Deported Pakistani Man Who Exploited Teenage Bride in Sham Marriage Seeks Return to UK.

A Pakistani national jailed for orchestrating a sham marriage with a 16-year-old Slovakian girl is attempting to return to Britain after remarrying his victim years later.

Nasir Khalil, now 48, was imprisoned nine years ago for exploiting a vulnerable teenager in an immigration fraud scheme. The then-36-year-old arranged for the Slovakian child to travel to Britain for a Nikah ceremony just four days after her 16th birthday.

Following a trial, jurors determined Khalil was involved in a criminal network that purchased women from EU countries to fraudulently claim spousal rights for UK residency through the Home Office.

During his 15-month sentence and whilst living in Rochdale, Greater Manchester, Khalil fathered children with the young woman. After his deportation to Pakistan in 2019, he married her again in 2020 when she was 23 and had secured indefinite leave to remain in Britain with their children.

His legal team has now submitted a family visa application to the Home Office, marking the latest chapter in a 13-year battle to remain in the UK.

Recent upper tribunal judgments reveal Khalil’s extensive use of legal mechanisms to avoid removal. Immigration judges and former Conservative Home Secretaries have acknowledged his claims of maintaining a “loving and stable” relationship with his sponsor—despite the two-decade age gap and her status as a victim of his crimes when she was a child.

Khalil initially arrived in Britain in 2012, claiming to visit family in Rochdale. Though initially denied entry, he was granted temporary permission but subsequently overstayed. After claiming to have divorced his Pakistani wife, he conducted the Islamic marriage ceremony with the teenager in November 2013.

Court proceedings revealed the Slovakian girl received minimal instruction before her conversion to Islam, and the wedding was conducted in a language she couldn’t understand. Khalil attempted to leverage the marriage to claim residency rights under EU freedom of movement laws.

His lawyers previously argued against deportation by citing fears of the Taliban in Pakistan. His latest family visa application, handled by BS Solicitors, is based on what they describe as a new “legitimate” marriage and is currently before Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood.RetryClaude can make mistakes. Please double-check responses.