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UKBA arrest illegal immigrant on his wedding day

This post was written by Charles Kelly on July 10, 2009
Posted Under: News

The UK Border Agency (UKBA) has arrested and deported an illegal immigrant on his wedding day last week.

There were no “many happy returns” from the UKBA as officers arrested the 29 year Jamaican minutes before he was due to marry his British fiancée on Friday 3 July at Birmingham Register Office.

The illegal immigrant, who was living in Birmingham, had overstayed his visitor’s visa. Acting on “intelligence”, immigration officers arrested him outside the Register Office on Holliday Street before the ceremony could take place.

The man was then taken to an immigration detention centre where he remained until being returned to Jamaica today.

The UKBA removes an illegal immigrant from the UK every eight minutes.

It is estimated that between 600,000 and 1,000,000 people are illegally in the UK of which around 440,000 are thought to be in London.  

Successive Ministers have rejected calls for any form of amnesty and the current Border and Immigration Minister, Phil Woolas, had said that London Mayor Boris Johnson’s call for an amnesty was “naive” and would lead to more trafficking of people.  

Leading think tank, ippr, said it would it would take at least 20 years to find and remove half a million illegal immigrants. 

If you need any immigration advice or help with Studying in the UK, Settlement, Citizenship, Sponsorship, extending Work Permits, Visa or an appeal against a refusal please email:

info@immigrationmatters.co.uk or visit www.immigrationmatters.co.uk

See also: UK immigrant amnesty ‘worth £3bn’ say LSE

Reader Comments

IN ALL TENSE AND PURPOSES THE IDEA OF THE WEDDING WAS TO MAKE IT POSSIBLE FOR HIM TO VARY HIS STAY AND MOVE AWAY FROM BEING AN ILLEGAL IMMIGRENT. TO ARREST HIM MINUTES BEFORE HE WEDS AND BEFORE HE QUALIFIES UNDER ARTICLE 8 OF THE ECHR WAS UNFAIR AND INSENSITIVE. UNLESS THE UKBA HAS REALISED THAT THE WEDDING WAS AS A RESULT OF A SHAM MARRIAGE THEN THEY WILL HAVE BEEN SURELY JUSTIFIED TO STOP IT. THIS ACTION AMOUNTS TO INTERFERENCE WITH THE PRIVATE LIFE AND THE INSTITUTION OF MARRIAGE.IT IS A TOTAL BREACH OF HUMAN RIGHTS.

#1 
Written By DR MASIMBA MAVAZA on July 11th, 2009 @ 3:11 pm

i totally agree with you. If bride and groom totally love each other and the groom would have wanted to put things in the right way then it shows some lack of sensitivity and good judgement on the immigration. to me it’s like stopping the wedding because they don’t the bride marrying the groom. hahahaa.

#2 
Written By jay on July 12th, 2009 @ 3:45 pm

Interesting. So an overstayer applies for a COA and is granted it, but is arrested before he can get married. Since he will qualify under 320 (b) to reapply immediately, what was the point of this? Could it be that UKBA are peeved since they can no longer charge for COAs? Or is it another way to make more money as people are separated and have to pay to return? Hardly encouragement for those overstayers who can’t afford either to come out of hiding. Can anyone spell “even more overstayers”?

#3 
Written By June on July 13th, 2009 @ 8:32 am

Interesting point on the COA and sec 320 (b). The UKBA report did not specify whether or not they had permission to marry. Unlikely, since he was on a visit visa.
The UKBA are sending out a public message.

#4 
Written By Charles Kelly on July 13th, 2009 @ 6:39 pm

It also doesn’t say how long he’d overstayed his visitor’s visa. It’s possible for overstayers to apply for and obtain COAs since the 2006/2007 ruling. More importantly, there’s no way to book a registry marriage without one. Curiouser and curiouser..

