Cancellation Of Visa At Uk Ports?

Ako,

An interesting thread, however in the example you have given I doubt any reasonable Immigration officer
would cancel a visa for that SOLE reason. I strongly suspect that there were other issues that arose which
resulted in the cancellation. 

Ako,

I'm sure it was real, however if an Immigration officer is going to cancel a visa he has to justify it in writing
and I can't see how such a officer would have justified a cancellation by saying something like;

"in your visa application form you claimed to be a housewife, however you are now claiming to be a physiotherapist, I therefore cancel your visa."

Naaa check it out Ako, there will be more to it I am certain.

@ VOR,

Immigration officers have the sole right to cancel visas at the port of entry. I am 100% sure of that one.

@Akolawole,

In the example you gave above, the Immigration Officer would not have known that the passenger put "housewife" in her first Visa Application Form (VAF) upon arrival at the immigration control as he would not have had access to such information there. However, if there were some credibility issues concerning the passenger at the immigration desk the immigration officer would issue the passenger with a Home Office Form IS81 notifying the passenger that she was going to be subjected to further examination/interrogation. It is at this point that the IO would go to the back-office and check on the BHC database which would bring up the passengers previous visa applications.

If the passenger stated that she had been a Physio for the past xxxx years and had never been a Housewife before (albeit,unknown to her that the Travel agent put that in her form), she could have her Visa cancelled for obtaining the recent visa using false information and deception. Where there are fundamental discrepancies in the Visa application form it counts against the passengers credibility.Although in the example you gave I believe that there must have been other bits and pieces of information that also counted against the passenger.The IO would have asked her if she signed the Visa Application Form by herself.If the answer is "yes", then she would be bound by the legal document she signed-and not the agent.

There are 3 main reasons why a UK Immigration Officer would overturn a Visa/Entry Clearance or grant a Refusal of leave to enter in relation to a person in possession of an entry clearance

According to Section 321 of the Immigration rules a person seeking leave to enter the United Kingdom who holds an entry clearance which was duly issued to him and is still current may be refused leave to enter only where the Immigration Officer is satisfied that:

(i) False representations were made or false documents were submitted (whether or not material to the application, and whether or not to the holder's knowledge), or material facts were not disclosed, in relation to the application for entry clearance; or

(ii) a change of circumstances since it was issued has removed the basis of the holder's claim to admission,

(iii) refusal is justified on grounds of restricted returnability; on medical grounds; on grounds of criminal record; because the person seeking leave to enter is the subject of a deportation order or because exclusion would be conducive to the public good.

In practice the rules are broken down to 3 CORE reasons.

a) if false representations were made to obtain the visa
b)if material facts were concealed from the ECO in the VAF
c) if there had been a change of circumstances in the applicants situation since the visa was issued that leads to a change in the purpose of the visa

In number a) if the applicant lies, or falsifies information in the VAF concerning himself,his sponsor,his salary,occupation, address in UK,etc the visa gets overturned and cancelled

In number b),if the applicant concealed some material facts from the ECO (such as not telling him you were unemployed, or not tellinghim you had been refused a visa before, or not telling him that your wife has been living in UK,etc,etc) the visa can be cancelled if it gets discovered.

In number c), if the applicant applied for a Student visa and got refused and arrived on a visit visa and it was discovered in his luggage that he arrived with all his University credentials/TOEFL scripts,admission letters,etc.It would be assumed that the passengers was not coming as a visitor but to study and would have his visa cancelled. Anyone coming on a visit visa with UK job applications/CV's in their luggage would get sent back as it is assumed that there is a change in the purpose of their visit to the UK. The same applies to women who arrive with medical scans/X-rays/Dr's report in their luggage-it is assumed that they want to make use of NHS facilities.The most common grounds is where there are fundamental discrepanciesbetween the information given by the applicant on arrival and the UK sponsor. Most times they don't even know who the sponsor was on the VAF (since it was put there by the agent).

I've met a passenger who tried to bluff that he was a UBA employee. I asked him to mention the name of his MD-he mentioned Mr Williams.I asked him what is the current value of the UBA shares currently on Public Offer-he said N2.Where in the Bank do you work? I work in the Economics department and I drive their Bullion Van.Are you a Driver or a Banker? A Driver-Banker.Back to Nigeria he went.

