Port Shepstone gran submits petition to UK Prime Minister
The 92-year-old Port Shepstone granny who won her case to remain in the UK after two years of living in fear of being deported, has handed over a petition to Prime Minister David Cameron seeking a Parliamentary debate to change the adult dependent relative rule.
By doing this, Myrtle Cothill hopes that the elderly in the position she was in, will be allowed to remain with their relatives in the UK.
Cothill was due to be deported this year after travelling to the UK on a six-month visitor's visa in 2014 before applying for permanent residency.
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Her lawyer, Jan Doerfel says Cothill hopes the immigration rules will be reversed.
"We will keep pressing until we get the parliamentary debate and until we get an open debate on this rule change. This will push [the matter] from people being aware of it to having a voice in this change which affects a lot of families," he said.
