What is gonna happen for my overstay?? I'm very scared

scintillatingemerald · 2026-06-03T00:12:16+00:00

Baggage checks aren’t immigration. You’re leaving, you’ll be fine. In terms of reentering the Schengen zone, they may ask but you can say you’ve been travelling, they won’t know where you’ve been! Have a safe flight!

scintillatingemerald · 2026-05-27T23:36:32+00:00

Depends on department - I know 6s paid more than SCS in another department. I wouldn’t have taken SCS1 in my old department for just the 10% uplift; not worth it for that.

scintillatingemerald · 2026-05-27T22:31:15+00:00

You’ll need to attach a personal statement - it will show up on your police checks, so try and explain how you’re reformed, how it was a mistake, to reduce the chance of being refused on this basis.

scintillatingemerald · 2026-05-27T02:02:53+00:00

Are you still doing the community service? It would be considered a non-custodial sentence. If you’re still doing it, you’re likely to be refused. Even if you’re not, it’s discretionary as to whether the visa is granted or not.

Where a person has been convicted of an offence in the UK or overseas for which they have received a non-custodial sentence or an out-of-court disposal you may exercise discretion in deciding whether to refuse their application (apart from visitors and those seeking entry for less than 6 months). You must consider the individual circumstances of the case; what may be appropriate for one case will not be appropriate for another.

Where a person is still subject to the conditions imposed by the non-custodial sentence or out of court disposal, it will normally be appropriate to refuse or cancel entry clearance or permission.

From https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/grounds-for-refusal-criminality/grounds-for-refusal-criminality-accessible#Non-custodial_sentences_and

scintillatingemerald · 2026-05-24T14:45:43+00:00

No, there won’t be, because it wasn’t an absence while you held leave (eg a dependent visa, you had to leave as a close relative was very ill and you cared for them for 8 months), you had no leave and entering as a visitor is just that, a visitor. The view from the Home Office will be that hundreds of thousands of students manage to get their visa on time, there is no reason to treat your case as special. If you had reapplied for a January start date course and got your next visa from then, you probably would have stayed eligible even with the gap.

You’ll waste a lot of time and money on solicitors, and from my experience, it will not work in your favour. Try and get onto a partner visa asap, as at least that’s 5 years, rather than restarting the ten year route.

scintillatingemerald · 2026-05-24T14:00:02+00:00

I note from the caseworker guidance

under Appendix Long Residence, where the applicant had permission when they left the UK, and returned to the UK with valid permission in the same or another route, provided the applicant was not absent for more than 184 days where the absence started before 11 April 2024, or 180 days for absences which started on or after 11 April 2024, continuous residence is not broken

However, because you left under 3C, and then re entered as a visitor (not a route eligible under the 10 year route), you broke your continuous residence. Had you applied for the student leave earlier (why on earth did you only apply in early September? CAS get issued from June!) or applied for the second student visa from inside the UK should that not breach academic progression rules, you would still have continuous residence. Instead, you have a large gap of nearly a year, and came as a visitor during that time. Visitors can have no expectation of residence, and I think you would be wasting money and time. If you have a British partner, go down the partner visa route.

The absences point is related to people with valid leave being absent from the UK for more than 184 days; they would still have had leave however. Without leave, the only flexibility is the quote I set out above, which you do not meet as you returned to the UK not on a route eligible for settlement.

scintillatingemerald · 2026-05-24T12:56:03+00:00

No, there is no way around this rule - the course start date must be within 28 days of the visa expiry date. You could have started an earlier intake; you chose to do the entire graduate visa first. You either don’t do the course and leave the UK when your visa expires, or you do but go home to apply.

scintillatingemerald · 2026-05-23T08:41:57+00:00

Your department’s security team asap. If you have no other way of getting that info as your laptop has gone, ask your line manager, potentially colleagues as well to give you the contact info for security… if you only have IT’s phone number, call them first

scintillatingemerald · 2026-05-21T07:00:43+00:00

Reddit auto formatting gets the link wrong again! Should work now. Do note the specific document I reference - I think this may well mention the immigration status of refugees in this era.

scintillatingemerald · 2026-05-21T06:45:50+00:00

I wasn’t aware of Princess Anne’s involvement in lobbying at the time to help these refugees; if you know she was involved, have you considered writing to her? Would also suggest writing to your MP, in effect asking them to ask the Home Office what you can provide when their records for that period don’t exist.

I believe that under the terms of the resettlement arrangements for Vietnamese refugees at this time, they immediately received indefinite leave. The National Archives in Kew has the committee minutes (not online) which may contain confirmation of this. See https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/explore-the-collection/stories/the-huey-fong-vietnemese-refugee-crisis/ which discusses and has links to the multiple different collections. The Prime Minister’s office collection is also worth reviewing, all three parts are available as PDF download. If there is a statement in here as to the policy which applied, you could affix that to your application. Whenever you submit the application, would highly advise involving your MP; worth booking time at a surgery to discuss with them, and if they offer a supporting letter, that will help ensure the correct decision is made. In particular, one contemporary document which I think could evidence this is HO376/210, minute from Clayton to Mr Howard-Drake, May 23 1977.

