A Ukrainian woman desperate to bring her family to safety in Scotland claims they have been left “in limbo” amid a vast Home Office backlog of visa applications.
Olena Hutchison said sister Nataliia Polushvaiko, niece, Daryna, and nephew, Artemiy, were told they could be on a plane to join her in West Lothian within 24 hours of handing over “biometric information” in Poland on March 8 after fleeing the Russian invasion.
However the 43-year-old explained they had been left at a “dead end” days later as the UK government failed to rubber stamp their application in time.
