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Connor Lynch

Belfast newlyweds' agony as man could miss child's birth after visa denied

An expectant mum says she has gone from "heaven to hell" after her husband's visa was denied meaning he could miss the birth of their first child.

Jamie and Ahmed Buzidi met each other 12 years ago while studying at Belfast Metropolitan College and after a few years apart, reconnected during the Covid pandemic. Spending everyday talking to each other online, their romance quickly blossomed with the couple getting married in Istanbul in June 2021.

A few months later, the pair had even more to celebrate as Jamie found out she had a baby on the way at the start of this year after moving to Libya to live with Ahmed. However shortly after this their world would be turned upside down.

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