救命啊!配偶转永居,续签有个gap,移民局说要拒签我

我的签证下来了!
现在把我的情况详细讲清楚,仅供参考!

我走的是2次配偶5年永居路线,两次都用的存款。两次都在国内提交的。第二次是不得已。第二次提交的时候,付款的那一天其实比BP卡上的有效签证日期晚了一天,以至于我一度认为这是造成以后一切混乱的原因。

提交签证以后我在国内呆了足足3个月+2周。我拿到签证就立马飞回来了,算了一下,呆了刚好4个月。

在五年之内,我一共回去过3次,其中两次是holiday,加起来一共2个月,再加续签,一共6个月。

第二次配偶签快到期前,我申请了永居。关于回国4个月,我没有写解释信,因为我问了我的签证中介,他们表示没问题,本身没有说不能回国续签,于是我就没有特别去写。

前几天,收到HO的一封email,说我的签证应该要被拒签,因为时间没达到5年永居的要求。我有三个选择:1:撤回申请,提交其他的签证。2:7天之内不回复,或者要求继续签永居 3:实在不知道怎么办就去问有移民局资历的律师。

我回了一封信,大致是说我够五年就能签证了,然后列了我的签证时间表,还有出入境,是我的中介教我写的。老实说,有道理,但是有点乱。也没指出重点,没解释为啥我在国内住了4个月。

第三天,HO给我打电话,我没接到。但我回了邮件,说我明天下午1点有空。

第四天,HO的一个case worker给我打电话,我也没问他名字,这边提醒大家要问清楚名字。他说我时间不够,还差2年,续签前面的不算。一顿扯皮加我急哭了。他说你说的对,总有特殊情况。你赶紧把你刚才对我讲的都写进email,然后发去之前的email地址,标明要给manager看的,你要保证你今天下午一定要发出来,我给我boss打电话,让他看看你的case,希望他能为你做点什么。然后我立马乱七八糟把能想到的人情牌都在email写进去了。

晚上回家我还不放心,半夜十二点,我在网上找移民律师,只有一家回复我,约了第二天和律师电话付费咨询,和律师谈了以后,律师说应该没问题,很大可能上诉打官司都会赢。让按他的要求再写一封信过去:大致就是5年配偶永居没有详细说明离境多久算gap,引用十年永居的说法就是:“签证失效以后28天内递交并且顺利拿到签证就不算gap,一年之内在境外呆不超过180天就不算gap。”
其次,我两个永居签证住在英国的时间去掉假期,加起来都超过60个月了,完全可以申请永居。最后,就说,如果你拒我,我就去投诉,我没有违反移民法,最后肯定是我赢。后面加一句,我希望你重新考虑你的决定,并引用正确的条款,感谢。

就…很有条理,也给出了相关的条款引用。然后过了两个工作日,就收到了永居成功的邮件。

这里要说明的是,我没有逾期居留记录,没有拒签史,符合所有其他的条件。我唯一能让他们揪到的小毛病就是:

  1. 续签提交晚了1天(晚了八个小时)
  2. 续签在国内等签证等了3个多月
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In the Home Office guidance for [Long residence] where it states,

‘Time spent outside the UK

Continuous residence is not considered broken if the applicant:

• is absent from the UK for 6 months or less at any one time

• had existing leave to enter or remain when they left and when they returned – this can include leave gained at port when returning to the UK as a non-visa national

• departed the UK before 24 November 2016, but after the expiry of their leave to remain, and applied for fresh entry clearance within 28 days of that previous leave expiring, and returned to the UK within 6 months’

[The Home Office’s guidance for Long residence Version17.0-page11]

In the Home Office guidance for [Indefinite Leave to Remain:

Calculating continuous period in UK ], where it states*,*

‘Continuation of lawful leave during absences from the UK

On or after 24 November 2016

The continuous period is maintained if the applicant either:

• leaves the UK with valid leave, applies for entry clearance before their leave expires, is granted and re-enters the UK using that entry clearance

• applies for new entry clearance within 14 days of their leave expiry date, one of the circumstances below applies, their application is granted and they re-enter the UK using that entry clearance

The circumstances are that:

• there was a good reason beyond the control of the applicant or their representative why the application could not be made in time

• the application was made following the refusal of an in-time application and within 14 days of:

o the refusal of the previous in-time application

o the expiry of any leave extended by section 3C of the Immigration Act 1971 (please note that 3C leave lapses when an applicant leaves the UK)

o the expiry of the time-limit for making an in-time application for administrative application for administrative review or appeal (where applicable)

o any administrative review or appeal being concluded, withdrawn, abandoned or lapsing’

[The Home Office’s guidance for Indefinite Leave to Remain:

Calculating continuous period in UK version17.0-page16]

Also, in the Home Office guidance for [Family Policy family life (as a partner or parent) private life and exceptional circumstances version14.0], where it states,

‘In applications for further limited leave to remain or for indefinite leave to remain in the UK as a partner, where there have been limited periods of time spent outside the UK, this must be for good reasons and the reasons must be consistent with the intention to live together permanently in the UK. Good reasons could include time spent overseas in connection with the applicant’s or their partner’s work, holidays, training or study.’

[Family Policy family life (as a partner or parent) private life and exceptional circumstances version14.0-page 26]

律师提供的那一段我放在最前面了,自己找了两段。一共用了三段条款。

恭喜拿到永居。请问你在签证到期前,申请永居用的什么服务,standard还是priority? 大概多久收到移民局的通知?

谢谢!那个时候就是只有standard 服务可以选,按完指纹等到他们给我email是用了4个多月吧

你那个不是律师好吧,是懂一点的拉客仔,拉到客人就介绍给律师赚得介绍费。

是不是律师,网上一查就清楚了

是的,不过那时也没办法呀,只能给钱了,所以平时还是得留心有没有好的律师。