Hello
I am planning to apply for ILR via 10 year route in Jan. During my PSW, I breached the terms of my visa. I am unsure if this needs to be declared in the application as it was over 6 years ago.
My visa history is :
Student -2009 to 2011
PSW - 2011 To 2013
Tier 2 - 2013 on wards expiring in Aug 2019
It's a bit of a long story.. but here is what happened
In Jan 2012, I went to Republic of Ireland. But instead of doing it properly by taking a schengen visa. I went to Belfast in Northern Ireland and took a bus to a border town called Newry. My friend picked me up there and we were going to Dublin. We were stopped by an immigration officer of Republic of Ireland and took me to the station and recorded my details. I was let go with a slip (some piece of paper, but can't remember what was in it) on the promise that I will report to the station and hand back the slip on the day I return to the UK, which I did. He also said that I need to reveal the details of this incident when applying for a visa in UK.
The next time I went to India and came back(2012), I was questioned by the immigration officer at Heathrow. He asked me some questions on this incident and checked my details but let me go as he verified everything while I was waiting in a room.
Next year when I returned from India (2013), I was asked again about the incident. I explained what happened. The officer let me enter and said that, she will try to remove this information as it is not relevant anymore.
I had declared this incident (and the possibility that it may have been removed) when I applied for Tier 2. I travelled to India for the first time since getting Tier 2 in Dec 2017 and returned in Jan 2018. I was not asked about this incident at all at the immigration desk, guessing it may have been removed.
My question is should this be revealed in the application? It seems irrelevant to me, what do you think?
Thank you for your patience.
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