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"Her husband, Robert, raised another issue: that Europeans married to Britons do not have an automatic right to citizenship. “As a British citizen, I had the expectation that marrying someone from abroad would automatically give them the right to become a British citizen. That seems to be the case unless your wife happens to come from the European Union,” he said."
What The Fuck... (and the whole rest of this)
JWestland-
beyond depressing
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What The Fuck
How do you mean? As in the husband's assumption or that you didn't know that?
Working with foreigners means I couldn't help but feel the parties displayed taint of arrogance and ignorance. But that's (sadly) probably because I take that description as a given.
My favourite is a solicitor who went to school, uni, and law school here. Was married to a UK citizen for +5yrs with a kid. Continously employed, higher rate, etc. but just kept using their work visa rather than getting a spousal or citizenship.
Even with all that getting a spousal visa was a nightmare every step of the way.
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She'll be eligible, but that doesn't mean it happens automatically.
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“As a British citizen, I had the expectation that marrying someone from abroad would automatically give them the right to become a British citizen. That seems to be the case unless your wife happens to come from the European Union,”
Except this is a red herring because her application was rejected because she didn't include her passport, although she had followed the rules and used a solicitor approved copy.
So it seems like a simple cock up, not a Brexit conspiracy. Government department in cock up shocker, but I suppose if the Gruniad went with that angle it wouldn't be pushing its reader's buttons so much...
ninelives
hugo7
Bearlegged
Fox
Amazing...
Dutch woman with two British children told to leave UK after 24 years
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2016/dec/28/dutch-woman-with-two-british-children-told-to-leave-uk-after-24-years?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Copy_to_clipboard