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> They don't have a record of travel for everyone in the country. All passports leaving the UK by official ports have been scanned by the UK Border Force for s
by dingaling 10y ago
> They don't have a record of travel for everyone in the country.
All passports leaving the UK by official ports have been scanned by the UK Border Force for several years; at least five, from memory, and probably prior to their inception too.
They won't have a record if you departed in the dead of night from a small harbour using a yacht, but otherwise the database is fairly comprehensive. Even departures to outide the UK from my local flying-club airfield have UKBF in attendance ( I presume they charge for the 'service' ).
- Anderkent 10y agoI do believe that all this information is recorded somewhere. I very much doubt those records are in an accessible and queryable form that would allow the government to tell how long someone was a legal resident in the uk, and even more doubtful is them actually trying. More likely everyone will have to prove their right to residence, and the border database will not be available to us.