#5 
Written By June on July 14th, 2009 @ 10:06 pm

Its unfair. How they can stop them to get married before a min?If they love each other they can get married again and come back to Uk. Simple is that she will go to his country and get married. who can stop them? This absolutely rubbish system. What is the point of stopping this way? UKBA showing their cruel British attitude like old history. They should show some respect for private relation and life.Its too much!!!

#6 
Written By Rebeeca on July 21st, 2009 @ 9:38 am

This is absurd they are completely mad. They are ready to go on dead bodies what a shame on the immigration services they aren’t afraid of God they do not have any synpathy at all. Crazzzzzzzzzzzzzzy

#7 
Written By Helena on August 4th, 2009 @ 2:16 pm

UKBA were probably acting illegally IF this was a genuine partnership. This is because it could be argued that the couple had a recognised partnership (marriage is NOT required) and that is known in immigration law. They simply needed to prove that they had a lasting partnership. If on the other had UKBA had strong grounds that it was a sham wedding, then they were acting legally…

#8 
Written By Paul on August 7th, 2009 @ 4:13 pm

i am british citizen orignal from pakistan , i have one suggestion to pass to uk border agency if they consider what i suggest.

uk border egancy enforcement or immigration department make public counter complain service in every city or town in city centre for british citizen who can provide information about illegal imigrant living near by there neighbourhood in house or flat , where they can make complain under confidention ploicey with some reward or without reward , its could be better to give attraction to british piblic to complain against illegal imigrant living in house or working in shops or moving arround ,

British people are not aware where and how to complain about illegal imigratns , i know lots illegal imigrants living arround me but i have no access to imigration how to complain, if anyone complain his identy should be kept confidention ,

uk need public complain counter centre for ilegal imigrants in every town and city where British people can access easily with complain detial.

in UAE dubai every taxi driver tea boy or person who spend time in nite club work for dubai immigration under ground , UAE pay them rewards for every complain , they choose people from public ordinary person who give tip to dubai goverment about ilegal immigrants , Dubai is small country multinational people country they control there country border by this statigy , why not UK do this insant spending money on uniformed imigration officer , hire public people from public reward them , if uk do this every person as british who is under debt they will pay there dept by giving ilegal imigrant tips confidentionaly to imigration lot of ilegal people will get caughts and some of them will surrender them self bcoz they will know public can complain for reward try this i hope its work to throw ilegal people out from uk .

if i given job by uk border agency i can give list of ilegal people tips where they live , indian pakistani african cumminity , without reward no one complain bcoz it can be risky for person who complain under ground ,

hire people from public who r street wise with contract . i am british i am proud of being british i want to serve my british country if i be given job in immigration as underground imigration officer

its my suggestion only ,

uk need to be clean from ilegal and criminal people , uk need underground people hire for tips , how moany people living in home , person taking benifit and housing rent allowence how many tenant he hired on benifits home etc etc it will help uk imigration to catch them , uk need uniformemed imigration officer moving in public to collect tips as normal person among public and pass tips to uk immigration

#9 
Written By shahzad khan on August 15th, 2009 @ 5:21 pm

THERE ALL ARE HEARTLESS, CANT WAIT TIL JEHOVAH ENDS THIS SYSTEM 1 DAY./.

#10 
Written By TIMOTHEE on September 1st, 2009 @ 6:44 pm

THEY ALL ARE HEARTLESS , CANT WAIT TILL JEHOVAH ENDS THIS SYSTEM 1 DAY ./.

#11 
Written By TIMOTHEE on September 1st, 2009 @ 6:45 pm

Shazad, not every illegal immigrant is to be found in the Indian, Pakistani and African community.

You’re applying the same type of racial stereotyping that is highlighted in TV programmes about immigration -where the camera only ever pans over black and brown faces. Why doesn’t the UKBA raid city offices, schools, temping agencies, or local government departments to see how many illegal immigrants it might find there?

In any case, when it comes to illegal immigration it seems that the Home Office isn’t too bothered about counting all the smarties in the packet. In fact despite all the “no amnesty” talk, it’s quite happy to resolve the problem by giving thousands of illegal immigrants amnesty overnight, as happened on 1 May 2004. Double standards all round.

