Politics.co.uk : Immigrant stories: The British citizen who was stripped of her passport
http://www.politics.co.uk/comment-analysis/2014/04/17/immigrant-stories-the-british-citizen-whose-passport-was-con
'The holiday wasn't supposed to last long.
'Jean Gander had travelled back to Zambia, where she grew up, to visit family. She couldn't have known that 15 months later she would still be there.
'She is still there now, trapped with her two children in a bureaucratic nightmare....
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Showing posts with label switzerland. Show all posts
Showing posts with label switzerland. Show all posts
Friday, 18 April 2014
Thursday, 26 September 2013
Michael
“UK trained my wife to PhD level and now doesn’t want her expertise in the UK workforce!”
Michael is a British citizen who met his Malaysian wife in Glasgow where she was studying for her PhD.
They got married in February of 2011 after a year of trying to get the permission to marry from the government.
They didn’t apply for a spouse visa straight away as his wife’s student visa was due to expire at the end of March 2011 anyway, and she was successful in being offered a job in Switzerland. So the couple moved from Glasgow to Switzerland in March 2011where they have lived ever since.
Michael has been working there too, in a combination of agency and self-employment, for over three months. His wife has been working in the same company for the full duration of their stay on a permanent contract.
The couple is now concerned. If for whatever reason, Michael’s wife were to lose her job, she would also lose her right to live in Switzerland, leaving Malaysia as the only option open to them if they were to continue to be together.
However, as their marriage is not legitimate under Muslim law, it would not be recognised in Malaysia and they are likely to face problems living together there.
This is a couple who don’t need to be in the UK right now. But they can see their future threatened by UK’s immigration rules, were their situation to change in the future.
They find it bizarre the situation UK has gotten itself into. It is happy training Michael’s wife to PhD level, and now doesn’t want her expertise in the workforce.
“UK trained my wife to PhD level and now doesn’t want her expertise in the UK workforce!”
Michael is a British citizen who met his Malaysian wife in Glasgow where she was studying for her PhD.
They got married in February of 2011 after a year of trying to get the permission to marry from the government.
They didn’t apply for a spouse visa straight away as his wife’s student visa was due to expire at the end of March 2011 anyway, and she was successful in being offered a job in Switzerland. So the couple moved from Glasgow to Switzerland in March 2011where they have lived ever since.
Michael has been working there too, in a combination of agency and self-employment, for over three months. His wife has been working in the same company for the full duration of their stay on a permanent contract.
The couple is now concerned. If for whatever reason, Michael’s wife were to lose her job, she would also lose her right to live in Switzerland, leaving Malaysia as the only option open to them if they were to continue to be together.
However, as their marriage is not legitimate under Muslim law, it would not be recognised in Malaysia and they are likely to face problems living together there.
This is a couple who don’t need to be in the UK right now. But they can see their future threatened by UK’s immigration rules, were their situation to change in the future.
They find it bizarre the situation UK has gotten itself into. It is happy training Michael’s wife to PhD level, and now doesn’t want her expertise in the workforce.
Monday, 2 September 2013
Tejinder
“I am being forced to choose between my wife & kids, and my elderly parents.”
Tejinder is a British citizen living in Birmingham with his British wife and two British children.
He had arrived in the UK in 2005 to gain international experience in his domain. He grew to like the country, bought a house and naturalised in 2011.
Tejinder is one of three children. His younger brother lives in Switzerland, and his parents and sister in India.
His sister graduated from Leicester University with an MSc in bio-informatics, before returning to India to look after their parents.
Tejinder’s mum is over 65 years old and his dad 70. He is a retired senior class one officer who used to work for the Indian government. A dad who did all he could for his son.
They have visited Tejinder and their grandchildren many times on a family visit visa. However travelling back and forth is not very easy anymore and Tejinder’s sister can’t cope looking after them on her own.
So Tejinder sold his house, uprooted his wife and children and moved to India to fulfil his responsibility to look after his parents. However his wife and kids couldn’t adjust to life in India. It was just too foreign, too different.
So they returned to the UK in 2013. However Tejinder is racked with guilt at having abandoned his parents.
However he cannot abandon his wife and kids, or expect them to live in a country that is alien to them.
UK’s immigration rules have slammed the door shut on Tejinder being able to look after his parents, with no recourse to public funds. This man is at a loss on what to do next and the only option seems to be to go move to another EEA country, exercising the treaty rights afforded to him by the EU for family reunification – a right so clearly denied by his own government.
“I am being forced to choose between my wife & kids, and my elderly parents.”
Tejinder is a British citizen living in Birmingham with his British wife and two British children.
He had arrived in the UK in 2005 to gain international experience in his domain. He grew to like the country, bought a house and naturalised in 2011.
Tejinder is one of three children. His younger brother lives in Switzerland, and his parents and sister in India.
His sister graduated from Leicester University with an MSc in bio-informatics, before returning to India to look after their parents.
Tejinder’s mum is over 65 years old and his dad 70. He is a retired senior class one officer who used to work for the Indian government. A dad who did all he could for his son.
They have visited Tejinder and their grandchildren many times on a family visit visa. However travelling back and forth is not very easy anymore and Tejinder’s sister can’t cope looking after them on her own.
So Tejinder sold his house, uprooted his wife and children and moved to India to fulfil his responsibility to look after his parents. However his wife and kids couldn’t adjust to life in India. It was just too foreign, too different.
So they returned to the UK in 2013. However Tejinder is racked with guilt at having abandoned his parents.
However he cannot abandon his wife and kids, or expect them to live in a country that is alien to them.
UK’s immigration rules have slammed the door shut on Tejinder being able to look after his parents, with no recourse to public funds. This man is at a loss on what to do next and the only option seems to be to go move to another EEA country, exercising the treaty rights afforded to him by the EU for family reunification – a right so clearly denied by his own government.
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