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by AliceSwan » Tue May 19, 2015 7:32 pm
@secret.simon
To answer your first question;
The nature of my prior visit was to visit universities and sort out some legal errands that are difficult to handle from outside of the UK. I wasn't carrying anything out of the ordinary with me, just clothes and my PC, my parents were sponsoring my visit because I didn't have a lot of money at the time (and still don't) and I was to stay at my girlfriend's place for the duration of my visit (17 days). When I arrived at the South Terminal of Gatwick I explained myself and was almost immediately given detention so that the immigration officer could call my parents as well as my girlfriend to confirm the information. After waiting about 30 minutes they officer came back, said they had spoken to my parents and girlfriend then took me to luggage claim and told me to collect my luggage so that another officer could search through my stuff. They searched through my stuff, found nothing out of the ordinary then told me I was to be interviewed but I needed to wait at a holding area until my interview could be conducted. After waiting another 4 hours they finally interviewed me, again found nothing out of the ordinary and sent me back to the holding area to await their verdict. Another 6 hours passed and then 2 officers came into the holding area and told me that I'd been refused entry on this occasion. We went over the reasons and as I questioned them on their reasons for my refusal it became quite apparent that I'd been targeted in one way or another. All of their reasons stated that they weren't satisfied with the information I'd given to them. One of their reasons even went on to say that I had a bad relationship with my parents even though I'd told them during interview that I was currently living with my father. I had proof to backup all the information I gave them yet they still went on to refuse my entry. They didn't give the document with the reasons for my refusal either; they only showed it to me, went over the reasons and took it back. I later found out when I got back to the US that they didn't speak to my parents at all and barely questioned my girlfriend. I still don't know what all to make of this since I don't look or sound weird at all (I'm an average looking 22 year old caucasian girl).
To answer your second question;
Yes, there is great urgency to travel to the UK, that's why I'm questioning the feasibility of travelling to the UK with just my naturalisation documents.
@newperson
Do you know what the entire process of travelling to the UK on a one way ticket entail? Would I need to take any tests? What documents would I need to bring with me? What would I need to prove?
