Visa exempt official long residence

[iceman010899]

Hello

I entered the country as a "visa exempt" official in 1997 as my parent was a diplomat. When I got my own passport, the entry clearence was transferred to new passport here in the UK issued by JECU London (now Ukvisas).

Before parent left it was converted into a student visa in 2002. The entry clearence which was transferred into my new passport as "Visa exempt official" expired in 2003. Since then I have been extending student visas. I have 2 months gaps (holidays) in 10 years.

When I went to extend my student visa this year, the caseworker asked for my old passport, which had the old entry clearence and typed some kind of report.

Questions below:

1) Can I claim ILR based on Long residence ? BIA said you can, but just want to make sure.
2) Will BIA have information on my old entry clearence and when I entered the country in 1998 ?
3) Is it possible for caseworker to somehow modify details on the system eg : remove details of entry ?
4) Would you call this case "complex" ?

Thanks.

[avjones]

When you say "gaps", did you have leave during those times?

[iceman010899]

hello

Thanks for the reply. Yes I had leave. It was a holiday. But in 2003 when I came back to UK, the immigration officer at Heathrow did not stamp the passport. I only have the embarkation stamp from Lanka. Then in my other trips it was stamped. Will this be a problem ? Does not stamping mean there isnt a record of entry ?

Thanks.

[magsi23]

you dont need a new thread for every question you have, duplicate threads are not allowed

[jes2jes]

hello

Thanks for the reply. Yes I had leave. It was a holiday. But in 2003 when I came back to UK, the immigration officer at Heathrow did not stamp the passport. I only have the embarkation stamp from Lanka. Then in my other trips it was stamped. Will this be a problem ? Does not stamping mean there isnt a record of entry ?

Thanks.

Please post these questions in the other thread since it is more coherent and it prevents clogging up!