Applicants include Orangemen who want to avail of EU regulations for foreign-born spouses
An initial application to get a visa for a spouse typically costs more than £3,000, before legal fees.
John , who is in his early 40s and from a unionist background in Co Armagh, said he only gave up his British passport so he could bring his Thai-born wife into Northern Ireland.“I’m from Northern Ireland, I am British. It wasn’t something I wanted to do, but I had to do because it was family at the end of the day.
“I live in a predominantly Protestant/unionist area, and I was a bit worried. I never ever told anybody, never even told my family. Citizenship campaigner Emma DeSouza forced a change in UK immigration law. Photograph: Niall Carson/PA Wire But he said he wanted to be told “Yes, you will be able to get it back – rather than go through the process and see what happens sort of thing.”
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