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shohjura
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Old passport

Post by shohjura » Fri Jan 08, 2021 3:49 pm

Hi guys,
I applied for ILR LR on 10th sep, from timelines posted it looks like i should hear back in the coming days. Judging from other cases ukvi might ask for copy of all passports.
I submitted copy of my old passport, but exit and entry stamps are not very visible and i am afraid that is the only copy I might have as my old passport could have been destroyed by my government. Is there any chance HO might have my records for exit/entry from previous passport? I only travelled once outside the uk and even in that case it was expired passport which was taken by my country’s embassy and i had to get letter from them to travel

Thanks

Thanks

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Re: Old passport

Post by AmazonianX » Fri Jan 08, 2021 4:09 pm

shohjura wrote:
Fri Jan 08, 2021 3:49 pm
Hi guys,
I applied for ILR LR on 10th sep, from timelines posted it looks like i should hear back in the coming days. Judging from other cases ukvi might ask for copy of all passports.
I submitted copy of my old passport, but exit and entry stamps are not very visible and i am afraid that is the only copy I might have as my old passport could have been destroyed by my government. Is there any chance HO might have my records for exit/entry from previous passport? I only travelled once outside the uk and even in that case it was expired passport which was taken by my country’s embassy and i had to get letter from them to travel

Thanks

Thanks
The HO do have the records of your travels relating to UK entry and exits. This you also can obtain by requesting for SAR.
Hoping you correctly indicated in application status of old passports.

shohjura
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Re: Old passport

Post by shohjura » Fri Jan 08, 2021 4:13 pm

Thank you
I included cover letter saying this
“Please, find attached my supporting documents.

I only have a copy of the old passport which was given back to renew my passport. Hope that is fine.

Will that be enough?

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Re: Old passport

Post by CULLINAN » Fri Jan 08, 2021 4:36 pm

Should be okay. As already advised by AmazonianX, best is to apply for a SAR in the meanwhile. You may not even need it but if needed, you will save time/delays. Note, sometimes SAR also does not have record of all your entry/exits.
Personal opinion only, not to be mistaken for legal advice. Please DO NOT PM me for immigration advice. Love for All, Hatred for None.

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Re: Old passport

Post by poper » Fri Jan 08, 2021 4:57 pm

FYI, I did my SAR(only basic version available due to COVID) which only had the last 5 years of travel history.
Any suggestions I make in the forum are out my personal experience and should not be taken as a legal/professional advise.

shohjura
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Re: Old passport

Post by shohjura » Fri Jan 08, 2021 5:00 pm

Thanks guys,
Yeah i checked sar now, it has only 5 year option for travel history. My old passport contained only 2010-2015 stamps and sar wouldn’t help in this case. Looks like i can only hope HO has my records for that time, then?

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Re: Old passport

Post by AmazonianX » Fri Jan 08, 2021 5:10 pm

shohjura wrote:
Fri Jan 08, 2021 5:00 pm
Thanks guys,
Yeah i checked sar now, it has only 5 year option for travel history. My old passport contained only 2010-2015 stamps and sar wouldn’t help in this case. Looks like i can only hope HO has my records for that time, then?
It appears that is the only hope and that they corroborate.

shohjura
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Re: Old passport

Post by shohjura » Fri Jan 08, 2021 5:58 pm

poper wrote:
Fri Jan 08, 2021 4:57 pm
FYI, I did my SAR(only basic version available due to COVID) which only had the last 5 years of travel history.
Could that be a reason your application is taking longer than to process?

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Re: Old passport

Post by poper » Fri Jan 08, 2021 6:34 pm

No. A basic SAR only provides 5 years of travel history for anybody
Any suggestions I make in the forum are out my personal experience and should not be taken as a legal/professional advise.

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