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That's good. Her SAR record should confirm her ILE status. She should also include the copy of it with the NTL application.clmaston wrote:she also has a copy from the border agency records stating how she entered but this was printed off by a friend who works there rather than go down the correct approach!
clmaston wrote:What is this and how do you get one?
My neice came in 2001 on a settlement to join parent visa aged 9. Went back to country of origin for a holiday, visa expired. Was re-issued and she returned here in October 2003 now aged 11. Her passport and her visa were lost soon after and although her mother arranged a new passport she never got the visa re-issued. Fast forward to now and my niece is 20 with no proof of entitlement to be here. She has applied for ILR and been turned down as she needs to prove how she entered the country. The letter states to show her passport with visa ( which she cant because it is lost) or and Immigration Status Document or a letter from the Home Office stating how she entered the country. We have requested this via SAR and been told it is not possible. So, now left with the Immigration Status Document but no idea how to get one of these?
Really appreciate any help....thanks.
Sorry, I don't think the OP will have any luck with landing cards, and certainly not from a port/airport immigration office. Most cards are collated for statistical purposes and then destroyed. Almost the only cards of which an individual record is kept are where an IO grants entry as a visitor to a non-visa national and makes notes on the card. For visa nationals (or any passenger entering with a visa) the visa itself is "leave to enter" and the VAFs are all recorded on a database.vinny wrote:Immigration Officers are part of the UKBA. I would expect them to be able to find/trace her landing cards' details.
Indeed there should be a record of her original EC application - the OP has already said that the Embassy that issued it has confirmed doing so. I doubt whether there would be a paper file file still in existence, it's nearly ten years since the subject's re-entry in 2003, and embassies were never keen to store large quantities of old files. By that time, visa applications and issues were computerised on a Central Record System, so there shouldn't be any dispute about the visa issue. By that time also, the visa itself was "leave to enter". An entry on the Central Record System in 2003 is not likely to contain much detail.Greenie wrote:there should be a record of her original application for entry clearance - perhaps this is with the FCO or the embassy where the application was originally made as visa/entry clearance applications were the responsibility of the FCO at that time. A separate SAR to the FCO may help?
Amber_ wrote:If you opened a bank account many years ago, they may have copies of your passport, taken for ID, might be worth a try? The same for university, if you went to one.