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1. Twenty eight days!dtjesus wrote:I have just withdrawn my tier 1 general case yesterday by fax. My current leave to remain had already expired before. So i will have to leave the country. Does anyone know how many days i will be given to leave? I have heard about 28 days but the ppl at home office say 'ASAP'. My questions are;
1-What is the exact legal duration provided to make travel arrangements and levae?
2- When does this duration start from? The day i receive the passport back? OR the day when i sent in the request for withdrawal?
Thanks guys for any clues
You will get 'NOTICE OF IMMIGRATION DECISION' along with your passports and it is 28 days from the date on the letter.dtjesus wrote:I have just withdrawn my tier 1 general case yesterday by fax. My current leave to remain had already expired before. So i will have to leave the country. Does anyone know how many days i will be given to leave? I have heard about 28 days but the ppl at home office say 'ASAP'. My questions are;
1-What is the exact legal duration provided to make travel arrangements and levae?
2- When does this duration start from? The day i receive the passport back? OR the day when i sent in the request for withdrawal?
Thanks guys for any clues
Rozen wrote:1. Twenty eight days!dtjesus wrote:I have just withdrawn my tier 1 general case yesterday by fax. My current leave to remain had already expired before. So i will have to leave the country. Does anyone know how many days i will be given to leave? I have heard about 28 days but the ppl at home office say 'ASAP'. My questions are;
1-What is the exact legal duration provided to make travel arrangements and levae?
2- When does this duration start from? The day i receive the passport back? OR the day when i sent in the request for withdrawal?
Thanks guys for any clues
2. Usually, your passport/documents will be returned to you, with an accompanying letter referring to your withdrawal of the case. It is from the date of this letter that you can start counting the 28 days.
I personally know someone who was sent his passport back, with a letter advising him to leave the UK!Sushil-ACCA wrote:ususally pasport is compounded by team and handover at airport
Unlikely!dtjesus wrote: Some of the cheapest flights are a few days after the 28 day mark. I need to find out what happens if i leave a few days after the 28 days deadline? maybe 7 days? Has anyone heard of such a case? Will there be issues at the airport?
You might be not allowed to apply for a visa for 1 year (there are some exceptions to this. Read below)I am trying to book flights now. Some of the cheapest flights are a few days after the 28 day mark. I need to find out what happens if i leave a few days after the 28 days deadline? maybe 7 days? Has anyone heard of such a case? Will there be issues at the airport?
Immigration stamps on your passports (home country / destination country) and visa expiry dates are enough for anyone to figure out if the passport holder has ever overstayed .. even if nothing of such nature (overstayer) is marked on your passport.dtjesus wrote:Thanks for all the info.
So there is a possibility that i might be penalized with the 1 year ban on applications. How is that penalty marked? Will they stamp something on my passport? Will my destination authorities/immigration know that i have been penalized for additional days overstay?
Section 3C was applicable to you when your application was under consideration ..... but stands terminated as you have withdrawn the application. I have provided the link above to the document which clearly states so. IMHO you do not have the benefit of 28 day period.dtjesus wrote:Do you reckon Section 3C isnt applicable for me and that i do not have the 'privilige' of 28 days to leave? How can i confirm that if the home office letter hasnt stated anything?
Affordability = not a valid excuse from UKBA's perspective I would guess!dtjesus wrote:For me the soonest possible affordable flight is just after a few days of 28 days. Does that count as a plausible excuse to surpass 28 days i.e if they are still applicable for me....
very confused :p
Does this mean that one has to leave the country immediately if s/he withdraws her/his application? If the section 3C doesnt apply, that means one does not have the 28 day grace period and if there is no 28 day period, does it mean one has to leave the country as soon as he gets his passport back? Quite confusing (atleast for me)Section 3C was applicable to you when your application was under consideration ..... but stands terminated as you have withdrawn the application. I have provided the link above to the document which clearly states so. IMHO you do not have the benefit of 28 day period.
True. I have applied for a student visa extention in 2003 and got rejected. The reason was that they wrote to me asking for my full bank statements and I have not sent them. I have not received any letter from them (that is a completely different story and not relevant). So, they have rejected my visa and sent me a 'Notice of Immigration Decision' and gave me right to appeal. I have not appealed as I was getting married in a couple of months time and returned home. But, that was after the 28 day grace period (did not know about the grace period then). Did not have any problems leaving UK or entering my home country (no questions asked). Applied for HSMP in 2007 and was approved (did mention about this overstay in my application).sushdmehta wrote:This could be a discretionary thing from UKBA which they apply liberally. But this is just a guess, only UKBA can confirm .. so the OP should send am email / call up and get a confirmation from them (better to get it in writing i.e.- email).
regards
do you remember how many days after the grace period u left?aruni4470 wrote: But, that was after the 28 day grace period (did not know about the grace period then). Did not have any problems leaving UK or entering my home country (no questions asked). Applied for HSMP in 2007 and was approved (did mention about this overstay in my application).
It was almost after 35 days I think.do you remember how many days after the grace period u left?
That was the exact reason for me to take sometime.I have been in uk for 6 years and have accumulated a life, friends, and number of belongings. Surely it will take anyone a certain amount of time to wrap up their lives.
It is safe to ring now in my opinion.Will it be safe to ring them up now or after booking a flight?
I think yes. Unless you are applying in one of the below categories.dtjesus wrote:I will not be applying in an immigration category but perhaps would like to visit. Would it also affect Visit visas?