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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Diane Taylor

Man criticises Home Office for keeping visa fee of wife who died before reaching UK

Mohamed Jama and Ubah Abdi Mohamed with their daughter, Ikran
Mohamed Jama and Ubah Abdi Mohamed with their daughter, Ikran Photograph: Mohamed Jama

A grieving husband has criticised the Home Office for holding on to thousands of pounds in visa fees he paid for his wife to come to the UK, despite the fact that she died before she was due to arrive in the country.

Ubah Abdi Mohamed, 25, from Kenya, was granted a spouse visa to join her husband, Mohamed Jama, 47, a British citizen of Somali heritage who lives in north London.

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