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Originally Posted by denphone
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Name and date of arrival isn't proof of anything much. The rest of us have to provide more than that. They were not official documents and not considered to be an official record. They just took advantage of having the cards. If they were ever going to be used as an official record, the info would have been transferred to a central set of records. It is not just a matter of having having arrived at some point, they also have to had to remain. The cards don't provide that.
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“securely dispose of some documents known as registration slips. These slips provided details of an individual’s date of entry but did not provide any reliable evidence relating to ongoing residence in the UK or their immigration status.”
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The Home Office added that in deciding immigration cases, it considers alternative documents, such as tax records and utility bills, as evidence of ongoing residency. “The disposal of registration slips would therefore have no bearing on immigration cases whereby Commonwealth citizens are proving residency in the UK.”
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If UK officials had kept a record of everyone granted indefinite leave to remain, they say, the problem would never have arisen.
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