| My girlfriend has been denied entry into the country. 09:52 - Oct 18 with 15375 views | BlindOptimism |
My girlfriend is Taiwanese. She lives in Taiwan, and was visiting the country for the first time, for a holiday, and to see me. Her plane landed at 4:30pm on Wednesday. After 11 hours of almost silence, aside from being asked a couple of questions about her on the phone, I was informed she had been denied entry into the country. I asked what the reason for her denial was, and they told me they couldn’t say, only that they have “criteria” and she didn’t match it.
1. She has all her documentation, including Passport and a signed “invitation” letter from me inviting her to stay at my home during her trip.
2. We have proof of our entirety of our relationship, from the moment we met, years of communication and photos of us together from my trip to Taiwan to see her.
3. We have proof that she would be staying at my home – a four bedroom house with mortgage fully paid off.
4. We have proof of my finances and that I would be sponsoring her entire stay. I am employed with regular income. I have 6-figure savings.
5. Our stories will have fully corroborated, as her visit was entirely genuine and legitimate.
After a 14 hour flight here, she now has 48 hours to sit in a an immigration centre, alone, before another 14-hour flight home. I was able to speak to her on the phone briefly at around midnight, and all she could do was cry.
I am crippled with despair for her. She hasn’t done anything wrong. We met all the publicly available criteria that we were able to find. How can we comply if they can’t tell us the reason for her denial? |  |
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| My girlfriend has been denied entry into the country. on 09:56 - Oct 18 with 8318 views | Pendejo |
That stinks.
Presumably she would also have had to get a Visa prior to travel? If so to be denied entry on arrival is a real kicker.
Is there right of appeal? |  |
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| My girlfriend has been denied entry into the country. on 09:58 - Oct 18 with 8305 views | StokieBlue |
Really sorry to hear this, sounds awful and it's totally unacceptable that they won't even give you a reason that you can appeal against or fix.
I honestly don't know what's happening to this country. The least they could do is explain their reasoning.
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| My girlfriend has been denied entry into the country. on 10:02 - Oct 18 with 8293 views | BryanPlug |
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| My girlfriend has been denied entry into the country. on 10:07 - Oct 18 with 8272 views | BlindOptimism |
| My girlfriend has been denied entry into the country. on 09:56 - Oct 18 by Pendejo |
That stinks.
Presumably she would also have had to get a Visa prior to travel? If so to be denied entry on arrival is a real kicker.
Is there right of appeal? |
No right to appeal. They didn't give us anything to appeal. She had all the documentation she needed. | |
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| My girlfriend has been denied entry into the country. on 10:08 - Oct 18 with 8255 views | BlindOptimism |
| My girlfriend has been denied entry into the country. on 10:02 - Oct 18 by BryanPlug |
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It was a long holiday (months) and she was relying on me for sponsorship, rather than funding herself. I can only assume they didn't believe that. | |
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| My girlfriend has been denied entry into the country. on 10:08 - Oct 18 with 8254 views | Guthrum |
| My girlfriend has been denied entry into the country. on 09:58 - Oct 18 by StokieBlue |
Really sorry to hear this, sounds awful and it's totally unacceptable that they won't even give you a reason that you can appeal against or fix.
I honestly don't know what's happening to this country. The least they could do is explain their reasoning.
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This. |  |
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| My girlfriend has been denied entry into the country. on 10:09 - Oct 18 with 8251 views | Swansea_Blue |
Welcome to Torykip Britain.
Sucks that does. I can barely imagine what she must be feeling. |  |
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| My girlfriend has been denied entry into the country. on 10:09 - Oct 18 with 8252 views | Pendejo |
| My girlfriend has been denied entry into the country. on 10:07 - Oct 18 by BlindOptimism |
No right to appeal. They didn't give us anything to appeal. She had all the documentation she needed. |
Set a specialist immigration lawyer on them - there is still accountability even if they haven't given you a specific reason. | |
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| My girlfriend has been denied entry into the country. on 10:09 - Oct 18 with 8251 views | artsbossbeard |
Any chance of an appeal on this whilst she's sat in immigration?
Interestingly, I wonder if things would have been better received by immigration if you'd not had your own paid for house and savings? Maybe the alarm bells are triggered in that your girlfriend might not be in too much of hurry to get home after her holiday with you*?
