Barred?

[eliasuk4u]

Hi all,
Does anyone know answer for this?
On what circumstances a person is barred from entring UK?

Regards
eliasuk4u

[John]

Very few people are barred by name, exceptions being Robert Mugabe, and quite a few others from his regime. They have been named in an exclsusion order signed by a Home Secretary.

Some other people are highly unlikely ever to get a visa to enter the UK. I think Saddam Hussain would struggle, and so would Osama bin Laden.

In fact anyone answering "yes" to that question on the visa application form .... something like "Have you been involved in terrorism" will not get a visa, I think we can safely assume.

eliasuk4u, can you be more specific? Why do you ask?

[eliasuk4u]

Thanks for replying, I was an asylum seeker in UK and got my FLR(M) refused. HO letter is asking me to go home (SriLanka) and apply for EC. I am fully armed with all the documents needed and preparing to go home, but there is a slight hesitation about what if, if the ECO refuses my application on the ground that I stayed in UK as an asylum seeker and worked illegally? Would I be barred from entering UK? because of my immigration history? Also I haven't got my birth certificate (That's the only document missing in my folder. It is because I am from northern part of country which is under LTTE control and government have no authority there and can't get a birth certificate in colombo).

Also what do I say in the application form VAF2 section 7.7 - Have you ever been deported, removed, or otherwise required to leave the UK? (I am leaving UK voluntarily)

I am keeping all my asylum papers as well.

Regards

eliasuk4u

[John]

Hi, on this Board there are quite a number of topics such as this one, where you will see that a failed asylum seeker returned to their country and successfully obtained a visa to return to the UK. Here is another example.

So Elias whilst it would be wrong to say that it is a risk-free plan, returning to your country to apply for a visa there, the evidence shows that with the correct supporting evidence being presented with the visa application, it is most certainly possible to succeed in getting the desired visa.

Q7.7? Other opinions very welcome but based upon what you say I think you can answer "no" to that question.

Just a general point, and I am not suggesting for one moment that you would do otherwise, but do ensure that all the answers to the questions on the form VAF2 are answered honestly. For example, Q7.5 needs to be answered "yes", based upon what you post, and accordingly more detail needs to be entered into Q7.9 to Q7.15.

The birth certificate problem? I would suspect that the BHC in Sri Lanka is well aware of the problem, and probably faces it every working day. Just document the problem and include a statement saying where you were born, date of birth etc.. Presumably your passport shows your correct date of birth?

[eliasuk4u]

Hi John, thanks for your advice, I have already read the post you mentioned above and to be honest with you, thats what made me to take the of going home and apply.

Regarding my birth certificate I did drafted a letter of statement explaining my situation and I hope the ECO will understand my situation.

And thanks for clearing my doubt about the Q7.7 in VAF2 form, and again it rises another question 7.15, I am struggling to answer "how this application is different in any way?".

Regards
Elias

[John]

Q7.15? I think there is a very big difference. Simply ... it is the location where the application is being made. The previous application was made in the UK. This new one is being made in Sri Lanka.

In a nutshell, the UK application failed because, well, it was made in the UK! But the new one is being made outside the UK.

Accordingly the new application is not being caught by the "no switching in the UK" rule that was introduced on 01.04.03. A big difference.

[eliasuk4u]

Perfect reply. No wonder you became a moderator. have you ever consider being an immigration adviser or an immigration specialist?

Thanks for your perfect reply. Now I am free from all the worries I had.

Regards
elias