Refusal and a 10 year ban for an entry clearance [closed]

I had applied for a visit visa in March 2018 for my graduation in the UK but was refused on ground of deception. At the time I made the application, I was in the Nigerian law school so I contracted a visa agent to make the application for me. I had given him my passport and all the relevant information necessary for a successful outcome, but unfortunately for me, he failed to provide all my travelling details in my application. Out of about 6 inbound and outbound flights from the UK, he provided the immigration with only two ( my last two inbound and outbound). In all honesty i failed to look at his job meticulously before affixing my signature and submitting the application.For this reason, I was denied a visa and sadly, I missed the opportunity to attend my graduation. I just got an admission for an LLM programme in the UK but my counsellor confirmed that indeed I have a 10 year ban. The refusal letter states that future entry will be considered on their individual merits...and that I may be refused for a period of up 10 years depending on the type of application I make... enter image description here !

Best Answer

You signed a document which you didn't check and sent it to British immigration. I forget the wording but you would have certified your application as 'true and complete' which clearly it wasn't.

I find it unlikely that the immigration officer would find deception for leaving off details of a couple of flights. They'd have used some lesser form of words to refuse you, so it seems that your agent has included something more serious, or omitted something significant that should have been included. Have you been refused entry before? Whatever, you are held responsible for what the agent supplied because you signed it.

Now you have a ten year ban. It will not be easy to get this waived. If it was there'd be no point in imposing it. You can forget about going to Britain any time soon. Even after the ban has expired you will probably find it difficult to get a visa to visit the UK.

You have few options, and they are all expensive. You should consult a good lawyer with experience in difficult UK immigration cases. He should be able to give you an assessment of your chances. If he can see a case for arguing that the ban is incorrect you might be in with a chance but you'll need plenty of money and you won't get a solution in the short term, or maybe not at all.

Don't go to a Nigerian 'visa agent' - that's what got you into this pickle.

What's worse is that you'll have to disclosed this refusal and ban on visa applications to other countries, and that will make getting those visas harder too.

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How do I cancel my 10 year ban UK?

Challenging the ban under 320 7(A) You can re-apply after 10 years you can appeal/ judicial review against the ban. If a ban of 10 years has been imposed on you under 320 7(A) any new visa application including the UK visit visa will be refused. You may be able to re-apply only after 10 years.

Can I enter UK after 10 years ban?

Deportation means an individual has been mandated to leave the country. This leads to any existing leave to enter or remain in the UK becoming invalid automatically and a re-entry ban ranging from 1 year to 10 years.

How long does the UK embassy keep refusal records?

As long as the databases are backed up and they don't deliberately delete the data, your visa issue history is accessible for life. This isn't like a bad credit report where a default drops off after 7 or 10 years. Your visa refusal history is like a NICS denial: it is kept for life.

What happens if you are refused entry to the UK?

If you are denied entry into the U.K., you will be held at the airport until you can be returned to the location from which you departed. You are not under arrest and no criminal charges will be filed, you are simply not eligible to enter the U.K. on this visit.

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