“Guardian”: 80-year-old Polish woman Elżbieta Olszewska will not be deported from Great Britain

Home Office (Ministry of the Interior) changed the decision on the 80-year-old Polish woman, which was informed by the British daily Guardian. The Polish woman was threatened with an error deportation when completing the application.

A Polish woman, whose application for permanent residence in Great Britain was rejected because she mistakenly completed the online form, instead of on paper, she received permission after changing the decision of the Home Office (Ministry of the Interior) – “Guardian” said on Friday.

The British daily wrote that 80-year-old Elżbieta Olszewska lived alone in Warsaw. She came to Great Britain in September last year. Her only son, a 52-year-old aviation engineer and a citizen of Great Britain and Poland, living in Lincoln with his wife, regularly traveled to the capital of Poland to support his mother.

The woman was getting weaker, that's why her son wanted her to move to Great Britain – wrote “Guardian”.

Six -month visa

Olszewska came to Great Britain based on a six -month tourist visa. Soon after, she submitted an application for a stay in this country. However, the woman completed the application via the Internet and should have submitted to the paper form.

On March 25 this year, Home Office replied to the Polish family that “her application is invalid and cannot be accepted.” The justification of the ministry states that the required process of submitting the application by a person applying as a member of the British citizen family consists in using the appropriate paper form. Home Office also reported that there is no appeal against the decision.

Home Office officials informed Olszewska's family about the fulfillment of the wrong application too late. Her tourist visa expired, and she herself exceeded the allowed period of stay in Great Britain. A woman was warned in the decision that the consequences of an illegal stay in Great Britain could mean a detention, a fine and a prison, as well as a deportation and a ban on returning to Great Britain.

The publication of the case helped

After the “Guardian” daily publicized the case, home office sent the Olszewska family by e -mail an appropriate form to print and send back by post. Within a few days, the application for stay was approved. The Polish woman received the status of a person settled under the EU program for a period of five years.

This time, Home Office sent a completely different letter, stating: “I am pleased to inform …” and confirming the right to work, use health care and study in Great Britain – wrote “Guardian”.

The case was widely heard in Great Britain and in Poland. An elder British even proposed to marry Olszewska. He said he was not looking for a relationship, but he wants to submit a matrimonial offer as a gesture of Polish -British friendship – he was noted in the publication of the daily.

– I am happy that this long journey with Home Office is over and the case has been positively resolved. The whole thing was exhausting, but my mother is very happy with the new decision – the son of Elżbieta Olszewska told journalists.