A letter back to my MP will follow.
Dear X
Thank you for your letter of 20 November 2007 in which you provided further information in respect of the long residence application submitted on 11 August 2007.
You had no valid from 5.12.04 until 8.12.04 when you re-entered the United Kingdom as a visitor and no valid leave from 15.12.04 when you left the United Kingdom to 27.12.04 when you again re-entered as a visitor therefore you do not satisfy the requirements of 10 yrs continuous lawful residence in the UK
The Secretary of State's policy is not to exercise discretion unless there are clear exceptional compassionate circumstances which have not previously been considered and which merit the exercise of discretion outside the Immigration Rules.
The decision made in respect of this application has been carefully considered, but we are not prepared to exercise discretion in this instance.
Yours sincerely / faithfully
Mrs X
CLS10
General Group Managed Migration Directorate
