Thanks for replies well he was very pleasantly surprised the guy just said youve had nice long stay here smiled and stamped him out, the thing is before i had residency i had counted my days religiously i was very brave on departure and asked how many days i had left he said wait a moment please pressed some buttons and system made it 2 more days then i did...so hes in uk clocking up time to come back next yr im making him get residency cant be doing with the stress of it all!