A SCOTTISH refugee activist who married his Thai wife in her home country last year fears she will never be allowed to join him here, despite his MP and an immigration advice centre taking up her case with UK Visas and Immigration (UKVI).
Ashby McGowan has already spent thousands of pounds after he and Thanaporn Sonkeaw were married in a Buddhist ceremony in December, and they hope to wed in a Glasgow registrar’s office when she is eventually allowed into the UK – but so far three attempts at securing a UK visa have been rejected, despite her having a job waiting for her in Glasgow.
Yesterday, McGowan told the Sunday National: “It just seems like a total block on her coming to the UK. I am really going round the twist with this.”