#12 
Written By June on September 7th, 2009 @ 8:34 pm

#9 (shahzad) just so you know, you are the type of rat we would not want to be holding a british passport. you don’t deserve one because most immigrants write and spell better english than you. with your inability to efficiently construct a perfect sentence or properly spell a word, what good would you be to yourself or britain as a whole if employed as an immigration officer. if you love this country that much why not join the army or better still become a volunteer taking care of the elderly. in that way you would put your love of this country to better use instead of contributing in a forum like this, nothing personal!

#13 
Written By na lie on October 7th, 2009 @ 12:38 am

hi i want to inform about illigal person to help uk immigration but i dont know how could you let me know how to do that?thanks

#14 
Written By kanchan on October 27th, 2009 @ 6:59 am
#15 
Written By Charles Kelly on October 27th, 2009 @ 9:29 pm

there is in no doubt a problem with illegals
regardless as to what all of you do gooders say they do cause unemployment and live like 15 guys in a 1 bedroom flat. I have seen it and it first hand and it is disgusting. Its not just Pakistanis, Indians or Africans The worst are the Romanian Gypsy’s… Even the Romanians hate them themselves they are thieving trouble making louts that destroyed a whole neighbourhood in Glasgow.
They pull sofas in to the street and sit about till 2/3 in the morning smoking and making noise… I went for a meal in this area and i just happened to be sitting in a window seat and a gypsy came over and started to dance in the window as the girls do in amsterdam. stroking herself and letting it be known that all she wasned was a fiver for sex. They are disgusting and what makes it worse is that she was actually beautiful and if she wasn’t such a whore she could probably be a model. I just want to finish by saying that I am not racist I am from mixed race background and i have visited Romania and it was without a doubt one of the best trips that i have made and should the chance arise again to return i would do so in a second. The romanians are good welcoming people its just the travellers that are scum….. pretty much the same as the UK.

#16 
Written By umer glasgow on November 17th, 2009 @ 4:59 pm

Subject: Fw: purpose for help by giving information of illegally people

i have some information about the people who are working and linving in uk without any type of visa status. Actually they came here on visitor visa and then they intentionally lost their passport. they have been living here for last four or five years and keep illegal persons. so now after knowin about them i want to help you by giving information about them but on a condition that i want to keep secret myself. if u r agree with me so i can give u some addresses of their. reply me soon.

yours faithfully,

tini

#17 
Written By tini on December 3rd, 2009 @ 11:12 am

ukba are not good at all, not on their wedding day, beside that a lot of black people are doing a great job in this uk, non of white british do work like them,and they paid their taxs not on benefit what else do you want from them, am very dissapointed in ukba same on you, go to africa country you have a lot of british leaving there without a permit.

#18 
Written By debbray on December 4th, 2009 @ 2:14 am

hello if i know some person are illegal in U.K. so which address or which email address or which contect number i can used. please help me i want to help the british people.

#19 
Written By Raj on December 22nd, 2009 @ 8:54 am

This message is for Paul, the “british citizen orignal from pakistan”:

My best guess would be that you are unemployed and “desesperado”, and that’s why you’re begging the Home Office for a job……. Here on the forum ???!!! LOL.. Believe me sir; wasn’t you not a rat, and wasn’t I an illegal immigrant, I might sympathize with your cause, LOL..

Your English is as good as your hearth, dude. The good news are that most people in the UK, either natives or legal immigrants like you, have absolutely no intention of become rats. They know most illegal immigrants are family supporters, hard workers, tax payers and good (illegal) citizens.

Allow me to take myself as an example: I am a visa over stayer: I work two jobs, pay taxes, and I’m totally integrated to the community where I live: I am a voluntary English teacher for new arrived immigrants, I have good friends and good neighbors, mostly British, that know of my status as an illegal immigrant, and guess what? More than one time I’ve been offered to fake marry one of my lady friends, but instead, I thanked her and refused it, because I hope to either get some kind of amnesty or marry someone I love some day, instead of continuing break laws. Believe it or not, I love this country with all my heart, and would die for it, if necessary. How about you, mister?

