Hi all, my cousin is born in Penang before 1983 and his parents are from Penang as well therefore he is eligible for BOC application. His case is quite complicated tho.
He came to the UK a few years back however he has difficulty in entering. He has some friends in the UK and manage to get him out but with condition that he left his passport at the airport. He is in some financial situation therefore chose to stay without going back to fetch his passport. After a year, he come accross BOC and knew that he in fact is eligible for the application. He went to see a solicitor and was advice to submit an application. The solicitor told him that he will retrieved the passport for him. The application has no results coming back however there was a letter stating that he has been invited for an interview. With further advice, he went for the interview. He never returned home after that interview as some officer stop him at the door and he was deported in two weeks. He can't even go back to pack his stuff. His friends had to do that for him
That is not the worst. When he reach M'sia, he had to go in and out of the M'sia embassy, he can't retrieved his passport for 2 years. That means he can't go anywhere in 2 years. So in a way, the interview felt like a trap. Isn't interview suppose to be a way to gather more information and accessment for decision whether he can stay and not remove by force. If that is the case, people may felt treaten to go for any future interview. Is there anything he can do from M'sia?