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L/Cpl Isimeli Baleiwai be granted permission to remain the UK

Submitted on Sunday 22nd July 2012

Rejected on Wednesday 21st June 2017

Current status: Rejected

Rejection code: duplicate (see below for details)

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L/Cpl Isimeli Baleiwai be granted permission to remain the UK

Additional Information

The UK Border Agency say that L/Cpl Isimeli Baleiwai cannot stay in this country and yet throughout those 13 years he has paid his taxes, served Queen and country, has a British wife and two children that are British.
Foreign and Commonwealth soldiers can apply for Indefinite Leave to Remain after four years' service, and citizenship after five. L/Cpl Baleiwai served in Bosnia, Northern Ireland, Iraq twice and once in Afghanistan.
In 2011, his commanding officer said his performance was "of an exceptionally high standard". L/Cpl Baleiwai was rated "an excellent junior NCO [non commissioned officer]" who was "always leading from the front". "He is charismatic, selfless and well-liked," the officer said.


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