A mate getting deported

daz said:
Not really illegal if he's here on a visa, is he?



He's a net contributor to the economy...
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If his temporary visa has run out, he is illegal. Legal immigrants do not get deported for no reason.

And there are plenty of other people who would contribute to the economy that want to come and live here. Why does he have privileges over them?
 
L33 said:
Well it must have expired / be due to expire soon, so yes it would be illegal to stay. (Either that or he's committed a crime to be deported).
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If his temporary visa has run out, he is illegal. Legal immigrants do not get deported for no reason.
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Based on the OP, I would imagine it's about to run out. Hence he's currently here legally, i.e. he's a legal immigrant, at least for the moment.

Benjarghmin said:
And there are plenty of other people who would contribute to the economy that want to come and live here. Why does he have privileges over them?
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Why ask such a leading question? I didn't say he deserved to stay and I didn't say he deserved extra privileges.

I'd imagine if he spoke to the right people and he wanted to stay, he could probably make a decent case for an extension of his visa. Whether or not he meets the criteria for continuation of his stay or not I don't know.
 
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pitchfork said:
I think this is ridiculous, i've got a mate who's been in swindon for quite a while on a temporary visa, working, paying his taxes, renting a little apartment. He'd do anything for anyone. He came over with his sister and her boyfreind originally who also both work.

Now the government wants to deport him back to trinidad.

Makes me sick to my gut, a nice hardworking guy gets deported. Yet a load of criminal sponging scum every year are given a visa and allowed to live over here.
England, rip you off, rape you with tax, destroy everything good with laws and pc ******** and then deport your mates. Nice to know isn't it :mad:
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Whats the problem? People actually doing their job for a change! Heaven forbid!
 
daz said:
Why ask such a leading question? I didn't say he deserved to stay and I didn't say he deserved extra privileges.
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Apologies, I falsely made the assumption you were one of these "oh but he's a nice person and he has lots of friends so he should stay :):):):)" people.
 
I do think it's unfair on the one hand that someone from an ex-commonwealth country gets treated worse when it comes to immigration to this country than someone from an EU succession state. But that's a different issue.
 
similar situation with a mate of mine here recently. Luckily he managed to file his papers on time and got it renewed. It was a close one, though - by about 15 days or something.
 
Cuchulain said:
Unless you've been forced to surrender your passport to the authorities then take a wander down to your nearest airport.
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I didn't realise, I thought they would have just made sure he got on a plane back to his home country.
 
Cuchulain said:
Am I missing what this has to do with your claimed difficulty in leaving the country?
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Ah, slap me for not reading your post :p


True, it is that easy, but to actually go to another country to work (outside EU) is not as easy as getting on a plane...


Anyway, carry on with the thread, nothing to see here. :)
 
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