It’ s hard to “to teach new tricks to an old dog”, but I’d like to inform you that not all of us (actually a very few) are criminals, buddy.

To finalize: I opine YOU SHOULD BE DEPORTED, for having so crazy ideas, and a so stupid, broken, full of misspellings English. I’m living illegally here, but I’m sure that mostof us, illegal immigrants, are much more British than you are.

By the way, British is always spelled with a capital case, as are a lot of another words [mis]spelled by you on your post. LOL .

“i am british citizen orignal from pakistan , i have one suggestion to pass to uk border agency if they consider what i suggest.
uk border egancy enforcement or immigration department make public counter complain service in every city or town in city centre for british citizen who can provide information about illegal imigrant living near by there neighbourhood in house or flat , where they can make complain under confidention ploicey with some reward or without reward , its could be better to give attraction to british piblic to complain against illegal imigrant living in house or working in shops or moving arround ,
British people are not aware where and how to complain about illegal imigratns , i know lots illegal imigrants living arround me but i have no access to imigration how to complain, if anyone complain his identy should be kept confidention ,
uk need public complain counter centre for ilegal imigrants in every town and city where British people can access easily with complain detial.
in UAE dubai every taxi driver tea boy or person who spend time in nite club work for dubai immigration under ground , UAE pay them rewards for every complain , they choose people from public ordinary person who give tip to dubai goverment about ilegal immigrants , Dubai is small country multinational people country they control there country border by this statigy , why not UK do this insant spending money on uniformed imigration officer , hire public people from public reward them , if uk do this every person as british who is under debt they will pay there dept by giving ilegal imigrant tips confidentionaly to imigration lot of ilegal people will get caughts and some of them will surrender them self bcoz they will know public can complain for reward try this i hope its work to throw ilegal people out from uk .
if i given job by uk border agency i can give list of ilegal people tips where they live , indian pakistani african cumminity , without reward no one complain bcoz it can be risky for person who complain under ground ,
hire people from public who r street wise with contract . i am british i am proud of being british i want to serve my british country if i be given job in immigration as underground imigration officer
its my suggestion only ,
uk need to be clean from ilegal and criminal people , uk need underground people hire for tips , how moany people living in home , person taking benifit and housing rent allowence how many tenant he hired on benifits home etc etc it will help uk imigration to catch them , uk need uniformemed imigration officer moving in public to collect tips as normal person among public and pass tips to uk immigration”

#20 
Written By Brazilian Charlie on February 16th, 2010 @ 8:03 am

this is good n advise for illegle people live in england

#21 
Written By john on February 17th, 2010 @ 8:44 pm

i believe the ukba are unfair and unjust and discriminate against all immigrants. some have personal problems and issues that is why they are in the uk and the ukba do nothing but judge them. i thought the uk are all for multiculture and for helping people, but the ukba just proves the opposite!

the uk have rubbish laws and dont help anyone but themselves! they make their own rules and laws up when they feel it is right for them! people should appeal and fight against the courts and have their voice and opinnions heard. not all immigrants are bad, some immigrants are here to work and make a living.

#22 
Written By ruby on February 20th, 2010 @ 7:15 pm

shahzad khan you are a stupid idiot. Get a life and stop saying rubbish. you are a stupid guy spoiling pakistani’s name. you will never be british stupid ass hole.

#23 
Written By blacky on April 21st, 2010 @ 12:51 am

shahzad khan – you are foolish! People like you should never of been granted British and learn to spell properlt mate. You are typical of an idiot turning their backs on their own kind!

