In message , at 13:30:27 on
Fri, 29 Jul 2005, Chris Tolley remarked:
'A passport stamp apparently giving him indefinite leave to remain
"was not in use" on that date, added officials.' The phrase "not in
use" sounds as if it deserves a "Clear as Mud" award for its
inability to say exactly what it means!
But it *does* say exactly what it means. On the date in question a stamp
of a design different from the one that can be seen in the passport was
actually in use; the one in the passport was not in use.
That's the fact (apparently). The inference is that either it is a
legitimate stamp, but for some reason the immigration officials had the
date set wrong, or it is not a legitimate stamp. Take your pick.
AFAIK, the sort of stamps used for ILR don't have dates "set" into them.
They are plain stamps, put adjacent to the normal "arrival" ones, which
do have dates in them - and which I'm sure the officers will check every
morning before they start work.
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Roland Perry