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A GENUINELY wedded couple lost a High Court battle today against a government immigration policy aimed at combating forced marriages.
British bride Amber Aguilar, 18, from Friern Barnet, faced having to choose between her career in the UK or living abroad with her Chilean husband.
She chose to live with Diego Quila, 19, who had to leave Britain recently after his student visa expired.
Mr Justice Burnett dismissed arguments that the Home Secretary should have allowed exceptions to the rule, which states that they cannot apply for another visa until the age of 21.
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Finally common sense has prevailed. Marraige itself does not mean automatic right into the UK, especially if the person entered on a student visa, the most abused way of entry into the UK. If this indeed is a genuine marraige, she will leave with her new husband and from what i gathered, can re-apply in a few years. What's the odds this does not happen?
- Porky Pies, London, UK, 08/12/2009 14:00
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Another perspective.
When rules are so flagrantly breeched, with an endless stream of people playing the system, some genuine people are going to be burned.
Blame the wrong-doers for these people's misfortune, not the rules that should have been enforced in the first place.
Also, if the man could be deported, according to the law, then he contravened the law. The fact that an exception could not be made, Chris of London, would have something to do with avoidance of setting precedence for the exploiters and their lawyers to play with. This woman's husband is a victim of the system that left itself open to abuse - that and him not being an ethnic minority that could cry 'racist', demeaning themselves as well as well-meaning, genuine and hardworking immigrants.
- Rogan, Irving, 08/12/2009 04:48
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When rules mean more than the principles behind them, you know you've entered Britain
- Chris, London, 07/12/2009 16:57
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