leondj wrote:Hello All,
I currently have ILR and my ex-partner has an unmarried partner visa based on my ILR. Our relationship has been over for about 3 months now and she has moved in with someone else. My questions are:
1) Do I need to notify the home office about our change in circumstances? If so, how do I do it. Do I need to write them a letter?
2) If I do not notify HO can I get into trouble if they do find out?
3) If I do notify HO will they cancel my ex's visa? How long will they give her before she has to leave the country?
Many Thanks.
You can notify the authorities of a change in curcimstances. I am not sure exactly which department, but you can try sending a letter to the same address as you used for the UMP visa application.
If the relationship is no longer subsisting and permanently dissolved, then she does not have a right to remain in the country using the UMP visa, as it was given based on your relationship. If she remains and subsequently obtains ILR, it would be a fraudulent application (with which you would have had to assist her). There is no legal basis for pursuing you, but it would be better to inform the HO and leave things up to them.
Since it is an UMP visa, it is hard to tell when she should (have to) leave the country. For spousal/civil partner visas, for example, the partner's visa is curtailed once the divorce is finalised (and they are given around a month or so to either obtain new leave to remain or to leave the UK). Since you are not married it would be hard to tell exactly when she should leave. In any case, simply inform the HO that the relationship is no longer subsisting (possibly giving the date she moved out...if you wish) and that you are withdrawing your support for her UMP visa, and leave things up to them.
It may well be that she already has another visa and no longer uses the UMP visa, in which case her right to remain in the UK is not connected to you.
