A wife who is being kicked out of the UK will have to leave her critically-ill husband at Christmas. Canadian Cindy Byron, who fought a five-month battle to stay in Merseyside, has five weeks to get out of the country.

A Zimbabwean woman will be able to attend her daughter’s wedding in Fife after a u-turn by immigration officials.

A bride-to-be is facing her big day without her Zimbabwean mother at her side as immigration officials have refused the visiting visa application because they believed it was a ploy to come into Britain permanently.

A Canadian woman fighting to stay in the country to look after her critically-ill husband has been given five weeks to get out.

Immigration officers describe their experiences as they seek to secure our borders and enforce immigration rules.

A youth group wants to set up a lobbying group to change the way visa applications are assessed after Stevenage’s Zimbabwean twin town were refused. The British High Commission in Pretoria said that the refusal is because they were “not satisfied that their intention to leave the UK at the end of the proposed visit had been established.”

Under the new rules those wishing to come to the UK on business for up to six months must apply for a dedicated new business visa.