By definition the marriage certificate is false. How could it be anything else when the marriage date is backdated. I would be inclined to pass the information on to the Home Office stating you were not married on the date of the certificate and that will end his legal stay in the U.K. He has clear...
Please believe me that the very little checks were undertaken for EUSS cases, and those that were far from robust or rigorous. There were daily case clearance targets that caused perverse activity where rather than set the cases aside for additional investigation they were granted. Tens of thousand...
Advice from any source and particularly from a high percentage of the lower end immigration professionals is not always a reflection of the actual law. Just because an immigration lawyer has advised on a matter does not mean it is fully within the scope of the law. The Marriage Act is very particul...
Given the circumstances I am disbelieving of most of the background in relation to the entire immigration journey of the Nigerian. As you state - tier 4 / student visas are not gained through individual sponsorship. The ex partner may well have given him financial support to meet the fees of the co...
I also suspect you are not officially married in the legal sense. Proxy marriages even in Nigeria are classed as customary and require a formal register wedding to formalise the marriage. Taken from immigration case law - Proxy marriages can only be accepted as valid in Nigerian law if conducted un...
I believe the terms for a divorce listed below relate to your husband referring to a five year wait. Currently in the UK the grounds for divorce are : The parties have lived apart for two years (consent of the other party is required). The parties have lived apart for five years ( consent of the ot...
Hi, Your story doesn't addup. How did your spouse ex partner bring him into the country and runaway. Then next he is on a student permit which was due to expire. It's not easy for someone to be on a partnership status and change to a low status as a student in EU. It's almost impossible and would t...
Firstly inform the Home Office the marriage is no longer subsisting and that will end his right to remain in the UK. You will be able to bring divorce proceedings in the UK. Talk to a family lawyer. You will need the wedding certificate though. He can’t stop you divorcing him nor can he slow the pr...
Met a nigerian guy at work in 2020, he was interested in me, started dating and he told me his student visa (tier 4) was expiring and that he risked deportation. He spoke to a lawyer who advised him of a proxy marriage, which I foolishly agreed to. We did a proxy marriage (during COVID), which was d...
