This page explains what our e-Borders programme aims to achieve and how it will do so. The aim of e-Borders is to electronically collect and analyse information from carriers (including airlines, ferries and rail companies) about everyone who intends to travel to or from the United Kingdom before they travel. This will ensure that we can:.
keep a comprehensive record of everyone who crosses our border;. strengthen the security of those who live in and visit our country;. make it easier for those who are travelling and trading legitimately; and.
maintain tight control of our border. This comprehensive record of passenger movements will significantly strengthen the security of the United Kingdom by:.
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identifying in advance passengers who are a potential risk;. telling us who plans to cross our border;. checking travellers against lists of people known to pose a threat; and.
enabling us to link a person's journeys in order to form a detailed travel history, so that we can provide background checks to other agencies and compile a profile of suspect passengers and their travel patterns and networks. It will also strengthen the effectiveness of our border control operations, enabling us to focus staff resources better so that we can. stop passengers most likely to pose a risk; and. allow the vast majority of passengers to pass through our border more quickly.
Additionally, e-Borders will:. improve our ability to arrest criminals and people who break our immigration rules, and prevent them from returning to the United Kingdom;. automate processes to enable us to deal with the forecast 50% increase in passenger numbers over the next 10 years;. help identify those who avoid paying tax by claiming to be resident outside the United Kingdom; and.
provide more accurate information on migration to and from the United Kingdom, allowing us to plan public services more efficiently. Information we will collect We will collect the biographical information contained in the section of a passport that can be read by machine. We will also collect details of the service on which a passenger is travelling, for example the flight number. This information is sometimes known as advance passenger information.
We will also collect other passenger information, for example details of reservations and payment. This information will be collected from the carrier not from the passenger. The carrier will be legally required to collect this information and provide it to us as part of the check-in process. A number of other countries already collect this type of information, including the United States, Canada, Spain and Australia. The information will be kept for no more than 10 years.
It will be protected in keeping with the Data Protection Act and appropriate security controls will ensure it is not used or accessed incorrectly. It will be given only to organisations that are legally authorised to receive it and that need it to carry out their official duties. Further information on how data acquired under e-Borders will be shared in practice can be found in the Biometrics Biometric information uses a person's unique physical characteristics to identify that person. These include fingerprints, DNA, the iris patterns of the eye, and face recognition.
United Kingdom passports will soon start to include biometric information, which will enable us to produce automated barriers at points of entry into the United Kingdom. The iris recognition immigration system (IRIS) already uses one aspect of biometrics to provide automated entry for pre-registered passengers. See IRIS for more information. IRIS will eventually be replaced by new automated systems that use the biometric information contained in passports.
Today at Belfast airport I was detained for about twenty minutes while the border officer left her terminal at the primary control point (PCP) and went to review my profile/files at the secure control point. Stop indicator. It's a simple yes/no flag and a code; no other information is available to the IO at the control point. They have to go to a secured control point to get the details. I have previously been refused a UK visa in 2015, and earlier this year I traveled to the UK as a non-visa national and was granted entry after a lengthy detention. My trip today was once again as a non-visa national without obtaining advance entry clearance. I was asked the standard what are you visiting for, how long are you staying, and then have you ever had any problem with UK immigration, after which she took my passport and issued me with a form IS 81, asked me to take a seat, and went off into their offices.
After the officer returned, she apologized (there must be something in the water in Belfast) for holding me up and explained it was because of because of my entry clearance refusal back in 2015. Without request, she went on to say she would request the stop indicator be removed. There was no interview except the initial questions and they also did not ask for any documents. My question is does a border control officer have the authority to request a stop indicator to be removed, or was she just blowing hot air up my behind?
My understanding from reading answers here has been that pretty much nothing can be done about a stop indicator for at least ten years. There is nothing that can be done about it and there is no way to purge it from their records. They are entitled to make a notation and if it has meaning for them, so be it.
Just go about your business and deal with them in a stand up way and let them look up whatever they want. Scouring the internet, I come across a solution by one person who supposedly had a I was in the same boat as you, until a very nice immigration officer stopped me and advised me what to do; I emailed home office [email protected] and cc:[email protected] Write professionally, and explain your problem. They will then look into your case and remove that notification of your profile. It took them one month to respond but the case worker was very apologetic. One would think if an IO requested the traveler to do this to resolve the situation, then IO himself/herself cannot make such a request contrary to what my IO told me today. Worth noting though that this fellow had indefinite leave to remain (which I assume gives him more rights with UK immigration) while I am merely a visitor.
When a British Immigration Officer scans your passport the scanner retrieves basic information like nationality, passport number, name, and birth date. This is taken from the passport itself. The system then takes that information and queries an internal database to see if a 'stop flag' has been raised.
It's a simple 'yes/no' check mark on the IO's screen. If the flag is set, the IO has the option of going to a secured workstation and seeing all the details (this is what is happening when the IO asks you to wait and then disappears from the PCP for a few moments). The flag can be set lots of different ways such as an Interpol alert or tax issues (via HMRC) or criminal issues, but most commonly the person has had an 'immigration problem' somewhere in their history. Invariably the inspection process is delayed and this can cause the person to become embarrassed or upset, especially if the person thinks the stop flag has been wrongly set.
