Date of Entry

mooty · Post by **mooty** » Wed Jul 17, 2013 4:37 pm

Just a quick one,
I came in here as a student on 29/09/2003 then switched to HSMP on 17/09/2007. The question is:
What date do I have to put in the question the port of landing/date of entry in the UK etc. on the form?
thanks

Post by **Amber** » Wed Jul 17, 2013 4:50 pm

2003.

mooty · Post by **mooty** » Wed Jul 17, 2013 4:57 pm

Thanks Guru for your Kind reply but the guidelines states that enter the date when you came to UK on a long term basis. I assume that I landed back in 2003 on a short term basis which was study and switched to long term category in 2007. I am bit confused.

Post by **Amber** » Wed Jul 17, 2013 5:56 pm

mooty wrote:Thanks Guru for your Kind reply but the guidelines states that enter the date when you came to UK on a long term basis. I assume that I landed back in 2003 on a short term basis which was study and switched to long term category in 2007. I am bit confused.

You can come here on a visit visa and decide you want to be here for the long term, I'm sure in the back of your mind you wanted to settle here even in 2003. The question is subjective and the answer isn't really provable.

RoyalFlush · Post by **RoyalFlush** » Wed Jul 17, 2013 9:10 pm

2003 would be correct.

I was in the same situation - came on holiday working visa, switched into HSMP and then Tier1 G.

When I went to NCS (nationality checking service), the interviewee phoned up UKBA and said that it was the date of first entry (when I arrived on my working holiday visa). I found this very confusing because at that time my intention was not to be here on a long term basis.

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