Immigration news & Gossips ( Musyi Munene)

An illegal immigrant who used a false passport and bogus national insurance card to obtain work has been jailed for six months.

The judge also recommended that Naimishkumar Patel be deported to India at the end of his sentence.

Leicester Crown Court was told that Patel (26) came to the UK with his wife on a visitor’s visa in 2004 and overstayed.
Meena Evans, prosecuting, said that Patel obtained a job in Leicester and produced a false passport and national insurance card as proof of identity.

He continued to work for 11 months until his arrest.

In interview, he admitted failing to return to India when his visa expired and said he obtained the bogus passport in London for about £600 or £800.

Ms Evans said: “He said he knew it was wrong, but he needed the documents in order to seek employment.”

Patel, of Leire Street, Leicester, admitted two charges of having false documents and one of fraudulently obtaining work.

James Varley, defending, said that Patel accepted taking a job he was not entitled to.

He said Patel and his wife overstayed and failed to leave because his business back home had failed and creditors were making threats.

Mr Varley said: “He did not use the documents to get into the country but to get a job and was entirely honest on his arrest.”