked asylum, i served a 3 month prison sentence under the identity act since i have a fake passport which i used to seek employment at the time.

(I forgot to mention earlier, but i first came to UK, on may 2004, on a 6 month holiday visa which expired in nov 2004 but over stayed till i was arrested in feb 09 as mentioned above and thats when i seeked asylum.)

You may not feel this way, but you are in fact incredibly lucky.
If your identity was confirmed by the original visa record, and you are Ghanaian, removing you from the UK should have been a quick and easy process. This is because Ghanaians who claim asylum can be submitted to a "fast-track" process and detained while their case is considered, and don't have the right to stay here while their appeal is heard. IF you haven't even been interviewed yet, this suggests very slipshod administration, and you are now able to stay and work legally until they get off their backsides and look at your case. When they do, you may well be refused asylum, but you have mentioned that you appear to be establishing a family life here, which may give you grounds for leave to remain. Your case will be dealt with under the "One-Stop" process, i.e. when they ask you about your asylum claim, you will also be given a notice requiring you to submit any other reasons why you should remain in the UK, so that everything can be dealt with at one appeal. You have to tell them about your girlfriend and child at that time.
Until then, just wait. The longer they delay in dealng with your case the better chance you have.
You've served your sentence for the false document. Your failure to claim asylum at a much earlier time, and your use of this document are severely detrimental to your credibility as an asylum claimant, but it shouldn't make a difference to any other aspect of your case.

Mr Rusty wrote:

unknowna1 wrote:

Mr Rusty wrote:When you were arrested, did you give your true nationality and identity?

I was arrested in feb 09 and yes i give my true identity and nationality and thats when i seeked asylum, i served a 3 month prison sentence under the identity act since i have a fake passport which i used to seek employment at the time.

(I forgot to mention earlier, but i first came to UK, on may 2004, on a 6 month holiday visa which expired in nov 2004 but over stayed till i was arrested in feb 09 as mentioned above and thats when i seeked asylum.)

You may not feel this way, but you are in fact incredibly lucky.
If your identity was confirmed by the original visa record, and you are Ghanaian, removing you from the UK should have been a quick and easy process. This is because Ghanaians who claim asylum can be submitted to a "fast-track" process and detained while their case is considered, and don't have the right to stay here while their appeal is heard. IF you haven't even been interviewed yet, this suggests very slipshod administration, and you are now able to stay and work legally until they get off their backsides and look at your case. When they do, you may well be refused asylum, but you have mentioned that you appear to be establishing a family life here, which may give you grounds for leave to remain. Your case will be dealt with under the "One-Stop" process, i.e. when they ask you about your asylum claim, you will also be given a notice requiring you to submit any other reasons why you should remain in the UK, so that everything can be dealt with at one appeal. You have to tell them about your girlfriend and child at that time.
Until then, just wait. The longer they delay in dealng with your case the better chance you have.
You've served your sentence for the false document. Your failure to claim asylum at a much earlier time, and your use of this document are severely detrimental to your credibility as an asylum claimant, but it shouldn't make a difference to any other aspect of your case.

Thanks so much for your responds Mr Rusty!! and believe me mate, i do feel and know how lucky i am.

I am thinking on the grounds of marriage, i know i first need a certificate of approval ( How easy of hard is it to attain that?)

Also after we've got married, can i apply for a spouse visa whilst still in the UK or do i need to return home to apply from Ghana ( which is not an option for me) - how easy will it be for them to grant me the 2 yr probational visa if i do and can apply for the spouse visa whilst still here?

And in this respect, if i wanted to go on the path of marriage, will i have to close my existing asylum case or can i leave it open?

Cheers alot

unknowna1 wrote:

Mr Rusty wrote:

unknowna1 wrote:

Mr Rusty wrote:When you were arrested, did you give your true nationality and identity?

I was arrested in feb 09 and yes i give my true identity and nationality and thats when i seeked asylum, i served a 3 month prison sentence under the identity act since i have a fake passport which i used to seek employment at the time.

(I forgot to mention earlier, but i first came to UK, on may 2004, on a 6 month holiday visa which expired in nov 2004 but over stayed till i was arrested in feb 09 as mentioned above and thats when i seeked asylum.)

You may not feel this way, but you are in fact incredibly lucky.
If your identity was confirmed by the original visa record, and you are Ghanaian, removing you from the UK should have been a quick and easy process. This is because Ghanaians who claim asylum can be submitted to a "fast-track" process and detained while their case is considered, and don't have the right to stay here while their appeal is heard. IF you haven't even been interviewed yet, this suggests very slipshod administration, and you are now able to stay and work legally until they get off their backsides and look at your case. When they do, you may well be refused asylum, but you have mentioned that you appear to be establishing a family life here, which may give you grounds for leave to remain. Your case will be dealt with under the "One-Stop" process, i.e. when they ask you about your asylum claim, you will also be given a notice requiring you to submit any other reasons why you should remain in the UK, so that everything can be dealt with at one appeal. You have to tell them about your girlfriend and child at that time.
Until then, just wait. The longer they delay in dealng with your case the better chance you have.
You've served your sentence for the false document. Your failure to claim asylum at a much earlier time, and your use of this document are severely detrimental to your credibility as an asylum claimant, but it shouldn't make a difference to any other aspect of your case.

Thanks so much for your responds Mr Rusty!! and believe me mate, i do feel and know how lucky i am.

I am thinking on the grounds of marriage, i know i first need a certificate of approval ( How easy of hard is it to attain that?)

Also after we've got married, can i apply for a spouse visa whilst still in the UK or do i need to return home to apply from Ghana ( which is not an option for me) - how easy will it be for them to grant me the 2 yr probational visa if i do and can apply for the spouse visa whilst still here?

And in this respect, if i wanted to go on the path of marriage, will i have to close my existing asylum case or can i leave it open?

Cheers alot

You'd need to return home to apply for a spouse visa. I'm curious, why can't you return to Ghana to apply for a spouse visa?

From what i've read on a couple of forums, if you get banned from the UK then the spouse visa effectively ignores this ban. So if you're worried about being banned leaving the UK then the ban won't be taken into consideration when applying for a spouse visa from Ghana.