One of my son-in-laws is Malaysian, of mixed race. He, my daughter and their two children visited for Christmas 2021, and stayed near me in Devon, returning two weeks later on a flight from Heathrow to Antigua, where they live and where he is a hotel manager.
A few weeks later, I received a visit from five immigration officials, three of whom checked my outbuildings before joining the other two at my front door, asking who he was, whether he was living at my address and a few other questions about him.
After reading your report (Ten oligarchs who used ‘golden visa’ route to UK are on sanctions list, 12 January), I now understand that had he been in possession of £2m – which, sadly, he is not – the Home Office would not have been alerted (although evidence that he had left the country was, presumably, recorded at Heathrow airport) and I would not have been confronted by a slightly alarming visit from these five officials.
I suppose that my son-in-law and I should just be thankful that he’s not Albanian.
Pamela Guyatt
Portington, Devon
