Can my filipina wife move back to the uk with me?
It depends, was she actually deported or was she removed? A removal order doesn’t restrict reentry attempts. A deportation order generally involves something more serious than overstaying a visa. You haven’t indicated the circumstances of the deportation order involving criminal activities or whether the deportation order is still in effect. In which case it would have to be revoked before a re-entry is attempted. Deportation and Removal are separate issues in the UK. There is a difference between deportation and removal. An excerpt of parlimentary discussion on the issue: As the Committee knows from our earlier discussion, clause 6 will shift into the category of being liable to removal many people who would hitherto have been liable to deportation proceedings because of overstaying or breach of conditions, for example, by working when they had entered the country on condition that they would not work. The consequences of deportation are more long term than those of removal. For examp
