When does my automatic 10-year UK visa ban end?

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I was in the UK in 2009 to participate in an event there. I went to London from 26 June until 11 September (long period) but I thought that was normal as I had a 6-month visa.

I went to South London Scout Centre and I stayed there until the start of the event on 1 August. I went to the event, stayed there for 10 day, and afterwards I rented room in London for one month.

On 11 September 2009, I was caught stealing at Sainsbury's Supermarket.

Does my 10-year ban end on the 1 January 2019, or on 11 September 2019?



Best Answer

As @greatone mentioned in the comments, the duration of the re-entry ban begins from the date you left the UK - in your case from 11 September 2009 or whenever you left the UK.

From uk.gov:

V 3.10 The duration of a re-entry ban is as follows: Duration of re entry ban from date they left the UK (...)

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(e) 10 years - was deported from the UK or was removed from the UK




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Answer 2

Does my 10-year ban end on the 1 January 2019, or on 11 September 2019?

No. If you have a ten-year ban, it ends at some other time, unless you were deported on the day you were caught.

There is not enough information to answer your question, but we can offer some possibilities.

  • If you were deported or removed from the UK, you have a 10-year ban from the date of the deportation or removal, as noted in Dirty-flow's answer.

  • If you received a prison sentence that was at least 12 months long, but shorter than 4 years, you have a 10-year ban from the end of the sentence. So, for example, if you were sentenced to a 47-month sentence beginning in 2010, and left the UK voluntarily after the end of the sentence, your ban ends in late 2023.

In both of these cases, the beginning of the ban will have been sometime after September 11, 2009, so in neither case will it be January 1, 2019 nor September 11, 2019.

If neither of those cases applies, you have a ban with a different duration. For example, if your sentence was 4 years or longer, you have a permanent ban. If your sentence was less than 12 months, you have a 5-year ban. If you were removed "as a condition of a caution [under] the Criminal Justice Act 2003," you also have a 5-year ban.

The details are in Appendix V of the visitor rules.

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