#24 
Written By Hasena on June 28th, 2010 @ 3:33 pm

a man overstay in london 107 deptford high street and his work day is sun day.stay in basment of 107.the door is on the 109shop halal buther he sleep every day .his name is muhammad ishfaq and muhammad shahid .his height is six feight two inch.he stay in london unligly 4 years he has two name.opposite to hsbc bank

#25 
Written By abdulwahab on June 29th, 2010 @ 9:28 am

Unfair and unjust behaviour from the UKBA. Shahzad Khan you should hang your head in shame and at least bluff us with a spell checker! Your ideas are stupid.
I myself am a British Citizen, 27 years old, engaged and we have COA and am planning on marrying the man I love. Yeha!
Sadly that couple also must have had a COA to get married, so why dear lord did the the Home Office put these poor people in this position? What they should have said here is, we allowed this couple to apply for a COA, they went through the process, we asked for additional information, affidavits, photos, love letters etc, all were provided and we GAVE PERMISSION TO MARRY. SO why issue the COA? why not save the bother and refuse the COA? The geeza gave an address on the COA form, why not just refuse and go to his house and explain the crack and do whatever needed to be done in a decent and dignified way? There was a woman standing, with flowers… on the day they’ve looked forward to for possibly years… makes me so sad… in a dress, watched by all there friends and family…what was the UKBA staff thinking…?!?! do you think they laughed about it after? Slept well that night, tucked up in bed with the person they love… I can’t sleep on a night worrying about it, what if this happens at my wedding :(

#26 
Written By Jane on July 21st, 2010 @ 3:16 pm

The British immigration system suck. The British are selfish and uncivilized. 90 percent of countries coming to leave in British are your colonies.The countries you colonized without living a good governing system,good infrastructures, and a good industrial development.The British only es-tort the all the nations they colonized for themselves.If you train some one how to fish, he will learn to fish for his family and stay away from you, but only to return a thank you note to you.The countries the British once es-tortes are now coming to be a parasite in their country. You (the British) withed the most valuable Education, training, and good governing system from them, the repercussion is massive immigrant to your country looking for the good things you refused to give them when you left them with emptiness.
It is unfair for the UKBA to have distorted the marriage. God instituted marriage for a reason to avoid prostitution,and illegitimate children. I don’t know how you want that woman to live without a man she loved; Mostly embarrassing, taking her honey from her mouth.Can’t that woman fill an injunction to stop that deportation? People who knows the law should please stand up for justices.

#27 
Written By Nnba on October 19th, 2010 @ 12:23 pm

i know more than 100 of illegall immigrants who are working there without in visa status but i want to keep myself secret. so reply me on what address or contact number should i give this information

#28 
Written By Mr Dani on November 2nd, 2010 @ 2:19 am

Hi
Its perotas here i would like to inform you about a illegal job and people in hotels.I found this information during my stay.The owner has hotels in central london they are paying to the staff £3/hour cash in hand and all are from berma,india,bolevia,poland and they are students/overstayer/asylum seeker working on full time and owner is living in outside london,no management everything is running on fax and phone .If you ask to the staff they are manager and they are receptionist as well .They donot have any contact with owner except fax.Hotels are running under kasaka group. Hotels are very poor in condition and against the health and safety law back of the hotels or in the basement alots of illegal things are dump.They have some permanent customer who is supplying drugs/girls to the guest.All students are working more than 50 hours and getting cash in hand with no tax or ni deduction.Some has fake payslips.Hotels has no security during day and night.
Hotels names are gresham hotel wc1b 3qj
berkely court hotel w1h 7pf
Ivonhoe suite hotel
kenwood house hotel w1h 3db
Redcart hotel in bath and they are giving free accomodation to european and paying £3/hour.
I saw it such a harrasement to the staff as well one man come and collect the money from all the hotel and hand over all the money and guest registeration paper at watford tube station.

If you go in the night time you will find full information..

I am surprised no one is checking and uk immigrations authorities making news they are doing operations to remove illegal people .These hotels are running in central london in a illegal way ,They are stealing our tax, rights and cheating the public .

I wish this information is enough to trace the matter and you will light up this matter to prove safe and secure england and fair immigration policy
If you need any further assistance contact me .

