Why does the UK border entry officer always ask about personal and family details?

1. What do immigration officers check?
2. How can I prove my intention to leave the UK?
3. Why is there no passport control leaving the UK?
4. Can a British citizen be denied entry into the UK?
5. What comes up when your passport is scanned?
6. Can immigration officers deny entry?
7. How much money do I need to show for UK visa visit?
8. What are the requirements to invite someone to UK?
9. How does a UK embassy verify bank statements?
10. Does UK Immigration know when you leave?
11. Does a UK passport show travel history?
12. Does the government know if you leave the country?

What do immigration officers check?

Immigration officers see: biometrics and passport data from your passport. Information about your visa, visa status. Information about your entry/exit history on this and other passports.

How can I prove my intention to leave the UK?

Note that you must also show that you can meet the cost of the return or onward journey from the UK. The purchase of the return or onward ticket is an obvious way to help prove your intention to return to your home country, though it will not be sufficient on its own.

Why is there no passport control leaving the UK?

The exit checks were set to particularly affect cross-channel ferry and Channel Tunnel travellers. The government said they were needed to combat illegal immigration and would cause the "least possible disruption".

Can a British citizen be denied entry into the UK?

Non-visa nationals are generally allowed to travel to the U.K. without a visa if they are coming only for tourism and only for a short time. ... When travellers are refused entry, the U.K. authorities usually order them returned to the airport from which they last departed, regardless of nationality or place of residence.

What comes up when your passport is scanned?

Originally Answered: What is seen when my passport is scanned? The computer chip in modern biometric “e-passport” or the machine readable zone at the bottom of all passports reveals your name, place of birth, date of birth, passport number and the issue and expiry dates of the document.

Can immigration officers deny entry?

If you are a non-citizen visa holder or visitor, you may be denied entry into the United States if you refuse to answer officers' questions. Officers may not select you for questioning based on your religion, race, national origin, gender, ethnicity, or political beliefs.

How much money do I need to show for UK visa visit?

FUNDS REQUIREMENT

You must have at least £4,000 in your savings. Anything less than that can raise questions and lead to visa refusal.

What are the requirements to invite someone to UK?

proof of your income and where you work, eg payslips or an employment contract. proof that you have enough money to pay for the visitor's stay, eg recent bank statements. proof that you're in the UK legally, eg a copy of your passport or visa.

How does a UK embassy verify bank statements?

When embassy is processing a visa application and they need to verify statement of account submitted by the applicant, according to an anonymous banker, who handles embassy communication with the bank, says the embassy will simply scan the submitted statement of account, attach it to an email which could read “kindly ...

Does UK Immigration know when you leave?

From 8 April 2015, we will collect information on passengers leaving the UK as we do for those entering. Exit checks will provide us with vital information that confirms a person's exit from the UK.

Does a UK passport show travel history?

They can get each date someone entered and exited with the name and passport number used. When you change passports, in most countries you get a new number, so they must rely on other data to make a match which is not entirely reliable. However, they are unlikely to know your travel history outside of the country.

Does the government know if you leave the country?

Yes, they almost certainly do know you've left. The US processes passport details for all air passengers through a system called APIS, and ties that to the electronic I-94 (arrival and departure record). You can check your US arrival and departure history online.