just stumbled across this forum while doing some research
I am in a situation where i am in need of advice/some information
so bare with me and here goes
1) i am uk national born and lived in uk all my life so no issues for me regarding visa etc
2) i entered an arranged islamic marriage ceremony approx 2.5 years ago to a girl who was living in uk at time but was here on some sort of visa. it was an arranged marriage so i didnt get to know her much and my family didnt ask too many questions regarding what type of visa she had either..they trusted the family and i was naive but here we are. ...story unfolds.
3) my family were told you dont have to worry about settlement/visa we have it under control and will take care of everything. They showed my parents a green card with her photo on which said residence permit 10 years which she apparently got after being in UK for 2 years on a work permit visa.
4) we didnt register the marriage under uk law as they didnt ask and we didnt think there was a need to either
5) any way we had a child together, we were living together at my parents home, things were fine,
6) I tried to open a bank account for her for child benefit but was unable to do so due to no sufficient id or proof of address of her living with me... i resulted in changing over 1 of 2 existing bank accounts to my home address. The other one stayed the same as before as i didnt have paperwork/details for it at time.
7) i became suspicious however when i discovered she was still using her previous address for all home office correspondence, and also still had the other bank account registered there. she would get get sister to book all tests etc and she refused to completely change address details to where we were living. so essentially she was using 2 addresses.
Then i asked why there was a need for tests etc if she had this so called 10 year residence permit.

9) she also mentioned to my mum during course of us living together that she had infact lied about her d.o.b to qualify for the minimum age of 21 for visa application...what this means i dont know
10) then she threw a strop and told her sister i had upset her and didnt trust her etc
11) so after a month or so...(after various phone calls and secret back ground scheming) 1 day at midnight police turned up at my house and took my 'wife' and my child. didnt arrest me or anyone else/not even statements down station. or tell us as to why they came. other than a call for 'concerns of her welfare' (even though she had been to a wedding during the day)
she returned a week later again with police to collect all remainder of her belongings which we didnt object to. I havent heard off the police since and her family are ignoring us saying we dont know where she is etc. I dont know where shes gone and having seen my son for almost 3 months now
so essentially she has used this 'welfare threat' in order to gain acess and support to welfare system and also possibly secure a permanent residency in the uk by having a british born child as she became rattled when i asked about her visa status etc.
my questions is
1) how is it possible to someone lie about their age on visa process...surely she must have provided fake documents
2) my research shows that the age requirement of 21 applies to spouse visas...in which case again its fraudulent if she came into uk on a sham marriage spouse visa from a relative or friend and got remarried without filing for a divorce in uk
3) if this 10 year residence permit was genuine...under what circumstances is it possible to obtain it after 2 years in uk...again spouse visa is looking like the likely route
The more i read about it...the more it appears that my case bears all hall marks of a girl come to uk. marriages a 'visa mule' alleges dv to end marriage and then will get help from system in terms of welfare, legal costs, and also permanent citizenship as there is a loop hole to exploit. It has now dourned on me that she used to mention...x' y' z 'girl was abused she called police, got a council home, everything paid, even helped her with her passport etc, loving life. Its almost become a wide spead trend
Any help is appreciated as i am gathering evidence for court regarding getting access to my child and by me prooving she lied about everything then it will help my case and if i can proove she came her fraudulently even better.
The home office needs to be more aware of these scammers who come here to expoit the system just for their personal gain
look forward to feedback and replied