Backdating tenancy agreement

eddddy

nzseries1 wrote: »

Having dealt with the UK Border Agency, I can understand the tenants' frustration.

Surely, the correct response if you are called by the Officer is: "sure! I can't remember the dates offhand, but let me just go and get the tenancy agreement to remind myself..."

Well I bow to your greater knowledge of the UK Border Agency.

But if that's all they will ask, the process sounds like a waste of time.

On that basis, anyone could produce dozens of false ASTs to support dozens of dodgy visa applications, and just read out the dates over the phone when asked.

I would have thought the agency officer would ask a few more searching questions.

I guess some people might not be fazed by that, but others might find it challenging to hold a conversion with an Immigration Officer when they know they are lying.

G_M

eddddy wrote: »

On that basis, anyone could produce dozens of false ASTs to support dozens of dodgy visa applications, and just read out the dates over the phone when asked.

I would have thought the agency officer would ask a few more searching questions.

I'm afraid your faith in the agency, its resources and processes is misplaced.

Although there was some tightening up a few years back there are still many many language schools, quasi-colleges etc offering courses that never take place to 'students' who get visas. This tenancy business is just another example: you show the Officer/Embassy Official the 'right' piece of paper and you're in. It's only rarely that the paper's issuer is authenticated......

lrb_2

Thank you all for taking the time to respond and for your suggestions. Really appreciate it.

I think I'll try create a document like Kynthia suggested, hopefully that will be good enough to help my tenants with the visa application.

Lx

Kynthia wrote: »

The point is they have a tenancy so that isn't a deception. If the OP is uncomfortable perhaps they could write and sign a document that confirms the current SPT with the tenants and when it started.

It could sound official, saying the OP is the landlord of property blah blah blah, the tenants moved into the property on Xxxxx under an AST, when the fixed term ended, that an SPT began with the same terms as stated by the Housing Act blah blah blah. Then by signing it and the tenant signing it there's no need to backdate and no effect on the S21.