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by Lucapooka » Wed Sep 28, 2011 1:22 pm
Because those are the rules:
Our public enquiry offices cannot consider your application if you are:
a person who has been given discretionary leave to remain or humanitarian protection;
a person with a poor immigration history;
applying for permanent residence on the basis of 10 or 14 years' residence;
applying for an extension of your visa on the highly skilled migrant programme;
a business person, innovator, sole representative or investor;
a seaman;
a Gurkha; or
an elderly dependant.