Visa status of my ex wife in the UK

[jamesmacleod]

My ex wife divorced me! Before she left she was granted indefinite leave to remain in the UK!

 

Does she still keep her ILR? or does she now need to get deported back to Thailand? I am a British citizen

 

 

We married in 2005 and by February 2006 she was granted a visa to live in the UK, about 5 years later she got ILR in the UK!

 

 

 

[NanLaew]

I don't see that the ILR is linked to being still married to a UK citizen and the only reference I see regarding a UK spouse is that it makes qualification for UK citizenship easier (shorter qualification time). By your time accounting, she has satisfied the time requirements to maintain her ILR. By the same token, ILR is not a permanent status. It can lapse where the holder has stayed outside the United Kingdom for a continuous period of more than two years. If she's gone ahead and acquired UK citizenship in the 3 years or so since getting ILR, she's home already.

Edited November 27, 2016 by NanLaew

[Eff1n2ret]

4 hours ago, jamesmacleod said:

My ex wife divorced me! Before she left she was granted indefinite leave to remain in the UK!

 

Does she still keep her ILR?

I won't say this happens a lot, but it's not unusual. The aggrieved spouse then writes to the Home Office or trots along to his local Immigration Office and some I.O. gets the file to look into the matter.

 

I can tell you from experience that in such cases it's almost impossible to prove that the subject gained ILR by deception, the only grounds (in such cases) for rescinding ILR. Your ex-wife's dependence on you for her immigration status ended the day she was granted ILR. She  would have the right of appeal if her ILR was cancelled, and she could of course allege cruelty, which would raise other grounds for retaining it, and involve you in unpleasantness.

 

Her immigration status is now none of your business. Accept that and move on.

Edited November 27, 2016 by Eff1n2ret

[Raymonddiaz]

UK isn't Thailand. So visa for taking care of your spouse doesn't exist. That's unfair though, UK is not a third world country.

[louse1953]

4 hours ago, Raymonddiaz said:

UK isn't Thailand. So visa for taking care of your spouse doesn't exist. That's unfair though, UK is not a third world country.

Yet.

[Deepinthailand]

A few sour grapes there OP. Move on she's there now and probably a British citizen.