stopthatgirl7 to World News@lemmy.ml • 1 year ago‘Unthinkable cruelty’: Kenyan expert working at Bristol University denied visa for six-year-old daughterwww.theguardian.comexternal-linkmessage-square8fedilinkarrow-up1143arrow-down15file-textcross-posted to: unitedkingdom@feddit.uk
arrow-up1138arrow-down1external-link‘Unthinkable cruelty’: Kenyan expert working at Bristol University denied visa for six-year-old daughterwww.theguardian.comstopthatgirl7 to World News@lemmy.ml • 1 year agomessage-square8fedilinkfile-textcross-posted to: unitedkingdom@feddit.uk
Furious colleagues denounce decision that there are ‘no compassionate grounds’ to allow the child to join her mother
minus-square@Good_Idea_Poorly_Realized@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilink1•1 year agoIn general terms not granting visas to immediate family of temporary visa holders is done to anchor the visitor in their origin country so they have a reason to return.
minus-squarestopthatgirl7OPlinkfedilink1•1 year agoThe mother has been offered a permanent position at the university she was teaching at, so she was already planning on staying in the UK.
In general terms not granting visas to immediate family of temporary visa holders is done to anchor the visitor in their origin country so they have a reason to return.
The mother has been offered a permanent position at the university she was teaching at, so she was already planning on staying in the UK.