Thanx

Kind Regards
peridos

#29 
Written By peridos on November 6th, 2010 @ 2:37 pm

Hi,
well i think UK immigration system is so bad.Because one guy who lives in LONDON and he married with a girl who is from Nithvia.He paid money to that girl and her boyfriend for this marriage.The one of witnesses of this marriage is that guy who never been in Nithvia, he is student in UK.But so strange i do not know what kind of rules UK have.They gave that guy 5 year visa i think two weeks ago.They did check that base of this case is fake because of witness.Good news is that now the guy who was witness he is also gonna do same process means one girl form Nithvia came for him.so he will also apply for visa after some months.

#30 
Written By sam on January 13th, 2011 @ 3:17 am

……. whatever

#31 
Written By Max on February 16th, 2011 @ 8:05 pm

My partner who I wish to marry is a Brazilian overstayer. To marry in a registry she needs to have a clear three months on her passport..which obviously she does not..
so what do we do?
go to an immigration lawyer and swear affadavits, show proofs of many months of liaisons..how do we go about obtaining the right to marry in england?
if I must ultimately go to Brazil to marry her, then fine, I will..
if I must ultimately settle with my wife in Brazil…I will…

#32 
Written By cliff on April 13th, 2011 @ 2:10 pm

hi, all citizen ,ukba
k,khan good citizen of uk ,he give you information for illegal person ,they are dangeous for people and country.
Please check and no more stay for illegal , sending in own country
His ukba repossibility, check strongly

#33 
Written By amjid on April 24th, 2011 @ 12:58 am

open eyes home office/police
Before khahid give you information about bomb attackers, ple check ,other wise tomuch trouble create,
Id’ont know khalid ,i appriciate ,good citizen of uk,well done khalid
Ple check banks accounts every one clear ukba your responsibility, who shafiq, who hameed , and other person, who back side group ple check

#34 
Written By answer from london on June 13th, 2011 @ 12:54 pm

Peridos your commenting on the wrong page mate! If you want to report someone, this ain’t the page to do it on.

#35 
Written By azmath on June 14th, 2011 @ 9:44 pm

hi

#36 
Written By khankjee on July 8th, 2011 @ 9:37 am

HI

#37 
Written By HEKEED on September 29th, 2011 @ 10:23 pm

What a bunch of idiots rats scum bags douche bags those people who are pretending to help British soctiete by reporting illegal immigrants and you calling your selves British, British my back side you bloody idiots and it comes from a stupide foreigner who one day was an illegal but now you sorted your self and you became legal idiot you forgot what you were and all these stupide people and shit brains are from india or Pakistán. shame on you a white man or a pure English never had time to come here and saying crap but the one who does is the stupide foreigner get a life you stink what ever you do to please English people they wont simple because you are a rat stinky Arse go and take shower and leave illegal to work in peace

#38 
Written By illegal on September 30th, 2011 @ 11:20 am

hello ukba

#39 
Written By komal on October 7th, 2011 @ 2:08 pm

strong eyes for illegal

#40 
Written By mehood ali on October 7th, 2011 @ 2:09 pm

ukba good work

#41 
Written By hanif on October 7th, 2011 @ 2:10 pm

mmmmm

#42 
Written By unious on October 7th, 2011 @ 2:11 pm

cccc

#43 
Written By re on October 7th, 2011 @ 2:12 pm

A illegal immigrant was found out by the UKBA and they let him free for a year and he was working too!!
Is this what happens when the UKBA receive information from us – the public?
Why are we wasting time giving then info just let immigrants live freely the are also human beings!!!

#44 
Written By amy on October 12th, 2011 @ 7:59 pm

If some student is working fulltime without going the college then someone report to the ukba what will ukba do in this situation. or some college has been collapsed and student didn’t join the new college what status will student get and what ukba will do for this kinds of immigrant.

#45 
Written By sagar on November 29th, 2011 @ 4:20 pm

If they acted on a report and caught the student, he or she would normally be deported, unless there were special circumstances.

#46 
Written By Charles Kelly on November 30th, 2011 @ 12:42 am

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