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First of all, you don't get told this at orientation. You learn about this on the spot when you receive your visa in your home country. If your nationality is concerned, they would hand you a letter telling you you have to register with the police.
This is normal if you fly via Heathrow. Through Birmingham, you would have been denied entry the first time round.I came to UK in september 2018 and I have never regsitered with the police, yet have travelled in and out of UK 3 times without any problem, and no one has ever said anything to me.
Go and register to the police ASAP. You might be meet with a severe reprimand, or you might be greeted by an understanding officer. In either case, they'll process the late registration as normal.What should I do?
Get advice from the international student adviser at your university. They are the expert.
In my humble opinion, I doubt a student adviser at a university is an expert on immigration matters. It would be wise to take any of their advise with a pinch of salt.
This is certainly one option if time is running out, but keep in mind that the case worker has all the right to deny your visa (or even be obliged to refuse it) for the simple reason that you did not keep to the terms of your current visa (registering with the police was one of them), which was a requirement of your stay.
Another option might be to try and register at another city? I suppose police registration at a different city from where you live is better than no registration, although not sure if this is allowed.How can I find a faster appointment with the police? I live in Glasgow.
I think it is worth seeing a professional immigration adviser (not just the service provided at the university, a real one), for expert help. Some solicitors even give you an hour of their time as a free first-time consultation. Try one.Any further advice is much much appreciated! Thanks
Well, you what they say about opinions.kamoe wrote: ↑Thu Dec 19, 2019 10:28 amIn my humble opinion, I doubt a student adviser at a university is an expert on immigration matters. It would be wise to take any of their advise with a pinch of salt.
That being said, you might be lucky and deal with an adviser that actually knows what they are talking about and can help.
If you read my post you'd know this opinion is informed on personal experience.
Cannot recall 100% how they were referred to, but it definitely had the word "international" on it, and they were the contact point for immigration queries.You may be thinking of generalist welfare advisers or about the university's immigration compliance team.
Glad to see this seems to be a working service in some universities. Again, sadly, from personal experience, I've seen none of this.They would both have a working knowledge of their own area of student visa matters, but an international student adviser is a trained immigration advice worker specialising in Tier 4 and their dependants, and in short-term student visas, and working with individual clients and working to OISC standards.
To further reassure OP, helping students manage police registration and advising on any problems associated with it is a key part of an international student adviser's work. What's more, universities put time and resources into making good working relationships with local registration offices. In bigger cities they may invite them onto the campus to make registration as easy as possible, negotiate deadlines later than the stated 7 days, or arrange special days for their students to register at the local office. This relationship also means it is usually fairly straightforward for a student, adviser and registration office to work together to manage and resolve any issues like OP's. You can be sure that any international student adviser will have plenty of experience with people who have failed to register or who have registered late, and can advise on what to do.
You should have said all this from the start. Feels positive and reassuring. Glad I made my experience clear; thanks to that you elaborated on your answer. Thanks.An international student adviser can also manage OP's expectations of the consequences of having not registered. As I say in several other topics on this matter, these fears are often out of all proportion to the reality of the breach, perhaps because of the "police" aspect and sometimes augmented by how the police or law-breaking are perceived (or how they really are) in the student's home country. For sure it is a breach of immigration conditions to not register with the police if you have that condition, and that has a number of theoretical penalties. A student should take it as seriously as their other visa conditions around working, studying and public funds. However in 25 years as, guess what, an international student adviser at a university, and having seen many dozens of people in this situation -- and having helped them finesse it with the registration office -- I have never seen any penalty enforced. Some scolding, tutting, finger-wagging, yes but a smile and an apology seems to always put an end to the matter.
Thanks for clarifying.Bethov76 wrote: ↑Thu Dec 19, 2019 1:58 pm@SamanMJ - You can only register with the Police Force in the area you live in. So for example, if you are living in London you'd need to register with the Metropolitan Police, if you're in Brighton you need to register with the Sussex Police etc. It has to be your permanent address, you can't stay in a hotel in the region of another Police Force and attempt to register there, they wouldn't be permitted to do this.
And do stress that you already have an appointment in 5 months. What you need to inquire is not "What do I do now?" but "Is there a way I can get an earlier appointment?".If you need to submit your visa application, then I strongly recommend you go back to your International Student Adviser and explain all this. They may be able to find a solution that works for you because they are there to help you minimise the risk of refusal. If you haven't told them this already then it's best they have all the information. The best way that an adviser can help a student is if they have all the information. If you only told them you hadn't registered with the Police and didn't give the context of your visa application, then they'd only be advising you on the situation presented.
Do note that in my post I reported on personal experience, and I admitted I am open to acknowledge the existence of good professionals who know what they are doing. No one is saying that you personally are pesky or roboticI should know. I'm another one of those pesky advisers who behave robotically and know nothing
By all means go for that.
Your full name as appears on your passport, nationality, passport number, birth date. Then the address of the house itself and declaration that they are the owner occupier and that you live with them. That might or might not be enough on itself, but you can always try. Contact the station and ask what else can you provide (given that your name does not appear on bills/council tax I suppose? ).For proof of address, however, I can provide a letter from the owner of the house (my partner's parents), confirming that I do live with them. How should this letter look like?
It sounds fair to me for you to attempt to register there.I am kind of stressed that having studied in Glasgow, going to the Aberdeen police would seem a bit strange, but I do live in Aberdeen, and this is basically my only chance in getting my certificate before my visa application.
No, no need for that decision letter. Only the documents listed on the page referred to above( plus anything else they specifically ask).Also, I never received a decision letter. Like Kameo's friend's experience, I received my passport from a consultant, and she never gave me a decision letter with it. Will I need to provide that?