UK visa finally granted for South African husband and father

October 12 2009 by Liam Clifford

South African man is able to now move to the UK and be with his 10-week old daughter.

A South African father has finally been granted a UK visa, he will now be allowed to move to the UK and meet his 10-week-old daughter for the first time.

Andre Van Coller’s wife Helen received a letter last week saying that a decision to reject his application for a UK visa had been withdrawn, enabling him to live in the UK with his wife and daughter.

The couple were married in South Africa in March after first meeting in February 2007, while Andre was living in the UK on a UK visa. However, he wrongly assumed his visa allowed him to work in the UK as a self-employed driver and had to return to South Africa to sort his visa problems.

However, it has taken the best part of a year to gain permission for Andre to return to the UK and in the meantime his daughter Ellie was born in July. He had not seen his wife or child since the birth but the two are now able to plan their future in the UK.

Helen Van Coller remarked, “It is amazing. We thought we were only going to be together for a short time on this trip but now we can be together forever and start planning our future.”

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