Afghanistan interpreter told his British citizenship bars family from UK visa

The Guardian has pixelated this image to protect the identity of ‘Muhammad’ a former interpreter for British forces. Photograph: No credit

A former interpreter for British forces in Afghanistan has had his application to bring his wife and three children to the UK rejected – because he has British citizenship.

When US and Nato forces withdrew from Afghanistan in August, Muhammad* received a message marked “urgent” from the UK Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) telling him and his family to go to the Baron hotel in Kabul for “processing prior to evacuation”.