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by transpondia » Thu May 24, 2007 12:11 pm
sorry: they can easily check: sponsorship history, police record, banking history, travel history, DVLA history, academic record, hmrc, nhs, & benefits. Those might be considered routine.
the "non-routine" would include if you have been an unknowing victim of identity theft, and your passport number (or banking info or etc) had been flagged up. Of course given the recent security breach in the VFS system, this might be routine these days.
I didn't address these originally because I doubt the ECO gave the "real" reason for the delay. If they actually needed to check up on you beforehand, then how did it reach the interview stage?