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emelectrix

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To sum up, a woman of French extraction who has lived in the UK since 1981 recently discovered she has lost her residency on account of, when applying a follow-up email asking for more information went into her junk folder and by the time this was noticed the deadline had passed. She is now in the country on an expired visitor’s visa, with no permission.

 Ta-dah, your money at work.

Of course, just about all stories relating to residency and immigration and the like are kind of depressing and often outright tragic and most we’ll never hear about. But this one gets to me because of the absolute, screaming absurdity.

The Home Office said it made at least five attempts to contact her, and indeed I imagine they may well have done – more emails going into the junk folder. However! Now that she has no legal permission to be here, now they’ve sent a letter. A letter warning her of the consequences of being here illegally.

You had her address the whole time and didn’t send her a letter?! The only time you send a letter is when it’s too late?! As a warning?! You tried contacting her five times but never sent a letter?!

(I'm assuming they didn't send a letter. Why should I assume they did anything right?)

See? It’s that delightful blend of malice and incompetence you can sometimes take for granted but which the UK government is always more than happy to provide in 2023.

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