I arrived in the UK aged 15 in 2002 on my own with a six month visitor's visa to join my mother who had been here (she had a 2 year visitor's visa) She enrolled me in a school where I completed my GCSEs, went to college, got 3 A-Levels, went to University and got a BA degree and graduated last year....

Thanks for your replies but I've looked into these suggestions before To Pranvayu: No the HO still have our passports To HRY2005: To get an ETA I have to file a police report that my passport is missing or stolen - I should also have a home address in the country I'm going - I don't. I haven't been ...

I came to England on a visitors visa in 2002 when I was 15 to join my mother. I have since overstayed and I'm now 24. We applied as a family in 2008 for ILR but it was refused a year later. An appeal was made but the response from the Home Office since has been that it is under consideration. I've c...