Advocacy

IMPORTANT UPDATE ON MANDATORY BAN FOR OVERSTAYERS IN THE UK

The following is an UPDATE to UK-Yankee's original Advisory regarding overstayers and the new policies coming into effect. The original Advisory has been retained within this update for reference. Please pay special attention to the new dates included in this update.

It has recently been announced that the mandatory ban on overstayers wishing to apply for re-entry to the UK has been postponed. It will now come into effect on 1 October 2008, but the applicant MUST have left the UK prior to 1 October.

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(Note: This advisory is for UK residents only, if you are just travelling in the UK, and will not be here for 15 business days, or approximately a month, you will more than likely need to apply for an emergency passport. Details are found here: Urgent Passports ).

If you should lose your passport and you fear it might be stolen, first and foremost contact the police in the area you think it was stolen or went missing within. Then you will need to apply for a new one. You can do this at the US Embassy. You will need to make this application in person. To do this, you will need, proof of your citizenship, such as a birth certificate, naturalisation certificate, or even an expired passport will work.(1) You will also need proof of your Identity such as a national id card, a valid driver’s licence from any country, or a US military card. There are more examples of what you can use on the page below, but if you are unable to bring in a photo identity card of some kind, you may bring along a witness if they have the relevant documents such as proof of citizenship, and valid proof of their identity.

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Starting on 3 December 2007, all applicants for UK visas in the US will have to submit biometrics as part of the visa application process. The biometric data collected will consist of fingerprints (scanned electronically) and a digital photograph. This is a requirement for a UK visa and without biometrics the application will not be accepted. There is no extra fee for biometric collection.

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