Londoncool,
Good talk.

pahtahkee,

FYI

MD and CEO of United Bank for Africa (UBA) Plc, Tony Elumelu

A bullion Driver working in Economics department of a bank ??

Think twice on this and put the jigsaw together.

Many of our people are not careful in making travel arrangements or responding to questions at point of entries. We really do not have a good reputation when it comes to travelling, as a result we and our luggage frequently go through careful scrutiny at various airports when we tender our passport. Any slight inconsistency or seemingly questionable response and you are flagged for extra questions and scrutiny. I still get asked a few questions when I go in and out of the UK and still respond with care. Sometimes it is even in your interest that they ask these questions as your identity may be stolen and used to gain entry into the UK, particularly when Biometric details are not in use.

Londoncool,

You are right with what you have stated here. However, I still have my areas of concern which still makes me see your decision as not fairly decided. (Just my own discretion though)

I clearly note that a visiting visa to the UK is not based on a specific category of pecunary value in respect to ones source of income. The onus is on the applicant to show there is sufficient fund to validate his/her stay in the UK for the stipulated time frame. Whether this is from the sponsor or the applicant. Also there are as well categories of visiting visa which are the Family Visit Visa, Academic visit visa, Medical Visit Visa and Business/Tourist Visa, WHM. . . . . . . . .

Now, I do not want to go into the intricasies of what each category of visas entails as I know you are versatile with such knowledge. But my point is that I do not know what knid of visiting he came for, but I do suppose he has sponsors residing in the UK, who are responsible for his visit supposing he came as a family visitor though. Or most likely he had ties to show where he do reside upon his stay in the UK.

Now my Grandmother or better still my younger cousin decides to come to the UK, would you suppose she has the stipulated range of money as you have stated here in her account before she can apply for a visit to the UK?

As for the driver-banker, I note that the onus is on him to prove his claims to be genuine and true, however you know that under such a case of which you were interviewing him, I would suppose he was under stress to be able to give a cogent response to your enquiries as demanded. My point is that, your single line of interview was not sufficient enough to send him back to Nigeria.

_{I know you are right though, just trying to make you see another standpoint and view.}

I clearly understood the grounds for cancellation in that case was weak. Fact.

As to an immigration officer not being able to cancel or refuse without authorisation from a higher officer, I clearly dispute that. Fact.

Does an Immigration Officer require a higher officer to give an authorisation before a passenger is allowed into the UK?

Pahtakee my bros,

An Immigration officer CANNOT refuse entry to a passenger without authorisation of the Chief immigration officer.
I am sure London cool will bear me out here.

If a passenger is stopped for further investigation and a notice to that effect is served on him/her then the chief
immigration officer will again have to give authorisation before that passenger is granted entry at the end of the investigation.

Passengers not subject to further investigation, the vast majority, will be granted entry by an immigration officer
without the need of further authorisation.

All the above is fact.

Not to jump the gun with all the immigration heavyweighters assembled here. I found this document useful as it gives an extensive insight into how entry decisions are reached by the IOs and delves into the escalation hierarchy of the BIA or is it HO.

http://www.homeoffice.gov.uk/rds/pdfs07/rdsolr0107.pdf



On a digressing note, let me take the priviledge to request for a perusal of the question I asked on this other thread if you would please gentlemen and lady.

http://www.nairaland.com/nigeria/topic-130065.0.html

Muchas gracias.

@Londoncool

I might have to be givenyou some DOB/Reference number to check up.

@Funky

We have suddenly become Lagos Visa agent enemy No 1.

@akolawole

Kayode's visa cancellation is justified. Kai, Seun most be stingy Giving a student just £100 (probably his first time of going to UK). That sum as PTA is way too low.

I have heard stories of Nigerian immigration officers at MMA harassing people especially first time travellers on the amount of PTA they are travelling along with.   

For the sake of being on the same wing constantly, I will not continue with the argument. Though I think you are slightly right though.

@Pataki

We must not spare them.

For the sake of God.


It is very important.

This thread will help thousands most expecially all these "I must travel abroad" guys.

@LC

Thanks for your analysis.

In that "How much is available bla bla bla ?"

Does that mean NOW NOW or during the course of study?