*please don't see this as a dig at you, it's not meant to be. |  |
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| My girlfriend has been denied entry into the country. on 10:13 - Oct 18 with 8220 views | chicoazul |
| My girlfriend has been denied entry into the country. on 10:09 - Oct 18 by artsbossbeard |
Any chance of an appeal on this whilst she's sat in immigration?
Interestingly, I wonder if things would have been better received by immigration if you'd not had your own paid for house and savings? Maybe the alarm bells are triggered in that your girlfriend might not be in too much of hurry to get home after her holiday with you*?
*please don't see this as a dig at you, it's not meant to be. |
That's what I thought too.
Also, we have to be seen to keep the Chinese happy these days. |  |
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| My girlfriend has been denied entry into the country. on 10:18 - Oct 18 with 8184 views | GeoffSentence |
Mrs May's hostile environment strikes again. Though why anyone would think it is better to be seen as hostile rather than welcoming is beyond me. |  |
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| My girlfriend has been denied entry into the country. on 10:19 - Oct 18 with 8183 views | Ryorry |
Absolutely ridiculous, so sorry for you both. Why didn't they simply contact you to confirm story? And with your house paid off, they could have kept tabs on situation - hardly as tho you're gonna do a runner is it?! |  |
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| My girlfriend has been denied entry into the country. on 10:19 - Oct 18 with 8175 views | BlindOptimism |
| My girlfriend has been denied entry into the country. on 10:09 - Oct 18 by artsbossbeard |
Any chance of an appeal on this whilst she's sat in immigration?
Interestingly, I wonder if things would have been better received by immigration if you'd not had your own paid for house and savings? Maybe the alarm bells are triggered in that your girlfriend might not be in too much of hurry to get home after her holiday with you*?
*please don't see this as a dig at you, it's not meant to be. |
That's what we assume as well, because she was staying for the entire length her visa requirements would allow. I can only assume they thought she just wasn't going to leave again. But to me, that's assuming criminality with no evidence.
We would be happy to significantly reduce the length of her stay just to get her in, but apparently she has to leave before she can try and come back again. | |
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| My girlfriend has been denied entry into the country. on 10:21 - Oct 18 with 8150 views | Ryorry |
| My girlfriend has been denied entry into the country. on 10:19 - Oct 18 by BlindOptimism |
That's what we assume as well, because she was staying for the entire length her visa requirements would allow. I can only assume they thought she just wasn't going to leave again. But to me, that's assuming criminality with no evidence.
We would be happy to significantly reduce the length of her stay just to get her in, but apparently she has to leave before she can try and come back again. |
Makes you weep. Kafka was prescient with his novel 'The Trial'. | |
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| My girlfriend has been denied entry into the country. on 10:22 - Oct 18 with 8151 views | BlindOptimism |
| My girlfriend has been denied entry into the country. on 10:19 - Oct 18 by Ryorry |
Absolutely ridiculous, so sorry for you both. Why didn't they simply contact you to confirm story? And with your house paid off, they could have kept tabs on situation - hardly as tho you're gonna do a runner is it?! |
They did ring me a couple of times to corroborate our story. I told them everything, genuinely and honestly. Long term, long distance relationship, coming to UK for the first time, the address where she'd be staying, my financial situation, etc. I just don't understand how they can have all that information and still decline. | |
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| My girlfriend has been denied entry into the country. on 10:22 - Oct 18 with 8147 views | artsbossbeard |
| My girlfriend has been denied entry into the country. on 10:19 - Oct 18 by BlindOptimism |
That's what we assume as well, because she was staying for the entire length her visa requirements would allow. I can only assume they thought she just wasn't going to leave again. But to me, that's assuming criminality with no evidence.
We would be happy to significantly reduce the length of her stay just to get her in, but apparently she has to leave before she can try and come back again. |
Best of luck. I do hope that there's something that can be done whilst she's still on UK soil. | |
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| My girlfriend has been denied entry into the country. on 10:22 - Oct 18 with 8133 views | Deano69 |
Appalling.
How long was she intending staying for? Sounds like you did everything possible correctly prior to the visit.
actually on the .gov.uk website
If you’re refused entry
You’ll be told in writing:
why you’ve been refused entry to the UK
if you can appeal against the decision
when you will be removed from the UK
You’ll usually have to leave the UK immediately.
