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iceman010899
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Losing ILR

Post by iceman010899 » Wed May 14, 2008 10:45 pm

Hi

Is it possible to loose ILR ? How often does it happen due to staying out of UK for more than 2 years, deception, etc ?

Thanks.
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Post by JAJ » Wed May 14, 2008 10:59 pm

Yes it is possible to lose ILR. No longer living in the U.K. is one way.
Obtaining it fraudulently is another.
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Post by Frontier Mole » Wed May 14, 2008 11:11 pm

It is a bit like the song 50 ways to lose a lover:

Deception - the Albanian "Kosvans" who claimed asylum that were granted are being uncovered. They are hve ILR revoked. Fake marriages are a main stay of ILR loss. There are endless deceptions....

Serious Criminal activity - ILR revoked before deport. ILR revoked even if not deported (rare)

Abandoned - leaving the country too long - also linked with individuals being imprisoned while overseas with ILR.

Numbers - who knows - If your are keen to know FOI the Home Office. Good chance they don't even know :oops:
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Post by akhil_1 » Thu May 15, 2008 4:21 pm

Interesting topic
We have got ILR in January this year with my wife and currently in the process of the divorce. I am afraid that HO will suspect that our marriage has been fake:( would be useful to know whether they get suspicious if they see that we have started divorce proceedings after getting our ILR - and how to prove that it is rather coincidence. Any experience shared here would be very helpful.

Many thanks in advance.
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martha
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Post by martha » Thu May 15, 2008 6:54 pm

How would the HO know you are getting a divorce? Unless your spouse visa sponsor decides to tell them, and says you got ILR fraudulently.
HO deal with immigration, not marital issues :)
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Post by paulp » Thu May 15, 2008 7:15 pm

martha wrote:How would the HO know you are getting a divorce? Unless your spouse visa sponsor decides to tell them, and says you got ILR fraudulently.
HO deal with immigration, not marital issues :)
This issue may come up when the OP applies for naturalisation.
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Post by martha » Thu May 15, 2008 7:35 pm

paulp wrote:
martha wrote:How would the HO know you are getting a divorce? Unless your spouse visa sponsor decides to tell them, and says you got ILR fraudulently.
HO deal with immigration, not marital issues :)
This issue may come up when the OP applies for naturalisation.
Hmm, good point. Hadn't thought of that, Thanks :)
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Post by akhil_1 » Thu May 15, 2008 8:46 pm

that`s right - this is a part of the application form for Naturalisation where one needs to state reason for the divorce. in my case it was an adultery. i have spoken to the immigration adviser and he told me not to worry but it does not help as I don`t see how HO will distinguish between real marriage and the fake one?
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