The Home Office is now taking an average of 11 months to process visa renewals ⬇️ A mother-of-three who has lived in the UK for 13 years has been left without physical proof of her right to work in the UK for more than six months
Maria Kouyate has no proof of her right to live and work in the UK while she waits for the Home Office to renew her visa A mother-of-three who has lived in the UK for 13 years has been left without physical proof of her right to work in the UK for more than six months, as charities sound the alarm about the impact of worsening Home Office delays.
She currently has temporary leave to remain and is on a 10-year route towards being granted indefinite leave to remain. Employers can check if an individual has the right to work in the UK via on online Government service when that individual does not hold physical proof of their status.prospective employers have asked her to provide a reference code from the Home Office, which she has not been given.
Josephine Whitaker-Yilmaz, Policy and Public Affairs Manager for the charity Praxis, which has been supporting Ms Kouyate, said that the charity is aware of other people not being given a code to prove their right to work while renewing their visa. “It’s something you would have thought the Home Office might have learned some lessons from around the Windrush scandal, the fact that not having a physical proof of status or indeed any proof of status can create huge problems,” she said.
Praxis has warned that it is increasingly being approached by people who are finding themselves locked out of work, renting or access to the NHS while they wait for their visa renewals.was denied a place at university after waiting over a year for her visa to be renewedThe Home Office has told applicants that the delays are due to the impact of the war in Ukraine, as Home Office staff have been required to process applications of Ukrainians traveling to the UK under the Homes for Ukraine scheme.
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