PLEASE HELP,URGENT HELP NEEDED :(

[katleigh]

Hello,I am an australian citizen,that arrived in the uk on the 1st of feb,I was denied entry as a tourist,and was detained for interviews.The reason,I was refused entry is basically because,I am on an australian penion,and they believe,that I would be requring uk public funds.I explained to them,that I have my own money,as I get a regualr pension every 2 weeks.I had a return ticket booked and paid for,medical insurance.I told them that I was staying with my uk boyfriend,and would not be requring money for accomdation,or food.In the interview,I didnt have repesentation,wasnt allowed a phone call,and they didnt even allow me to take some blood pressure medication,that I needed to take.The immigration officer that was interviewing me,told me in the interview that,he was waiting for his wife to get a uk visa,and that he hadnt seen her for a yr.To me I believe he was against me and my boyfriend,because of our personal situation,and that because,I am australian,I dont need a visa to enter the uk.Once he told me,I would be deported that night,I began to go into a panic and a state of shock,because of my health prbs,they gave me until the 5th of feb.I currently have an MP fighting my case,and so far has managed to have my stay extended till the 23rd.This is only because,I require a doctor to fly home with me,and immigration are yet to find one.I feel that I have been treated very poorly,and didnt have any basic rights.My boyfriend and I went to london today,to see (IAS) which is immigration advice services.They were too busy and couldnt attend to our case.We are now sitting here,we dont knw what to do.Does anyone knw anything that we can possiblly do,to help our situation.We have thought about lawyers,but as we are both on pensions,we cant afford a lawyer.Please help any advice would be much appreiacted.My health is really suffering,and is getting worse,due to the stress of this situation. :(

[Mr Rusty]

Refusal decisions are authorised by a Chief Immigration Officer, so your allegations of personal prejudice on the part of one individual aren't going to get you very far.
If you are unable to get legal representation, it's difficult to see what further avenues you can pursue as you have no right of appeal before removal. It's also not possible to give you any detailed advice without seeing the actual refusal wording. You have to look at that line by line and be able to supply reasons why you say they have come to an incorrect decision. If you can compose an objective letter along those lines you should email/fax it to the Duty Inspector at the port where you were refused and ask for a reconsideration of the decision. Clearly your health is a worry, but if you can show that any treatment will be covered by insurance, they can't hold that against you. If your sponsor can feed and accommodate you for less than the amount of your pension and you can show that you have firm plans to return to Australia within 6 months, you might just persuade them that it is not in the public interest to incur the considerable cost of medical escorts to accompany you half-way round the world.

[Wanderer]

So did you enter the UK knowing u needed at doctor to accompany you back to Oz?

[Mr Rusty]

So did you enter the UK knowing u needed at doctor to accompany you back to Oz?

I suspect that a more relevant question would be how/where/when did she "meet" her UK sponsor, and what grounds has the Immigration Officer to believe that he will offer her all the support and accommodation necessary to sustain her stay in the UK for the stated period of her visit.

I'm sorry to express it in those terms, but the OP has to be a little more objective about her situation than shown so far.