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Close to impossible.flanker wrote: happened, but I suspect I might have accidentally 'skipped' immigration control when I returned to the UK.
You should have passed through the immigration control at Heathrow.and there was probably no immigration control when I reached Manchester because it was a domestic flight, so I was herded straight out of the airport on arrival.
Only if you deliberately evaded the immigration control.1) Have I broken any immigration law here?
Note - golden rule. You do not say anything or explain anything unless you are asked about this.2) How do I explain this to the caseworker?
If you have an arrival and departure stamp in Egypt, then, IF they notice, they might ask you about this. However, I think they are more concerned about your UK visas, the dates and duration and that they are running one after another without any gaps. If there is one arrival stamp on it and not two, they may not even notice that. Even if they do, you still had a continuous leave to remain when departing and returning, so no worries.3) Will this ruin my application or put a scar on my immigration record?
That's right. You are definitely not an illegal entrant because you had a valid continuous leave to remain at the time.It was obviously not a deliberate attempt to skip immigration control, and I had no reason to do so since I had a perfectly valid leave to enter at that time.
Technically, you should be truthful about this and declare it on an application form if asked. Even if you went on holiday to Egypt, you still had a continuous leave, you should have no worries.Since there is no record of my departure and arrival in the UK, I thought about not declaring this absence in my application form. But I have 2 stamps on my passport from the Egyptian immigration to show that I had indeed arrived and then departed from Egypt.
Interesting.vinny wrote:Perhaps the Immigration Officers were on strike at that time, as in 2004?
Thank you Dawie for the information.Dawie wrote:Up until 2004, UK residents with leave to remain for longer than 6 months did not have their passports stamped when leaving and reentering the UK. The only stamp they got was the first one when they first entered the UK.
Yes, but that does not negate the fact that there should have been an immigration control at Heathrow where the arrived should have had their passports examined.Dawie wrote:Up until 2004, UK residents with leave to remain for longer than 6 months did not have their passports stamped when leaving and reentering the UK. The only stamp they got was the first one when they first entered the UK.
Well Jeff Albright,Jeff Albright wrote:Yes, but that does not negate the fact that there should have been an immigration control at Heathrow where the arrived should have had their passports examined.Dawie wrote:Up until 2004, UK residents with leave to remain for longer than 6 months did not have their passports stamped when leaving and reentering the UK. The only stamp they got was the first one when they first entered the UK.
I think the chap has simply forgotten about this.