It has emerged that the student visa of the Brazalian man shot dead by police in London - after he was mistaken for a suicide bomber - expired two years ago.
The Home Office said Jean Charles de Menezes arrived in Britain in March 2002 and was granted entry for six months as a visitor.
He was subsequently granted leave to remain as a student until 30 June 2003.
The 27-year-old will be buried tomorrow in his home town of Gonzaga, Minas Gerais in Brazil.
London police chief warns of further cells
London's chief policeman, Sir Ian Blair, has said there could be more cells of would-be bombers waiting to strike again in Britain.
Sir Ian said the bombers who were still at large were ‘not amateurs’. He added that they made one mistake and said ‘we were lucky’.
Sir Ian was speaking after the arrest this morning of nine more men by anti-terrorism police.
The arrests were made at two addresses in Tooting in south London.
Police are continuing to question the 24-year-old Somali man, Yassin Hassan Omar, whom they do suspect of being one of the bombers.
He is being questioned by anti-terrorist officers at Paddington Green Station in London after his arrest in Birmingham yesterday.
He is the only one of the suspected bombers to be arrested, and he presents police with their best opportunity so far to break into the network of bombers.
There are known to be at least three others still at large.
Police have increased their presence at underground stations around London as the search continues for the failed bombers.
Scotland Yard last night released another CCTV image of one of the suspects. He is the man they believe attempted to blow up a train at Shepherd's Bush.
The picture shows him wearing a white vest as he made his getaway on a bus after his failed suicide attempt.
Last Thursday's failed attacks and the bombings of 7 July are now thought to be linked by clear similarities in the devices used on both occasions.
And three women were arrested in south London last night on suspicion of harbouring offenders.
The three were arrested at a block of flats 180 metres from Stockwell underground station, where three of the bombers are known to have set out last Thursday.
