This is Tanya and Richard Spinks. She's Ukrainian, he's a Brit, and they both live in Lviv.
On Tuesday, she got an email from the Home Office telling her to go to a visa appointment 500 miles away in *Kyiv*
- to an office that's closed. @LBC
On Tuesday, she got an email from the Home Office telling her to go to a visa appointment 500 miles away in *Kyiv*
- to an office that's closed. @LBC
@LBC The booking for an appointment to take her biometrics was made on 18th February - for Wednesday 9th March.
The site has since closed, and they eventually managed to get out to Poland.
But on the 8th they were staggered to get a follow-up email, reminding them to go to Kyiv.
The site has since closed, and they eventually managed to get out to Poland.
But on the 8th they were staggered to get a follow-up email, reminding them to go to Kyiv.
Richard Spinks told me it's "beyond incomprehensible."
To think of anyone else receiving this email potentially now "struggling through a war zone, past Russians, to get to an appointment that doesn't exist."
To think of anyone else receiving this email potentially now "struggling through a war zone, past Russians, to get to an appointment that doesn't exist."
Read the exclusive story in full, as broken on @NickFerrariLBC's show here bit.ly/3CBlJpL
The Home Office wouldn't comment on an individual case like this one, though it's clear they wouldn't *deliberately* send anyone to an appointment in Kyiv - as the office has closed.
Digital Minister Chris Philp told @LBC the case was “clearly wrong”
- and advised the couple to head straight to the British Embassy in Warsaw 🇵🇱
Just one problem. The Embassy can’t help with visa queries.
- and advised the couple to head straight to the British Embassy in Warsaw 🇵🇱
Just one problem. The Embassy can’t help with visa queries.
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