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I sent many faxes and letters in good time to get my pp back but nothing happened.Kitty wrote:An application for a Certificate of Approval had no effect on the duration of your leave.
It was the responsibility of applicants to request return of their passports if necessary so they could leave before they became overstayers.
Are you saying that you asked for your passport in good time but UKBA refused to return it?
A passport belongs to the government that issued it so a foreign nationals passport is not the possession of the UK government!mochyn wrote:In the UK a passport is the property of the Government and not a possession of the holder so if the UKBA are holding a British passport it has more of a right to do so than the holder
That is what I was trying to convey obviously it was not clear enough.Greenie wrote:A passport belongs to the government that issued it so a foreign nationals passport is not the possession of the UK government!mochyn wrote:In the UK a passport is the property of the Government and not a possession of the holder so if the UKBA are holding a British passport it has more of a right to do so than the holder