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End of background. Your questions. My question is does a border control officer have the authority to request a stop indicator to be removed, or she was just blowing hot air up my behind? An IO will not (and can not) remove the flag by themselves; instead they can add something to your transcript which will be picked up by the 'back office' where a bureaucratic process is triggered. As far as 'blowing hot air' goes, yes, an IO will say just about anything to make the inspection process go smoothly and of particular interest, they like to make everything sound very easy. Based on what you wrote, they have handed you back your passport and reset the login to the secured workstation, so what 'exactly' are they going to use to clear the flag? Did you write down their name?
How are you going to chase it? So it's fine ask to the IO (in a civil tone) when and how she is going to make the amendment and what information she needs from you in order to carry this out. If they respond with some fluff you can adjust your expectations downward accordingly. One would think if an IO requested the traveler to do this to resolve the situation, then IO himself/herself cannot make such a request contrary to what my IO told me today. An IO can also make it sound real easy by giving you an email address and telling you to write to the Home Office directly. This is certainly a valid approach and one I would endorse because it's something that leaves a paper trail and hence can be chased. Bear in mind that while writing to them has some advantages, they may or may not honour your request (most likely they will not).
Worth noting though that this fellow had indefinite leave to remain (which I assume gives him more rights with UK immigration) while I am merely a visitor. It's not so much that the person had ILR, but more to the point: the person applied for and successfully obtained a visa (ILR). Overall I suggest avoiding internet lore because there are many variants and nuances to each case that are not revealed by the people who write about their experiences. See also the ' in which visa problems are legion. For you, the ultimate remedy is to apply for and receive an entry clearance.
In the application you can explain that you do not need an entry clearance, but want to apply for one anyway so as to clear up the delays and distress caused by having a stop flag raised every time you enter the UK. Normally they will clear the flag if the person applies successfully. If they do not, you would then have solid grounds for a complaint.
TL;DR An entry clearance acts as a panacea to almost all the problems one can have with UKVI and clearing up a stop flag is no exception. After being stopped a couple more times within the span of one year by UK immigration while visiting, I decided to lodge a formal complaint through the Home Office however I did not get my hopes up. After two weeks, today I got a reply back from the UK Border Force apologizing for their admittedly unnecessary stops and notice that it will not happen again. Hopefully this provides some direction to other people in the same predicament. For non-visa nationals, you don't absolutely have to apply for Entry Clearance (which is believed to be the way to clear previous immigration snafus on your record) You can use the online forms on their website like I did, or [email protected] or [email protected] to contact them. They do respond quite promptly. Tell us as much information about yourself as you can.
This will help us to find the information relevant to your case, and to contact you about it. The information you should provide is listed below: Your contact details. It is important you include your address and phone number as we may contact you to resolve your complaint by phone or to request further information the names of the applicant/ original complainant if you’re completing this on behalf of someone else. We must have written authority to disclose information about another person’s case full details of the matter you’re complaining about, including times, dates and locations the names or identifying numbers of any staff you’ve dealt with details of any witnesses to the incident, if appropriate copies of the relevant letters or papers details of any reimbursement issues including papers and receipts to support your claim UPDATE Apparently this does work because user was after following same procedure.
Sounds friendly, and sounds like they might have paid attention to your complaint. However, I am not convinced this is a solid promise to remove you from the list that was the supposed cause of your earlier difficulties.
I would also be wary of their inability to comment on '.the nature of these additional enquiries as it is not in the public interest.' It might be a good idea to carry a copy of the letter with you the next time you visit the UK, so you can produce it should you be delayed again. – Jul 30 '18 at 17:13.
Unless you are catching a connecting flight, your first stop after arrival will be passport control. Please note if you are arriving In Terminal 5B and Terminal 5C, you will need to take the transit train. What to do at the border There are two queues at passport control – one for European Union (EU)., European Economic Area (EEA), British and Swiss nationals, and a second for all other nationalities. At the passport desk a Border Force officer will ask to see your passport or travel document and any supporting documentation necessary for your visit. Your passport must be valid for the whole of your stay. For information about entry requirements into the United Kingdom, visit the. With tougher checks now in place at the border, you may have to wait a little longer to get into the United Kingdom, especially at peak times.
Stopovers in Britain There is nowhere to sleep in the airport. If your booking includes a stopover in a local hotel, follow Arrivals and leave the airport via passport control, baggage reclaim and Customs, then check in as normal when it's time to continue your journey. Your travel documents must allow you entry into the UK.
You can apply for a 24-hour visa on arrival. These are granted at the discretion of the Immigration Officer, who must be satisfied that you have a confirmed booking of onward travel within 24 hours. The European Union and European Economic Area EU countries: Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Irish Republic, Italy, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden and United Kingdom. Iceland, Liechtenstein, Switzerland and Norway are not members of the European Union (EU) but citizens of these countries have the same rights to enter, live in and work in the United Kingdom as EU citizens.
Border guards and other Home Office staff are due to strike today (July 26th) in protest at staff cuts, pay and privatisation. The move has been condemned by the government who say the action by workers in the Border Force is designed to cause maximum disruption on the eve of the Olympics. Around 120,000 passengers are expected through Heathrow on Thursday alone. The Report examines the reasons behind the strike. Unions say the drive to ensure no queues at Heathrow has come at a cost. They point out the UK Border Agency and Border Force has cut a thousand more jobs than planned and staff are being drafted in from other areas to ensure immigration desks are fully manned. But they complain these staff aren't fully trained and security is being jeopardised.
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Adrian Goldberg also investigates concerns that UKBA is not doing enough to trace and deport many people who should not be in the country.
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