The Coalition government has established a simple and effective long-term approach: a foreigner enters the UK with temporary intent or permanent intent and that intent cannot change while in the UK.
One Process does not Fit All
The processing and legal side of UKBA, the Home Office and the Ministry of Justice has not kept pace with this development and they still try to squeeze everything down the same process tube.
Here, I will summarize some of the pitfalls faced by professionals, investors and others who intend to, or have immigrated to the UK as they are processed through the same mill, with strange consequences. With a choice of applications to make, and with all applicants going through the almost the same process rules as visitors, it doesn't matter if you have been here 1 year or 2 or 5 or 10 -- you will still be playing ROULETTE with your future.
This 'roulette' has spawned an industry of immigration advisors, solicitors and others who try to game the system or devise strategies which may or may not work.
This industry, and the high high revenue generated for UKBA by repeated applications, there is no incentive for reform.
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