One piece of good news that I was greeted with on my return from holiday was that Kristin has been succesful in getting her “unlimited leave to remain” in the UK.  She has been with us for a number of years now (with a couple of breaks) and has had to apply a couple of times previously for visa / work permit extensions.

Two years ago Kristin was able to apply for a two year extension and in this she was very well supported by many of our regular guests as well as our local MP and other people in the community.  Once this period was up she had to apply for her permanent leave to stay, part of this was her citizenship test which was quite challenging - I learned quite a lot while helping her revice - and then a full application with all the supporting statements.  This was quite a challenging and worrying time for Kristin and Mark but thankfully it came back positive and they can stay.

It really is good for us to see the system working well and somebody who wants to stay and is making a contribution to the local and national economies is allowed to.  We all look forward to seeing them here for a lot longer.

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