"Removal from another country" and UK entry clearance
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- Aparna Patel
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- 7 Aug, 2023
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You received an administrative removal from Canada (or what could be construed as an administrative removal) and you did not disclose it on an application for UK entry clearance. You are worried that you might have your visa revoked or be unable to successfully apply again.
First things first. You wrote…
The removal order would not have been material to my UK application
IMO.
…and the Upper Tribunal wrote…
“When a direct question is asked, and answered untruthfully, there is
both a false representation and a non-disclosure; and it is not open
to an Appellant who gives an untruthful answer to a direct question in
an application form to say that the matter was not material.”
The head note to Kenya [2010] UKUT 165 (IAC)
That’s a direct contradiction and since the high court has taken a position on it your argument on immateriality fails.
So now what?
You should get a reading on whether there has been deception or not. You cannot do this on the net because all you end up with are opinions from random people. Instead, it means arranging a consultation with a member of the UK Law Society (the organisation that accredits solicitors).
Ideally you need someone who has an acknowledged practice area in deception and there are several of them out there. Those guys attract a fee and I am guessing you would need to pay GBP 300 – 400, but that’s an onageristic guess.
If the solicitor decides there was no deception, he will give you a letter that explains his rationale. The letter will cite the relevant authorities like court decisions and so forth and you’re off the hook forever going forward.
If he decides that there was deception, he will give you a letter that explains his rationale and what you need to do about it. You can use that letter as a road map or simply ignore it and continue on the way you are doing now.
The act of getting a reading will crystallise your situation. If you are having stress about it, then it’s the way to relieve it.
You can locate a solicitor using the ILPA search pages. For a head start, I listed a few law firms in this answer, and in particular for your situation, the first and third in that list.
See also duplicate posting: https://www.immigrationboards.com/general-uk-immigration-forum/removed-from-another-country-t226957.html
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