Irene Clennell was deported to Singapore in February but has now been granted a spousal visa to return to the UK Wong Maye-E/APA grandmother who was deported to Singapore despite being married to a British man for 27 years has been granted a visa to return. Earlier this year Irene Clennell, 53, was put on a plane with £12 in her pocket and no time to gather her things or say a proper goodbye to her family. Although she was the main carer for her sick husband, John, 51, with whom she has two British sons and a granddaughter, she breached immigration rules by spending too much time outside of the UK while caring for her dying parents abroad. However, the Home Office has now given her another chance to return to Britain after issuing her with a fresh spousal visa. “I’m so happy,” she said of…

Source: The Times August 25, 2017 15:56 UTC