please help me

lounalie · Post by **lounalie** » Tue Apr 15, 2008 6:49 pm

i'm really upset and worried about my boyfriend, he's from the gambia and was flying to berlin last wednesday (9th) to catch the train to london to come and meet me for the first time. but not i, nor his family have heard a word from him since he left the gambia, i'm really upset and can't stop crying, please help me, i want to find out whats going on.

Wanderer · Post by **Wanderer** » Tue Apr 15, 2008 7:30 pm

lounalie wrote:i'm really upset and worried about my boyfriend, he's from the gambia and was flying to berlin last wednesday (9th) to catch the train to london to come and meet me for the first time. but not i, nor his family have heard a word from him since he left the gambia, i'm really upset and can't stop crying, please help me, i want to find out whats going on.

Did he have the correct visas to enable travel via Germania to Angliya?

I rather doubt a seemingly young Gambian cit. got the appropriate EU visas but I will stand corrected...

The follies of our youth are in retrospect glorious to those our old age. Chesterton I think...

sakura · Post by **sakura** » Wed Apr 16, 2008 8:41 am

You don't explain much about yourself or your boyfriend, so I don't know how much advice anyone can offer.

How old is he and did he obtain a visa for Germany (and the UK) before leaving? Has he ever been to Europe before?

lounalie · Post by **lounalie** » Wed Apr 16, 2008 2:55 pm

no he's never been to europe before, he's 27 and got a germany visa, not one for the uk. i'm really worried about him, been a week now since he was last in contact.

try-one · Post by **try-one** » Wed Apr 16, 2008 3:34 pm

"catch the train to london" without UK visa?
There is your answer, most likely he is being held by immigration officials!

lounalie · Post by **lounalie** » Wed Apr 16, 2008 3:36 pm

how long will they hold him for? and what will they do?

Siggi · Post by **Siggi** » Wed Apr 16, 2008 4:23 pm

Loudalie
With respect, is this not a bit stupid, visiting a country without the appropriate visa?

Lounalie wrote:

how long will they hold him for? and what will they do?

Who know, but they will deport him back to Germany or even back to Gambia.

Post by **Administrator** » Thu Apr 17, 2008 4:20 pm

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What sort of "Germany visa" did he get? A Schengen visa ..? That would not allow travel to the UK.

Did he have your contact information with him?

If immigration picked him up, I'm a bit surprised they have not contacted you to confirm any story that he might be telling them.

If he got a German visit visa (not a Schengen), he could have been detained at any border crossing (or even between) once he tried to leave Germany.

Have you traced his train route & tried to understand which countries he needed to pass through?

Have you reported him as a missing person?

the Admin

Christophe · Post by **Christophe** » Thu Apr 17, 2008 5:24 pm

try-one wrote:"catch the train to london" without UK visa?
There is your answer, most likely he is being held by immigration officials!

If he had a visa for Germany (which I think we have to assume is an ordinary Schengen visa, although it might have been a transit visa allowing only a short stay in the Schengen zone) and he was coming to the UK by train, would he be held by UK immigration officials (who check the passports of Eurostar passengers before they board the train â€” in Brussels, Paris, Lille, or Calais â€” not after arrival in the UK), or would the UK immigration people simply have refused him the right to board the train, in which case he is probably still in the Schengen area, in the custody of immigration officials in either Belgium or France, or back in Gambia (if his Schengen visa was a short-stay one).

To the OP, lounalie: He almost certainly won't have been admitted to the UK without a visa. Did you hear from him after he arrived in Germany at all? Do you know what his proposed train route was from Germany to the UK? Have you been able to contact any family of his in Gambia?

lounalie · Post by **lounalie** » Fri Apr 18, 2008 4:21 pm

my boyfriend left me a voice message last night saying he's been detained in germany since he arrived, and said something about having to go to court, i didn't understand that bit, but i'm alot happier now i've heard from him

Wanderer · Post by **Wanderer** » Fri Apr 18, 2008 6:30 pm

lounalie wrote:my boyfriend left me a voice message last night saying he's been detained in germany since he arrived, and said something about having to go to court, i didn't understand that bit, but i'm alot happier now i've heard from him

Looks like no visa then. What an utterly stupid thing to do - what was he thinking?

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