How are exit dates tracked by UK immigration?
I have a business visa and initially business meetings to be held for 2 weeks. So the client invitation letter had a schedule for only 2 weeks. But later this got extended for 1 month. I forgot to bring the updated client invitation (for 1 month) and my tickets have been booked for 1 month.
Since the duration in the client invitation letter and the duration of the tickets did not match, Immigration officer verbally told me to exit the country within 2 weeks (as per client invitation letter). But nothing has been written on the passport regarding this. So if I stay for 1 month and leave the country, will it be a problem for me to re-enter the country in the future?
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Dates are tracked since April 2015 using API and TDI information provided by various sources.
As part of legislation introduced through the Immigration Act 2014, carriers and port operators in the aviation, maritime and international rail industries were given the power to carry out embarkation checks. Since 8 April 2015 departure data has been collected on all scheduled commercial services departing the UK from air and sea ports and from international rail stations except those services not within the scope of the exit checks programme.
The analysis in the report focuses on individuals who had both valid leave and were identified as having entered the UK after April 2015, when the exit checks programme was introduced.
If it's not written in your passport and you still have valid leave, it is unlikely to cause a problem in the future. However, I am not sure if first line immigration officers make any notes when you pass through.
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How does immigration know when I leave UK?
Contents. The coalition government committed in 2010 to reintroducing exit checks. From 8 April 2015, we will collect information on passengers leaving the UK as we do for those entering. Exit checks will provide us with vital information that confirms a person's exit from the UK.Can immigration see your travel history UK?
UK Visas and Immigration specifically asks for details of your travel history for the past 10 years. ECOs check for travel history in your passport and the countries you have listed in your UK visa application. They also pay attention to any previous visa refusals you have listed in your application.Does the UK do exit checks?
\u201c What Exit Checks will doFrom 8 April, exit checks will take place at all airports and ports in the UK. Information that is included in passports or travel documents will be collected for passengers leaving the country on scheduled commercial international air, sea and rail routes.Can immigration officers see your travel history?
Answer: There is no government agency that keeps track of travel history. You can contact your travel agent; he/she may be able to pull up records of bookings in the past. Your passport will also contain records of entry and exit from the countries you have been to through the stamps and visas including dates.UK visa decision waiting time, UK visa and immigration, delay in decision, tracking application
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From what I can see in my own UK entry/exit record, border crossings are only recorded when done by air (through API).
I've also been told it's done when exiting by rail or sea to outside the CTA (through TDI), but I don't know for myself - entries are definitely not recorded by rail or sea.
If you absolutely cannot leave within 2 weeks (and then re-enter), catch a ferry to Guernsey or Jersey and take a connecting ferry to France from there, as exits from the CTA won't be recorded at the Jersey ferry terminals.
However, a strict UK officer could well ask you for proof of exit on re-entry if no records are available, so again, I'd not recommend you to stay for longer than 2 weeks.
The best thing to do would be getting an official written confirmation of the extension from your company, then channel hop to France (for example by bus) and then re-enter with the new documentation.
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