The form was completed online, but had to be made on paper. No one knew – there was no ministry communication. Now it should be expelled from the child’s house, and the government does not even allow appeal.
It looks like a movie by British director Ken Loach, but it is the reality of Polish Elzbieta Olszewska, currently 80, who arrived in September last year in the United Kingdom.
The goal was to meet with his son, Michal Olszewski, 52, so that he (who has double nationality, Polish and English) could supportsince he was fragile and lived alone in Warsaw.
British law allows people with double nationality in these situations to bring family members to the country. The confusion was only one, and involved a form, explains the
Elzbieta had a 6 -month temporary visa, and submitted the residence request in the country in a timely manner. However, on March 25 this year, he received a letter that informed her that “Unfortunately, your order is not valid and we cannot accept it. ”
So far, the Interior Ministry had not established any contact with the family, so the news surprised Michal and his wife. “The application process required for someone who applies as a member of the family of a relevant naturalized British citizen is to use the Form on appropriate paper. Your order was made online. There is no right to appeal regarding an invalid request, ”was still read in the letter.
After the 6 months of the initial visa, Elzbieta can now be Deported countrysince, keeping there in an illegal situation, it can even be arrested.
The Ministry of Interior has stated that it is transferring its immigration system to the internet. But not everyone knows that some requests have yet to be made on paper.
“This is a great shame on the part of the Interior Ministry. Only after almost six months were we told us that the request was not valid. My mother is very distressed by this situation. I am your only child, we are very close and we want to spend your last years together, ”the son is infurous.
The family lawyer, Katherine Smith, also commented on the sucked one. “The implications of a request to be rejected as invalid are very drastic. It was very difficult for the interior ministry not to accept the online order or to give time to the paper form to be completed. Elzbieta No Legal Statute now In the United Kingdom due to the delay in the decision and is distressed by the fact. ”
