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immirams
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Post by immirams » Sun Jan 13, 2013 12:02 pm

Hello,

I will be eligible for ILR soon. I understand one can not stay outside uk for more than 180days during the qualification period. So, I was trying to calculate the days I travelled outside UK by going through the stamps in my passport. There I could find the dates I have travelled out of Europe, but the days I travelled to continental Europe, on few occasions I wasn't stamped especially when entering france (I used the eurotunnel or ferry). On those occasions I was stamped entering UK. During my last entry into the UK I enquired with the immigration officer whether there is any way I could find out the number of days outside UK. His response was they will have no clue as one never get stamped when leaving UK.

Now, how do I go on calculating the days?!! most of these visits are no more than a long weekend. As it was merely spending a weekend outside UK do I get a leniency.

thanks

xpscapable
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Post by xpscapable » Sun Jan 13, 2013 6:17 pm

Can you remember on top of your head the trips?

Use spreadsheet here helps for mine when calculating days out: http://www.immigrationboards.com/viewtopic.php?t=64235

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Post by immirams » Mon Jan 14, 2013 1:18 pm

[quote="xpscapable"]Can you remember on top of your head the trips?

Use spreadsheet here helps for mine when calculating days out: http://www.immigrationboards.com/viewtopic.php?t=64235[/quote

Thanks, I have made quite a lot of trips, so I can't remember ..I have to go through each and every stamp and find out and one thing do I need to count the day I leave and arrive or should I just count the days I am away physically

xpscapable
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Post by xpscapable » Mon Jan 14, 2013 1:21 pm

You only count the *full* day you're away from UK. The day you leave and enter is excluded from the calculation.

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