…after she was taken abroad by her parents before her status was confirmed – meaning she re-entered as a tourist
A baby girl born in the UK faces being deported after she was taken abroad by her parents before her status was confirmed – meaning she re-entered the country as a tourist.
Massah, who is 13-months old, was born in the Midlands in April last year to parents who are originally from Jordan.
Her father came to the UK in 2021 to study for a PhD with her mother joining him as a dependant.
However, when the family went abroad together for the first time in January, Massah’s status hadn’t yet been confirmed and she, therefore, technically re-entered the country as a tourist.
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Now Massah’s parents have received a letter from the Home Office telling them their daughter ‘will be required to immediately leave the UK’, Sky News has reported.
The couple have also been told that they will have to reapply for her visa from Jordan and that the need to ‘maintain the integrity of the immigration laws outweighs the possible effect on you/your children’.
The deportation threat comes despite the couple trying to apply for a child-dependent visa for Massah from the UK.
Massah’s father, Mohammad, said he has had had sleepless nights over his daughter’s visa situation and that he has tried to engage his MP but they have made no progress so far.