You may be allowed into the UK temporarily (usually for up to a week) but your passport will be taken from you and you must report to immigration officers at set times.
https://www.gov.uk/browse/visas-immigration/arriving-in-the-uk |  |
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| My girlfriend has been denied entry into the country. on 10:32 - Oct 18 with 8078 views | Ryorry |
| My girlfriend has been denied entry into the country. on 10:22 - Oct 18 by BlindOptimism |
They did ring me a couple of times to corroborate our story. I told them everything, genuinely and honestly. Long term, long distance relationship, coming to UK for the first time, the address where she'd be staying, my financial situation, etc. I just don't understand how they can have all that information and still decline. |
Sorry, missed that they'd contacted you in your OP.
Absolutely baffling. I wonder if someone somewhere had maliciously fed them false info? | |
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| My girlfriend has been denied entry into the country. on 10:33 - Oct 18 with 8066 views | BlindOptimism |
| My girlfriend has been denied entry into the country. on 10:22 - Oct 18 by Deano69 |
Appalling.
How long was she intending staying for? Sounds like you did everything possible correctly prior to the visit.
actually on the .gov.uk website
If you’re refused entry
You’ll be told in writing:
why you’ve been refused entry to the UK
if you can appeal against the decision
when you will be removed from the UK
You’ll usually have to leave the UK immediately.
You may be allowed into the UK temporarily (usually for up to a week) but your passport will be taken from you and you must report to immigration officers at set times.
https://www.gov.uk/browse/visas-immigration/arriving-in-the-uk |
Her ticket is for October 17th to April 10th, so just under 6 months.
Even a week would be better than just sending her home again immediately. Just something. But I don't know how to get them to accept this. We've already asked if there's anything we can do, and they've declined all appeals. | |
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| My girlfriend has been denied entry into the country. on 10:38 - Oct 18 with 8025 views | jeera |
| My girlfriend has been denied entry into the country. on 10:33 - Oct 18 by BlindOptimism |
Her ticket is for October 17th to April 10th, so just under 6 months.
Even a week would be better than just sending her home again immediately. Just something. But I don't know how to get them to accept this. We've already asked if there's anything we can do, and they've declined all appeals. |
Spoke to consulate in London?
I've not had time to read through so sorry if I missed that. I need to go out.
You gotta act fast whilst she's here really.
Wish you all the best. |  |
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| My girlfriend has been denied entry into the country. on 10:40 - Oct 18 with 8007 views | Deano69 |
| My girlfriend has been denied entry into the country. on 10:33 - Oct 18 by BlindOptimism |
Her ticket is for October 17th to April 10th, so just under 6 months.
Even a week would be better than just sending her home again immediately. Just something. But I don't know how to get them to accept this. We've already asked if there's anything we can do, and they've declined all appeals. |
Utterly ridiculous.
Just makes you wonder why you try and do everything 'above board' and legitimate when you could have 'bent' the truth and it would have taken them months to find out.
Feel for you dude. | |
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| My girlfriend has been denied entry into the country. on 10:44 - Oct 18 with 7978 views | Ryorry |
| My girlfriend has been denied entry into the country. on 10:40 - Oct 18 by Deano69 |
Utterly ridiculous.
Just makes you wonder why you try and do everything 'above board' and legitimate when you could have 'bent' the truth and it would have taken them months to find out.
Feel for you dude. |
Quite - in the long run, it's going to have exactly the effect "they" didn't want, and be totally counterproductive. But we all already knew they're a bunch of idiots anyway. | |
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| My girlfriend has been denied entry into the country. on 10:56 - Oct 18 with 7934 views | factual_blue |
It's a fair bet that 'criteria' = 'hostile environment' targets. Appeal - and all the very best. |  |
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| My girlfriend has been denied entry into the country. on 11:08 - Oct 18 with 7898 views | Keno |
Really sorry to hear this and makes absolutely no sense!!
I hope you are get someone sorted
Keep us updated and if you need any officials bombarded with emails giving you good character reference and how unfair this is just ask
I'm TWTD will do all we can to help!! |  |
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| My girlfriend has been denied entry into the country. on 11:35 - Oct 18 with 7812 views | jaseitfc |
If she's visiting she has to show evidence of intent to go back to Taiwan.
My Peruvian wife has to do the same when visiting UK.
This goes under the radar though as virtue signallers only really care about the predominantly white EU nationals [Post edited 18 Oct 2018 11:38]
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