what happens if you overstay in uk then want to come back?

Question

someone i know was in the army and had a stamp to say he was okay to stay here but then got discharged from the army and he went to see a solicitor couple of years later as the army didnt tell him he had to go home and the solicitor said he was classed as an overstayer he has now gone back to his country but he is going to marry someone who is a british citizen as they have been together 4 years will they not allow him back when he applys for the visa to come to uk as a spouse because he overstayed?

Answer 1

Hmmmm...despite the wealth of information you provide there are uncertainties here - especially concerning the stamp in the passport. It was probably an exemption stamp and these are complicated - and I can't be bothered to go and look them up right now.
However, in short, to enter this country as a fiancee or spouse one needs to get a visa from an British Embassy/Consulate or High Commission. If this person is upfront about their UK history then - if the marriage/relationship qualifies for a visa - then there is every likelihood that it will be issued.

OK - I've bothered to look it up. Basically someone who joins the army would normally get a stamp from the Home Office making them EXEMPT FROM THE CONTROL. After they leave the army they should submit their document to the Home Office so that exemption can be withdrawn and substituted with 28 days leave as a visitor. If this is done and the individual does not then leave (or apply for an extension) then they WILL become an overstayer. However it would appear that it is NOT an offence to fail to declare that one has left the army. If this is indeed correct then the individual of whom you speak may NOT actually be an overstayer - though if they ever left the UK and re-entered on the exemption after they had left the army then they would be an illegal.

Other legally minded folk are welcome to add their views to this answer. I would be pleased to read them.

Answer 2

I dont think of the actuality they don't examine electronically potential lots... they nonetheless save documentation of once you entered, hence why you fill interior the little card once you get off the airplane. in any different case all of us might "lose" their passport and overstay to their hearts delight. What they might do in case you tried to re-enter might remember on the guy you communicate to. those issues tend to be discresionary. they are in a position to be rather propose although. I very almost did not get enable in at Gatwick as quickly as. i'm a twin uk and US citizen. I stay and artwork interior the united kingdom yet my uk passport have been stolen a week till now I travelled, so I figured i might in simple terms enter on my US passport. Being a uk citizen i did not think of it lots mattered, they're by no potential going to deport me. regrettably I had finished this some years back (whilst my uk one had expired) so my passport had a stamp and it gave the effect of I overstayed a pair years! with out my uk passport to instruct i replaced right into a citizen I have been given a real grilling. They weren't chuffed approximately it in any respect, and that i did not think of they might enable me in. the only element that did it replaced into that i replaced into waiting to offer the police report the place I had listed my uk passport as between the stolen products. Then he desperate to decrease me a ruin and enable me in. i don't think of he had to although. So, my advice is to flow abode- minimise the wear by potential of basically making it a short over-stay and then in case you decide on again back in simple terms desire the immigration adult adult males will decrease you a ruin.

Answer 3

He'll probably have to wait a couple of years now before he's allowed back in but the visa staff will advise him if he rings

Answer 4

Hopefully shot at dawn by our useless immigration service

Answer 5

well i hope not but thay can all ways leave this country and marry in the other country