A woman from north Wales has criticised the Home Office for "unexplained and disproportionate" delays with a Ukrainian family's visa process. Commercial law lecturer at Aberystwyth University, Rosemary Toll, decided to sponsor a family fleeing from war in Ukraine back in March.
The family, consisting of a mother called Iryna, a grandmother called Nina and two boys aged 16 and 10, are currently in the Polish city of Warsaw. According to Rosemary, the family have attended a Visa Application Centre in the city in order to submit data for biometric documents as three out of the four family members do not have international passports to enter the UK.
Due to delays in their visa process however, Rosemary has had to use her own money and consequently launch a crowdfund in order to help out the family with accommodation. As time goes on however, Rosemary has said she is deeply concerned and anxious by how long the visa process is taking for the family. Despite repeated calls to the Home Office, she said she and the family were no closer to getting an answer about the completing of the visas.