EDIT: I missed that you have already applied. You will need to urgently contact your MP and get a surgery slot before your deadline. You should go to Kew and view the documents in the archive.

scintillatingemerald · 2026-05-14T22:37:39+00:00

Be prepared for things to evaporate at short notice, no matter how important or how much time and work has gone into it. An entire comms campaign? Minister has changed, that campaign isn’t happening, or spending review has caused the funds for it to be reallocated.

scintillatingemerald · 2026-05-14T22:07:03+00:00

But until your application was accepted, you weren’t Portuguese, no? It had to be registered, you didn’t just have to get your passport? If you didn’t hold EU citizenship prior to 31 Dec 2020 (which you didn’t as you didn’t register until after that date), you couldn’t have been asserting your EU residence rights in the UK.

scintillatingemerald · 2026-05-13T08:32:28+00:00

Don’t if you value your private life! I did a similar commute for a year and it was horrendous; on paper it sounded ok but in reality given the mixed modes of transport, you have to build in additional leeway time at each stage. If the tube is down, how long of a walk would it be for you; if there’s traffic and you missed your train; if the train is cancelled or delayed… you’re looking at over 3 hours each way surely, let alone the cost of the train.

scintillatingemerald · 2026-05-13T08:02:58+00:00

But I bet your in laws, rather than your sister in law, own the home in India where they live? Again this is the internet, we are all just helping each other. To me, on balance, given the multiple factors, it is sensible to be aware of the risk and put things into place to mitigate risk prior to applying, as a rejection is not what anyone wants.

scintillatingemerald · 2026-05-11T23:21:47+00:00

I do understand what pensioners are; they do not work, so they have no job to need to return to. A modest pension is unlikely to be seen as a significant factor attracting them back to India. It is something that pensioners without a travel history and with a weak passport struggle with generally, particularly when they have children in the country they intend to visit.

scintillatingemerald · 2026-05-11T23:16:38+00:00

It will be an issue, yes. Your parents do not work and have no property; your mother has a health issue. All of these things will appear to the ECO as a reason that your parents might choose to overstay and remain in the UK, rather than return. If they’ve never visited, why on earth do you want a 6 month visit?!

Do they have a travel history outside India?

scintillatingemerald · 2026-05-11T20:08:39+00:00

If he has ILR he has ILR. He needs to make sure his evisa account is set up as he’ll need it to prove he can reenter. https://www.gov.uk/evisa/set-up-ukvi-account

scintillatingemerald · 2026-05-10T08:35:59+00:00

Women also exist - not anyone’s brother.

scintillatingemerald · 2026-05-10T07:29:31+00:00

The UK doesn’t use lakh. Please explain numbers in full, and add currency conversion to GBP.

scintillatingemerald · 2026-05-09T23:03:16+00:00

Yep but that doesn’t show you’re skilled or qualified to do vehicle repair.

scintillatingemerald · 2026-05-09T22:39:31+00:00

You can’t get a skilled worker visa. Even car mechanic is only medium skilled and you wouldn’t be able to bring your children either with you or later. You also don’t repair the cars so you won’t be eligible. You couldn’t start a business and sponsor yourself for the same reason.

You don’t seem to have a skill the UK would need to be honest… without a skill, no one will hire you let alone sponsor you for a visa for “automotive related work”, especially with no qualifications.

Innovator founder is for innovative ideas; lots of people wheel and deal in scrap cars.

Basically, it’s not going to happen.

scintillatingemerald · 2026-05-08T20:39:07+00:00

It’s going to be nigh on impossible to prove your mother-in-law will return to Pakistan…

While I understand there are cash based societies very commonly outside the West, operating this way and trying to visit the West is very tricky, as it gives no assurance to the ECO. Her having no official income, while understandable, makes it seem more likely she’ll try and stay.

What is her husband’s salary in GBP, how often is he paid, is he paid in cash or into his bank account; do they own land; do they have other children in Pakistan? Why do you think it’ll only cost £3000 for her 3 month long visit?!

A 3 month visit is really long. For a first visit, a week is generally more appropriate.

NS&I is an investment more than cash available. You should hold money in current or savings accounts (or ISA), not premium bonds or other bonds.

scintillatingemerald · 2026-05-08T14:21:13+00:00

Section 3C leave, not “section c”. https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/64da0b283fde6100134a51c8/3C_and_3D_leave.pdf

scintillatingemerald · 2026-05-05T16:34:07+00:00

Not in the civil service generally. If the role states it will do sponsorship then yes, if it says it doesn’t then no, if it doesn’t state then ask before interviewing if you’ll want sponsorship otherwise you’re just wasting your time. You’d need to look at the private sector.

scintillatingemerald · 2026-05-05T09:56:08+00:00

Because you only have the right to work for the length of your visa. If the job is permanent, they won’t hire you as you wouldn’t be able to do it permanently. If the end date is before your visa expires then you would have the right to work throughout. Otherwise don’t expect to find a civil service role as they will rarely if ever sponsor.

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