date of departure confusion

[sushdmehta_fan]

Hi Friends,

I am filling the AN form section 2: Residence Requirement

It has a column 'Date of departure from United Kingdom', what date. Should I fill based on the dates from the passport immigration stamps on arrival at a visiting county ?

OR Based on date on the e-tickets(actual depature date from the UK)

For example:

* Date leaving heathrow: 18/03/2008 (based on e-tickets)
You took an evening long flight and you reach next day at the destination
19/03/2008 (based on Immigration date stamp at arrrival)

How will the UKBA verify the dates, if I use the e-tickets based dates(in fact they are the real dates isn't ? ).

But the caseworker will be checking or looking at the passport for the enteries.

I am sure many have filled this section before please suggest ??


Best wishes

[jms_uk]

You count the days by ignoring the day of departure [from UK] and day of arrival [back to UK] as, technically, you were still in UK on [the part of] that day.

Hi Friends,

I am filling the AN form section 2: Residence Requirement

It has a column 'Date of departure from United Kingdom', what date. Should I fill based on the dates from the passport immigration stamps on arrival at a visiting county ?

OR Based on date on the e-tickets(actual depature date from the UK)

For example:

* Date leaving heathrow: 18/03/2008 (based on e-tickets)
You took an evening long flight and you reach next day at the destination
19/03/2008 (based on Immigration date stamp at arrrival)

How will the UKBA verify the dates, if I use the e-tickets based dates(in fact they are the real dates isn't ? ).

But the caseworker will be checking or looking at the passport for the enteries.

I am sure many have filled this section before please suggest ??


Best wishes

[Casa]

You give the date you left the UK...not the day you arrived in the country of your destination. Days of departure and arrival back in the UK aren't counted as days of absence.

[sushdmehta_fan]

You give the date you left the UK...not the day you arrived in the country of your destination. Days of departure and arrival back in the UK aren't counted as days of absence.

Cheers Casa,

Do you mean in my case. It should be the dates based on e-tickets ?
Do i have to attach the copies of the e-tickets with the AN-form. As the proof for the real departure dates, is only on the boarding passes/ or e-tickets !!

[sushdmehta_fan]

[quote="jms_uk"]You count the days by ignoring the day of departure [from UK] and day of arrival [back to UK] as, technically, you were still in UK on [the part of] that day.

Thanks jms_uk !!

I am not asking for the COUNT though. I know not to count the day you left, day your arrive.

What I am asking or confused on...is the date depature to fill, based on the e-tickets or based on passport enteries.
they all differ by one day and obviously the count will also vary by one-day.
except the the europe trip.

[Casa]

Dates on e-tickets. You don't need to attach a copy.